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IPEDS Analytics: Delta Cost Project Database

Welcome to the IPEDS Analytics: Delta Cost Project Database. Here you will find a longitudinal database derived from IPEDS finance, enrollment, staffing, completions and student aid data for academic years 1986-87 through 2011-12. These data have been translated into analytical formats to allow for longitudinal analyses of trends in postsecondary education with a focus on revenues and expenditures. For more information about the Delta Cost Project and American Institutes for Research, who manages the Delta Cost Project.

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Data Download

You can download the database files using the links below. Each zipped file includes the updated 1987-1999 and 2000-2012 database files along with the data dictionary, data mapping file, and program code to create value labels.