Independent research on Workforce Pell implementation, AI exposure of academic programs, and postsecondary earnings.
Benazir Rowe is the founder of Opportunity Data, where she builds open data infrastructure for education-to-work policy, Workforce Pell implementation, AI exposure, and credential value. Her work turns public education and labor-market data into reusable records, indexes, and decision-support frameworks that colleges, state agencies, researchers, and funders can act on. She holds a PhD in Statistics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and has built evidence systems for funding, program approval, workforce alignment, and institutional decision-making across state government and community-college research. Her writing has appeared in Washington Monthly, The Colorado Sun, and Community College Daily.
Opportunity Data is an independent research platform. It builds open measures, datasets, and decision-support frameworks that explain how AI, education, labor markets, and public policy are reshaping economic opportunity.
Rather than producing one-time reports, the platform builds reusable measures, indexes, and frameworks that others can cite, analyze, and extend. Every analysis is grounded in transparent methods, reproducible workflows, and publicly available data.
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Completion-weighted AI exposure for all 50 states and DC, with credential-mix shares and 2023 completion counts.
Coverage: 51 jurisdictions · Source: AI Exposure Index × IPEDS 2023
Download CSV MethodologyAI exposure scores for 1,786 academic programs (six-digit CIP), with the three underlying dimensions.
Coverage: 1,786 programs · Source: O*NET × BLS OEWS
Download CSV MethodologyCite as: Opportunity Data. (2026). AI Exposure of Academic Programs by State. opportunitydata.org/ai-exposure-states.html
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License. Charts and datasets are released under CC BY 4.0: free to reproduce, share, and adapt with attribution to Opportunity Data. The logo is a trademark; use it unaltered to refer to Opportunity Data, not to imply endorsement.
Attribution. Credit "Opportunity Data" and link to opportunitydata.org where possible. Every chart already carries its source line.
Methodology. Every measure has an open methodology note: AI Exposure Index, AI exposure by state (PDF), Workforce Pell value-added test.
Technical questions. Email benazir@opportunitydata.org.
Cited by NPR and Child Trends, both drawing their Workforce Pell state counts from the State Implementation Record.
Benazir Rowe, PhD · benazir@opportunitydata.org
Available for comment: Workforce Pell implementation; AI exposure of occupations and academic programs; postsecondary earnings and mobility; short-term credentials and labor-market alignment.
