National Center for Education Statistics. Room/Board/Fees - Postsecondary Education: Rooming Capacity | State: Virginia, 2001 - 2013. Data-Planet™ Statistical Datasets by Conquest Systems, Inc. Dataset-ID: 017-008-001
Dataset: Reports the number of students that can be served by institutions' rooming accommodations, by state and institution.
Data are from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) conducted by the NCES. IPEDS involves annual institution-level data collections. All postsecondary institutions that participate in federal programs providing financial assistance to students are required to report data using a web-based data collection system. Data are collected as part of the Institutional Characteristics (IC) component of IC for release on College Navigator. The year noted represents the start of the school year; for example, 2006 represents data covering the 2006-2007 school year.
http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/
Category: Education
Subject: Living Arrangements, Colleges, College Attendance, Higher Education, Universities, Dormitories
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity in the United States for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the US and other nations. NCES is located within the US Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences. The NCES fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of US education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally. The NCES is one of four centers (along with the National Center for Education Research, the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, and the National Center for Special Education Research) charged with carrying out the work of the Institute of Education Sciences.
http://nces.ed.gov/