by Leigh Moore Feb 20, 2025 **Important: the viz below will remain public through April 30, 2025. Great news: According to Jill Barshay...

A lot of us want families to ignore rankings when making college decisions. For those who are willing to do so, where do we direct their

By Leigh Moore (Update to blog post first published in 2020) Tens of thousands of early round application decisions have already begun...

Hello, friends! Boy, has it been a year in the data mines. Alas, I'm caught up for a bit and can now share some of the content I've been...

by Brad Pochard As many of our customers know, my stewardship of Moore College Data follows 22 years on the enrollment side of the...

College waitlists are sure to play an enormous role shaping the college Classes of 2028. Looking for waitlist data? Here's the latest!

Which school is the most generous when it comes to awards for students without financial need? Like everything else in admissions, it...

Why use visualizations? As I built the chart below, I reflected on the very purpose of charts and interactive graphics: you can gain...

What do you know about the colleges behind the March Madness teams? Check out this viz for 8-year trends--including test submitters.

Earlier this week, my alma mater made the news: a breakdown of the total cost to attend Vanderbilt's engineering school found its way...

by Leigh Moore Hello, and here's hoping you teams are doing better than ours in the NCAA Tourney! While most of our readers won't be...

by Leigh Moore Welcome to March Madness, MCD-style! I realized a few years ago that the sample size offered by an NCAA tourney gives me...

There's March Madness and then there's March Madness. NCAA-Style As a native Kentuckian, I love March Madness.  No one would call me a...

by Leigh Moore February 12, 2024 Hi, college data fans! The next time you log into your portal, you will find the newest downloadable...

By Leigh Moore The following is a message I published first in 2020. My role has changed a lot in the past three years. As a college...

...and one for your consideration in the meantime... Hello, friends--It's Leigh here. Is everybody ready for Thanksgiving? Brad...

Despite my affinity for charts, visualizations, and lists, I confess that I have mixed feelings about the public’s growing interest in...

"Students don’t always attend the most selective college which has admitted them." Every year, I post the above reminder on my personal...

Hi, friends! I have a three-part blog post for you: Part 1 (for my fellow parents of the Class of 2023) Contextualizing the commitment If...

The culture seems resolved to believe that college admissions is a meritocracy, and I get it. World-class achievers have adhered...