Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for time-invariant covariates
| Variable | Public institutions (N = 723) | Private institutions (N = 1245) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
| Percent non-resident students | 3.76 | 4.11 | 0.00 | 27.33 | 6.21 | 10.44 | 0.03 | 100.00 |
| Percent of revenue from tuition/fees | 27.14 | 13.42 | 0.00 | 72.82 | 54.11 | 21.65 | 0.00 | 100.00 |
| Percent of revenue from state appropriations | 25.46 | 13.85 | 0.00 | 66.32 | ||||
| 10% enrollment decline | 0.12 | 0.21 | ||||||
| Selectivitya | 71.51 | 17.49 | 14.04 | 100.00 | 65.17 | 21.86 | 0.00 | 100.00 |
| Offered graduate programs | 0.64 | 0.42 | ||||||
| GOP governor | 0.46 | 0.43 | ||||||
| New England | 0.06 | 0.10 | ||||||
| Mid-East | 0.15 | 0.22 | ||||||
| Great Lakes | 0.14 | 0.16 | ||||||
| Plains | 0.09 | 0.11 | ||||||
| Southeast | 0.26 | 0.23 | ||||||
| Southwest | 0.10 | 0.06 | ||||||
| Rocky Mountains | 0.06 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Far West | 0.15 | 0.10 | ||||||
| Rural | 0.08 | 0.07 | ||||||
aN = 532 for publics and 1072 for privates