Project Description
Welcome to my Senior Project page. The focus of this project is to utilize a large set of data and learn to visualize it using one of the many visualization languages. For the sake of this project, I have chosen to use D3 and JavaScript. The data I have chosen to visualize contains information on the universities across the U.S. I am going to create some form of an interactive map that users to access the data visually. I will continue to update this page when throughout implementation of the prototype.
Authors and Contributors
The author of this project is Alejandro Zepeda. My project sponsor is Professor Sophie Engle.
Data Set
The data set that is being used for this project contains information for post-secondary education institutions in the United States. This includes information on finance, enrollment, staffing, completions and student aid data for academic years 1986-87 through 2009-10. The source of the data is the National Center For Education Statistics. Here is a link to the original dataset : IPEDS ANALYTICS : DELTA COST PROJECT DATABASE
Individual Prototypes
I have been working on individual prototypes with D3.js during the process of implementing the
greater app. Here are links to each visualization:
Alejandro Zepeda's Prototypes:
This visualization uses a scatterplot to show the correlation between tuition and total revenue. The
data set used contains the top 50 universities based on total revenue.
Link to first prototype
This visualization uses a scatterplot to show the correlation between five categories of the users
choosing. The choices are tuition cost, total revenue, number of students enrolled, total employees, and
control (private, public, etc). The data set used contains the top 50 universities based on total revenue.
Link to second prototype
This is a current implementation using a map to show the states tuition, revenue, or average university
grants given for the top 100 highest grant giving universities.
Link to map prototype
This visualization uses a pie chart to compare the top five universities based on
average university grants. The choices of values that can be display include
total revenue, tuition, average university grants, average state grants,
average federal grants, and average loan amounts.
Link to pie chart prototype
United States College Information System
Here is a link to the entire project. I hope you enjoy and find this information useful.
United States College Information System