Digest of Education Statistics 2017

The 2017 edition of the Digest of Education Statistics is

the 53rd in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The

Digest has been issued annually except for combined editions

for the years 1977–78, 1983–84, and 1985–86. Its primary

purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information

covering the broad field of American education

from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest

includes a selection of data from many sources, both government

and private, and draws especially on the results of

surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for

Education Statistics (NCES).