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Create Your Own Tables Using DAS
Creating graphs and tables of financial statistics for undergraduate students in the U.S.
The graphs and tables on this website were generated using the Data Application System (DAS) available on the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES) website leads you to the DAS online tool following these instructions.
The following links provide .tpf files (in a .zip file) to create your own graphs or tables. Information on using .tpf files.
Detailed instructions on using the NPSAS DAS and a practice exercise to illustrate creating tables.
- Student finance information on the NPSAS 2004 oversampled states
- Information on students who applied for aid in Minnesota and U.S.
- Cumulative borrowing by students in Minnesota and U.S.
- Borrowing by undergraduate students in Minnesota and U.S.
- Borrowing by undergraduate students in the Eastern U.S.
- Borrowing by undergraduate students in the upper Midwest
- Child care costs for undegraduate students in the Upper Midwest and Minnesota
- Student finance information for Connecticut
- Student finance information for Delaware
- Demographic of undergraduate students in Minnesota and U.S.
- Employment information of undergraduate students in Minnesota and the U.S.
- First generation students in Minnesota and the U.S.
- Borrowing information for undergraduate students in Illinois
- Income distribution of students in Minnesota
- Income distribution of students in the U.S.
- Borrowing information for undergraduate students in the Midwest region
- Borrowing information for undergraduate students in New York
- Nontraditional students in the U.S.
- Borrowing information for undergraduate students in Tennessee
- Finances In Midwest States
- Grants awarded to undergraduates by income quintiles
- Borrowing for undergraduates in Western U.S.
If these files are used in the batch processor on the NCES website, they need to be adjusted to adhere to the following criteria:
- All file names (.ZIP/.TPF/.CPF) must fulfill the following requirements
- Begin with a letter (for example, A, B, C, X,Y,Z)
- Contain at least 2 but no more than 8 characters
- Not contain spaces between characters
- Not include symbols or special characters (underscore is allowed)
These guidelines are available on the DAS website.
Not familiar with the DAS? This short presentation introduces you to the basics of DAS usage and the NPSAS 2004.
