Journalism - Information Gathering Resources

The Internet can provide access to information about education and educational institutions at all levels.  Find local public, private and homeschool information online.  Current and historical state, national and global educational data are freely available on various governmental websites.

Find Information about Columbia Missouri Public Schools (K-12):

• Columbia MO Public Schools - Find information about Columbia Missouri's public school district.

Find Information about Missouri Public and Private (K-12) Schools:

• Private School Review (MO private schools by town) - Find lists of private and parochial schools in Missouri, by town.
• Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) - Find information about Missouri's public schools.
  • Missouri School Data
  • Missouri School District Information

Find Information about U. S. Schools (K-12):

• Private School Review (U. S.) - Find information about U. S. private elementary and secondary schools.
• Home School Statistics  (U. S. Department of Education Statistics - Institute of Education Sciences) - Find statistics about "home schooling" in the U. S.
• U. S. Department of Education (ICES) National Center for Education Statistics - Institute of Education Sciences - Find elementary and secondary school data.

Education Resource Guide created by the Education Librarian at MU Libraries

Quandl - Free aggregated U. S. Education Data

Find Information about U.S. Higher Education:

• Department of Education Office of Post Secondary Education
  • Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) - Find information about individual institutions, compare institutions, compare peer groups.  This data is often used to rank institutions and to assess program strengths.
    • IPEDS Data Center
    • IPEDS College & Career Tables Library
  • Office of Postsecondary Educations' Campus Security  - Create customized reports for public inquiries relating to campus crime and fire data.
  • College Navigator - Use this tool to quickly find information about colleges and universities.
• The Chronicle of Higher Education - Find information about institutions in the Almanac of Higher Education published at the beginning of each academic year.

Find Information about the University of Missouri:

• MU Facts (enrollment, etc.)
• MU Office of Institutional Research - Find information on enrollment, scholarships, and the"Common Data Set," used to compare institutions of higher education.
• Uniform Crime Reporting Statistical Database (managed by Missouri Highway Patrol), contains MU crime statistics.