Postsecondary Education Research - National Student Clearinghouse Research Services
Track students at colleges
across the U.S.
The Clearinghouse has administered numerous studies and projects using postsecondary student cohorts, which you’ll find here. We’ve also provided programming code that you can use to analyze your StudentTracker response files. StudentTracker guides and FAQs are also available. If you need assistance with submitting a StudentTracker query, please contact studenttracker@studentclearinghouse.org.
Available Research
StudentTracker Information
Creating StudentTracker Files in Excel
Creating StudentTracker Files in Flat File Format
Sample StudentTracker Reports
The StudentTracker aggregate reports contain the names of the first schools attended by the students in your query, as shown in the sample query reports below.
- Subsequent Enrollment for Prospective Students (DA)
- Prior Attendance for Pending Admissions (PA)
- Subsequent/Concurrent Enrollment for Former/Current Students (SE)
- Longitudinal Cohort (CO)
- StudentTracker Search Options