Previous Reports

For sixteen years, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) has produced the annual State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report to broaden understanding and enable analysis of state-level and national funding and enrollment trends over time. The SHEF report provides the earliest possible review of state funding for higher education fo the most recently completed fiscal year.

More than just a report, SHEF is a core member service for our state executive officers and their staffs. The report has become the go-to resource for tracking funding trends over time and is used by policymakers, researchers and the media. SHEF also includes a robust data set for fiscal year 1980-2018 with detailed data on state and local funding, tuition revenue and enrollment, with interactive data visualization materials.

2017
2017 SHEF Report
2017 SHEF Press Release
2017 Infographic

Data Downloads
  • Unadjusted Nominal Data (.xlsx)
  • Appropriations, Tuition, and Enrollment, by State (.xlsx)
  • Changes since Great Recession, by State (.xlsx)
  • Data Adjustment Indices (.xlsx)

    • Technical Documentation
  • List of Data Providers
  • Provider Instructions
  • Techinical Paper A: Inflation Adjustment (HECA)
  • Technical Paper B: Adjustments for State Comparisons (EMI and COLI)
  • Technical Paper C: Diverse Perspectives on State Higher Education Finance Data and Measures
  • Technical Paper D: Methods and Analytical Tools
  • Metric Calculations
  • Glossary of Terms
    • 2016
    2016 SHEF Report
    2016 SHEF Press Release
    Interactive Data (Tableau)

    Unadjusted Nominal Data Set (.xlsx)
    State-by-State Wave Charts (.xlsx)
    Data Collection Overview (Video)

    Additional Information:
  • List of Data Providers (.xlsx)
  • Instructions and Data Descriptions

    • 2015
    2015 SHEF Report
    2015 SHEF Press Release
    Interactive Data (Tableau)

    Unadjusted Nominal Data Set (.xlsx)
    State-by-State Wave Charts (.xlsx)
    Data Collection Overview (Video)
    State-by-State Change Charts (.xlsx)

    Additional Information:
  • List of Data Providers (.xlsx)
  • Webinar with CBPP

    • 2014
    2014 SHEF Report
    2014 SHEF Press Release
    Interactive Data (Tableau)

    Unadjusted Nominal Data Set (.xlsx)
    State-by-State Wave Charts (.xlsx)
    Data Collection Overview (Video)

    Additional Information:
  • List of Data Providers (.xlsx)
  • Webinar

    • 2013
    2013 SHEF Report
    2013 SHEF Press Release

    Unadjusted Nominal Data Set (.xlsx)
    2003-2012
  • 2012 SHEF Report
  • 2011 SHEF Report
  • 2010 SHEF Report
  • 2009 SHEF Report
  • 2008 SHEF Report
  • 2007 SHEF Report
  • 2006 SHEF Report
  • 2005 SHEF Report
  • 2004 SHEF Report
  • 2003 SHEF Report

    • Project Contact: Sophia Laderman, senior policy analyst