Community College Data Hub
The Community College Data Hub (CCDH) is a publicly available collection of datasets and data-related publications associated with community colleges and their students, administrators, faculty, staff, and communities. Data in the CCDH have been selected by subject-matter experts from the Center for the Study of Community Colleges and the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research and curated and indexed by ICPSR. They can be used by a broad range of scholars and scholar-practitioners for secondary analysis and/or institutional improvement.
Note: The CCDH website is a work in progress and does not yet have full search functionality. To view a list of the 50+ datasets included in the CCDH, click “Find Data” (and then click on a dataset to access additional information or to download data). To search studies, variables, or data-related publications related to the 10 most recent datasets added to the CCDH, click here.
As the entry point to higher education for nearly half of all American learners, community colleges power the workforce of the future, ensure equitable pathways to certificates and degrees, and build healthier and more prosperous communities. Yet an increasingly fragmented community college data ecosystem challenges our ability to understand these institutions and their outcomes. The Community College Data Hub is thus an essential resource for improving education policy and practice and extending scholarship on the community college enterprise.
The CCDH is a joint project of the Center for the Study of Community Colleges, the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research, and ICPSR.
Click Find Data to search the CCDH. For information on Research Grants and Research-to-Practice Stipends to support utilization of CCDH data, click Resources, then Grants & Stipends.
The CCDH is currently offering $5,000 in Research Grants and $15,000 in Research-to-Practice Stipends for scholars, students, community college faculty and staff, policymakers, and higher education organizations who utilize CCDH data for secondary analysis, institutional improvement, or policy development. Click here for more information and to access the Calls for Proposals.