Percentage of students who rated themselves as very or extremely proficient in critical thinking last year: 80% National Association of Colleges and Employers
Percentage of employers who agreed with that assessment: 56% National Association of Colleges and Employers
Percentage of students who rated themselves as very or extremely proficient in technology: 65% National Association of Colleg...
Number of New England communities among WalletHub’s top 50 Best & Worst College Towns & Cities: 2 WalletHub 2022's Best College Towns & Cities in America (Based on indicators of academic, social and economic growth potential, ranging from cost of living to the quality of higher education to the crime rate. The New England communities are Storrs, Conn. at No. 18 and Cambridge, Mass....
Rank of Massachusetts among U.S. states in Haitian population: 3rd U.S. Census Bureau (Florida ranks #1, New York ranks #2)
Rank of Connecticut among U.S. states in Haitian population: 7th U.S. Census Bureau
Amount women nationally earn for every dollar earned by the average white, non-Hispanic man: $0.82 National Women’s Law Center
Amount women make in Vermont, the state with the narrowest...
Women as a percentage of medical school students nationwide in 1978: 24% The New England Journal of Medicine
In 2019: 51% The New England Journal of Medicine
Black males as a percentage of medical students nationwide in 1978: 3.1% The New England Journal of Medicine
In 2019: 2.9% The New England Journal of Medicine
Percentage of graduating medical students in who reported perceivin...
Number of middle school students in afterschool programs, 2014: 2,300,000 Afterschool Alliance
Number in 2020: 1,800,000 Afterschool Alliance
Percentage of U.S. households with K–12 students that shifted to some form of online learning during the pandemic: 70%+ Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce
Percentage of households with incomes below $25,000 where the internet was a...
Decline from 2019 to 2020 in number of high school graduates who went to college immediately after high school: 22% The National Student Clearinghouse
Decline from 2019 to 2020 in college enrollment rates for students from high-income high schools: 17% The National Student Clearinghouse
Decline for students from low-income high schools: 29% The National Student Clearinghouse
Of associat...
Among 112 New England colleges and universities surveyed by the Boston Globe, number with a Black athletic director: 5 Boston Globe
Among New England's 58 collegiate football programs, number led by Black head coaches: 2 Boston Globe
Percentage of American adults who had an interaction with a police officer in the past year and say the interaction was an overall positive experience: 75% ...
Percentage of employed adults who reported an average of less than 6 hours of sleep per 24-hour period in 2008-09: 28% National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018
Percentage who reported that in 2017–18: 33% National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018
Difference in number of U.S. births in 2019, compared with 2007, before the Great Recession: -570,000 ...
Percentage of Massachusetts adults who are women: 52% MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
Percentage of seats in the Massachusetts Legislature held by women: 29% MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
Number of votes by which Boston elected its first Latina city councilor in 2019: 1 Boston Elections Co...
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Percentage of 18-24-year-olds who attended a political demonstration or march in 2016: 5% Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning &...
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Percentage of students who rated themselves as very or extremely proficient in critical thinking last year: 80% National Association of Colleges and Employers
Percentage of employers who agreed with that assessment: 56% National Association of Colleges and Employers
Percentage of students who rated themselves as very or extremely proficient in technology: 65% National Association of Colleg... 
Number of New England communities among WalletHub’s top 50 Best & Worst College Towns & Cities: 2 WalletHub 2022's Best College Towns & Cities in America (Based on indicators of academic, social and economic growth potential, ranging from cost of living to the quality of higher education to the crime rate. The New England communities are Storrs, Conn. at No. 18 and Cambridge, Mass.... 
Rank of Massachusetts among U.S. states in Haitian population: 3rd U.S. Census Bureau (Florida ranks #1, New York ranks #2)
Rank of Connecticut among U.S. states in Haitian population: 7th U.S. Census Bureau
Amount women nationally earn for every dollar earned by the average white, non-Hispanic man: $0.82 National Women’s Law Center
Amount women make in Vermont, the state with the narrowest... 
Women as a percentage of medical school students nationwide in 1978: 24% The New England Journal of Medicine
In 2019: 51% The New England Journal of Medicine
Black males as a percentage of medical students nationwide in 1978: 3.1% The New England Journal of Medicine
In 2019: 2.9% The New England Journal of Medicine
Percentage of graduating medical students in who reported perceivin... 
Number of middle school students in afterschool programs, 2014: 2,300,000 Afterschool Alliance
Number in 2020: 1,800,000 Afterschool Alliance
Percentage of U.S. households with K–12 students that shifted to some form of online learning during the pandemic: 70%+ Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce
Percentage of households with incomes below $25,000 where the internet was a... 
Decline from 2019 to 2020 in number of high school graduates who went to college immediately after high school: 22% The National Student Clearinghouse
Decline from 2019 to 2020 in college enrollment rates for students from high-income high schools: 17% The National Student Clearinghouse
Decline for students from low-income high schools: 29% The National Student Clearinghouse
Of associat... 
Among 112 New England colleges and universities surveyed by the Boston Globe, number with a Black athletic director: 5 Boston Globe
Among New England's 58 collegiate football programs, number led by Black head coaches: 2 Boston Globe
Percentage of American adults who had an interaction with a police officer in the past year and say the interaction was an overall positive experience: 75% ... 
Percentage of employed adults who reported an average of less than 6 hours of sleep per 24-hour period in 2008-09: 28% National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018
Percentage who reported that in 2017–18: 33% National Health Interview Survey, 2008–2009 and 2017–2018
Difference in number of U.S. births in 2019, compared with 2007, before the Great Recession: -570,000 ... 
Percentage of Massachusetts adults who are women: 52% MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
Percentage of seats in the Massachusetts Legislature held by women: 29% MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
Number of votes by which Boston elected its first Latina city councilor in 2019: 1 Boston Elections Co... 
From time to time, we revive the collection of facts and figures called "Data Connection" that we had published quarterly for nearly 20 years in the print editions of The New England Journal of Higher Education (formerly Connection).
The latest ...
Percentage of 18-24-year-olds who attended a political demonstration or march in 2016: 5% Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning &... 
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