Minnesota Measures: A 2017 Report on Higher Education Performance

"Minnesota Measures" provides a resource of accurate, timely, and comprehensive facts about higher education in Minnesota. It includes comparisons over time as well as national and peer institution comparisons. Obtaining a postsecondary credential increases economic opportunity, promotes income equality, and prepares the state to meet future workforce demands. Not all Minnesotans are equally prepared. There remains an educational attainment gap across racial and ethnic groups. Key indicators confirm the disparities gap is not isolated to the higher education system; students of color do not succeed at the same rates as their White peers throughout all levels of the Minnesota education system. Given that Minnesotans of color are comprising a larger share of the state's population each year, the state's changing demographic profile requires the state to begin reducing educational attainment racial gaps or the state's economic future will be threatened. This document is organized into two sections: (1) Preparing for and Entering College; and (2) Outcomes of College. The sections provide information on the following topics: (1) High School Academic Preparation and College Readiness; (2) College Enrollment; (3) Published vs. Net Tuition and Fees for First-Time, Full-Time Freshman; (4) Enrollment and Student Characteristics; (5) Developmental Education; (6) Financial Aid to Minnesota Undergraduates; (7) Educational Attainment of Minnesota's Adults; (8) Graduation Rates; (9) Awards Conferred; (10) Employment of Recent Graduates; and (11) Debt of College Graduates and Repayment of Loans. [For the previous report, "Minnesota Measures: A 2016 Report on Higher Education Performance," see ED583045.]