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College Insight is a unique and valuable data resource for policymakers, journalists, and researchers interested in college affordability, student debt, economic and racial diversity, student success.
The Institute for College Access & Success
Learn About TICAS' 2023 Strategic PlanTICAS advocates for every student, regardless of race, ethnicity, or family wealth, to have access to a quality higher education program without the need to incur debt to realize their dreams of earning a college credential.
Our Work
We try to understand college opportunity through careful research and by listening to the students and those who serve them. We combine concrete, tailored policy recommendations with passionate, sophisticated advocacy, nationally and in California.
Learn about our workRecent Work
Shifting Narratives: Centering Race in Defining and Measuring College Value
New analysis finds students attending colleges with higher percentages of racially marginalized students owe more in college debt and earn less in workforce.
Series of Reports Find Common Recruiting Practice Perpetuate Bias, But Crucial for College Access of Underrepresented Students
The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) partnered with University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Associate Professor Ozan Jaquette, University of Arizona Assistant Professor Karina Salazar, data scientist Crystal Han, and UCLA Phd student Patricia Martin to release a series of three comprehensive reports.
Key Finding
Average student debt at graduation in 2020 ranged from $18,350 in Utah to $39,950 in New Hampshire, and new graduates’ likelihood of having debt varied from 39 percent in Utah to 73 percent in South Dakota. In nineteen states, average debt was more than $30,000, and it was over $35,000 in six states. (Student Debt and the Class of 2020)
SNAP Reimagined: Improving Postsecondary Education Access and Completion
Analysis
SNAP Reimagined: Improving Postsecondary Education Access and Completion
In its first analysis focused on student basic needs and anti-poverty, TICAS details the disconnect between higher education access and SNAP eligibility requirements and provides policy solutions to help improve pathways that lead to economic security.
How Iowa and Louisiana Use State Data to Help Boost FAFSA Completion Rates
News & Media
How Iowa and Louisiana Use State Data to Help Boost FAFSA Completion Rates
In a newly released brief, The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) outlines how states like Iowa and Louisiana have successfully used data to…
