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November 1 deadline update
November 13, 2025
Application trend
November 1 deadline update
Data Analytics and ResearchNovember 13, 2025This report provides an early look at first-year college application trends, highlighting shifts in applicant numbers, demographics, and where students are applying. It offers a snapshot of early activity in the current cycle and insights into how application patterns continue to evolve year over year.
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Research brief
Tracking persistence in STEMM, part 2: degree pathways state-by-state
Data Analytics and ResearchNovember 6, 2025The second brief in the Tracking persistence in STEMM series examines Common App applicants’ STEMM major interests, persistence, and degree completion rates, breaking down outcomes for 50 states, D.C, and Puerto Rico, and 8 STEMM major fields. The brief provides over 5,500 data points, empowering readers to track their own pathways of interest.
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Research brief
First-generation status in context, part four: Enrollment, persistence, and completion by first-generation status
Data Analytics and ResearchOctober 2, 2025This fourth brief in the First-generation status in context series follows 2016–17 Common App applicants through six years of college. It examines enrollment, persistence, and completion to identify where gaps emerge between first-generation and continuing-generation students, as well as the factors that contribute to these gaps.
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