Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2013
College/Unit
Chambers College of Business and Economics
Document Number
13-06
Department/Program/Center
Economics
Abstract
There has been considerable public debate surrounding the efficiency of higher education in the United States. Using Data Envelopment Analysis, we look at the efficiency of a majority of the institutions of higher learning in the United States. Using two different approaches, we find some evidence that private institutions of higher learning are more efficient than public ones. In particular, masters and bachelors-granting institutions with unrestricted revenue greater than 85% are more efficient than those with less than 85%. Public institutions tend to have more restricted funding, suggesting that their stakeholders constrain them from operating on the frontier.
Digital Commons Citation
Calhoun, Joseph and Hall, Joshua, "Data Envelopment Analysis of Relative Efficiencies of Public and Private Institutions of Higher Learning" (2013). Economics Faculty Working Papers Series. 86.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/econ_working-papers/86