NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS
University of Denver
Denver, CO
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is the
nation’s core postsecondary education data collection program. It is a
single, comprehensive system designed to encompass all institutions and
educational organizations whose primary purpose is to provide
postsecondary education. For additional information see
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds.
IPEDS DATA FEEDBACK REPORT
October, 2009
Dear Institutional Executive:
The National Center for Education Statistics is pleased to provide you with your institution’s annual IPEDS Data Feedback Report. The
report compares data provided by your institution in 2008-09 through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to data
for a similar group of institutions. Like last year, your institution was given the opportunity to select its own comparison group. We strongly
encourage institutions to take advantage of the opportunity to select the other institutions to which they want to be compared in the report, as
they generally find the report more informative. If your institution did not submit its own group, IPEDS identified a comparison group for you
(see the list toward the back of this report for the institutions in your comparison group).
I also encourage you to visit the IPEDS Executive Peer Tool (ExPT) at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/. Not only can you download a
PDF of this report as it was sent to you, you can also select a different comparison group and recreate the full report in PDF format. In
addition, there are a number of extra figures available in the ExPT that are not included in your original report.
Thank you for supporting IPEDS throughout the data collection process. Without your support and the high quality data that your institution
provides, these reports would not be possible. If you have any comments on how we can improve the Data Feedback Report or the ExPT,
please send them to [email protected].
Best regards,
Elise S. Miller
IPEDS Program Director
What Is IPEDS?
How Can I Use This Report?
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a
system of survey components that collects data from nearly 6,700
institutions across the United States whose primary purpose is to provide
postsecondary education. IPEDS collects institution-level data on students
(enrollment and graduation rates), student charges, program completions,
faculty, staff, and finances.
Upon receiving your Data Feedback Report (DFR), we strongly encourage
you to discuss its contents with your institution’s IPEDS keyholder, or other
institutional research professionals. Keyholders, appointed by institutional
executives, coordinate the institution’s IPEDS data submission, frequently
working with colleagues across the institution to ensure timely and
accurate reporting. Your keyholder can answer questions about how
IPEDS data are submitted, how individual indicators are defined, and how
to interpret differences between your institution and the group to which it
was compared. She or he can also assist you in identifying more
appropriate comparison groups, if needed. After discussing the DFR with
your keyholder, we encourage you to share it with your campus leadership
team. With their assistance, other ways to make use of the DFR can be
considered, including how to appropriately incorporate the DFR into
existing strategic planning efforts and whether to share parts of the DFR
with on- and off-campus stakeholders, including students, staff, faculty,
governance board members, community leaders, media, and state and
local officials. We are committed to ensuring the DFR is useful to campus
executives. If after working with the DFR you have suggestions for future
improvements, please send them to [email protected].
These data are used at the federal and state level for policy analysis and
development; at the institutional level for benchmarking and peer analysis;
and by students and parents, through the College Navigator
(http://collegenavigator.ed.gov), to aid in the college search process. For
more information about IPEDS, see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds.
What Is the Purpose of This Report?
The Data Feedback Report is intended to provide institutions a context for
examining the data they submitted to IPEDS. Our goal is to produce a
report that is useful to institutional executives and that may help improve
the quality and comparability of IPEDS data.
Where Can I Do More with IPEDS Data?
What Is in This Report?
The Executive Peer Tool (ExPT), available through the IPEDS Data Center
(http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter), is designed to provide campus
executives easy access to institutional and comparison group data. Using
the ExPT, you can produce reports using different comparison groups and
access a wider range of IPEDS variables.
The figures provided in this report are those suggested by the IPEDS
Technical Review Panel. They were developed to provide selected
indicators and data elements for your institution and a comparison group
of institutions. The figures are based on data collected during the 2008-09
IPEDS collection cycle and are the most recent data available. Additional
information about these indicators is provided in the Methodological Notes
at the end of the report. Following the figures is a list of the institutions in
your comparison group and the criteria used for their selection. Please
refer to "Comparison Group" in the Methodological Notes for more
information.
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Figure 1.
Unduplicated 12-month headcount of all students and of
undergraduate students, total FTE enrollment (academic
year 2007-08), and full- and part-time fall enrollment (Fall
2008)
Figure 2.
Percent of students enrolled who are women, by level of
student: Fall 2008
Image description.
Level of student
Horizontal
BarPercent
chart with
3 groupswho
withare
2 items
per group.
X
scale1,titled
of students
women.
Group
All students.
Item
institution
56. Median (N=13) 55.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Group
Undergraduate.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
56. Median (N=13) 56.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Graduate.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
56. Median (N=13) 54.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Shape
line,
Label:
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InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Image description.
EnrollmentBar
measure
Horizontal
chart with
5 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
Number
ofheadcount
students.
Group
Unduplicated
- total.
Item
institution
13349.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Median- (N=13)
15267.
Group
Unduplicated
headcount
undergraduates.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
5607.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) 11689.
Group
Total
FTE enrollment.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
10347.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) 11177.
Group
Full-time
fall
enrollment.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
8164.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) 10846.
Group
Part-time
fall
enrollment.
Item
1,5,
Your
institution
3164.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) 2544.
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line,
Label:
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Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
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Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Enrollment measure
Level of student
13,349
Unduplicated
headcount - total
56
15,267
All students
55
Unduplicated
headcount undergraduates
5,607
11,689
56
10,347
Total FTE
enrollment
Undergraduate
11,177
56
8,164
Full-time
fall enrollment
10,846
56
Graduate
3,164
Part-time
fall enrollment
54
2,544
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
0
10
20
30
Number of students
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Your institution
NOTE: For details on calculating full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment, see Calculating
FTE in the Methodological Notes at the end of this report. Total headcount, FTE, and fulland part-time fall enrollment include both undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students,
when applicable. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2008, 12-month
Enrollment component and Spring 2009, Fall Enrollment component.
Figure 3.
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent of students who are women
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Fall Enrollment
component.
Percent of all students enrolled, by race/ethnicity: Fall 2008
Image description.
Bar
chart
withPercent.
8 groups with 2 items per group.
Y
scale
titled
Group
American
Indian
Alaska Native.
Item
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Your
institution
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Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
(N=13)
1.
Group
Asian/Native
Hawaiian/
Pacific
Islander.
Item
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Your
institution
4. Median
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
(N=13) 7.
Group
Black
or African
Item 2,
1,3,
Your
institution
3. American.
Item
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) 3.
Group
Hispanic/Latino.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
7. Median (N=13) 7.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
5,
White.
Item
institution
72. Median (N=13) 61.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
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Twoinstitution
or more
races.
Item
1,6,
Your
0.01.Median (N=13) 0.01.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Race/ethnicity
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1,7,
Your
institution
6.unknown.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) 9.
Group
Nonresident
alien.
Item
1,8,
Your
institution
6. Median (N=13) 8.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Enrollment
by race/ethnicity
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Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
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Label:
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End of image description.
100
90
80
72
Percent
70
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60
50
40
30
20
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3
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6
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8
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American Indian or
Alaska Native
Asian/Native Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander
Black or
African American
Hispanic/Latino
White
Two or more races
Race/ethnicity
unknown
Nonresident alien
Enrollment by race/ethnicity
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: For this survey year, institutions could report race and ethnicity using both 1977 (old) and 1997 (new) Office of Management and Budget categories. Categories shown in this figure are
derived by adding comparable categories from both old and new; however, the "Two or more races" category appears only in the 1997 version. For more information about disaggregation of
data by race and ethnicity, please see the Methodological Notes at the end of this report. Median values for the comparison group may not add to 100 percent. See "Use of Median Values for
Comparison Group" in the Methodological Notes at the end of this report for how median values are determined. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Fall Enrollment component.
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Figure 4.
Student-to-faculty ratio: Fall 2008
Figure 5.
Percent of applicants admitted, and percent of
admissions enrolled by full- and part-time status: Fall
2008
Image description.
AdmissionsBar
measure
Horizontal
chart with
3 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
Percent
of students.
Group
Admitted.
Item
institution
64. Median (N=13) 52.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Enrolled
fullGroup
time.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
25. Median (N=13) 27.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Enrolled
part
time.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
0.01.Median (N=13) 0.01.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
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Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Image description.
Horizontal
BarFTE
chart
with 2 items.
X
scale
titled
students
per FTE instructional staff.
Item
1, Comparison
Your
institution
12. Median
Item
2,
Group
(N=13) 12.
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Label:
Shape
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Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Admissions measure
64
Admitted
52
12
25
Student-to-faculty
ratio
Enrolled full time
27
12
0
Enrolled part time
0
0
3
5
8
10
13
0
10
20
30
40
FTE students per FTE instructional staff
Your institution
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent of students
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: Student-to-faculty ratio data is presented only for institutions that have
undergraduate students; graduate only institutions are not included. For details on how the
ratio is calculated, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the
comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Fall Enrollment
component.
NOTE: Admissions data are presented only for institutions that do not have an open
admission policy, and apply to first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate
students only. For more information, see the Methodological Notes. Median values for the
comparison group may not add to 100 percent. See "Use of Median Values for
Comparison Group" for how median values are determined. N is the number of institutions
in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2008, Institutional
Characteristics component.
Figure 6.
Figure 7.
Academic year tuition and required fees for full-time,
first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates:
2006-07–2008-09
Percent of students receiving Pell grants: 2007-08
Image description.
Horizontal
BarPercent
chart with
2 items.
X
scale
titled
of3.students.
Item
1, Comparison
Your
institution
Item
2,
Group
Median (N=13) 15.
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Image description.
Academic year
Horizontal
BarTuition
chart with
groups with 2 items per group.
X scale1,titled
and 3
fees.
Group
2008-09.
Item
1, Comparison
Your
institution
$33810.
Item
2,
Group
Median (N=13) $34264.
Group
2007-08.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
$32232.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $32564.
Group
2006-07.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
$29628.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $30716.
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Academic year
$33,810
2008-09
$34,264
3
$32,232
2007-08
Pell Grants
$32,564
15
$29,628
2006-07
$30,716
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
0
10
Tuition and fees
Your institution
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Percent of students
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: The tuition and required fees shown here are the lowest reported from the
categories of in-district, in-state, and out-of-state. N is the number of institutions in the
comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2008, Institutional
Characteristics component.
20
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Student
Financial Aid component.
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Figure 8.
Percent of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking
undergraduate students receiving Federal, State/local,
and Institutional grant aid, by type of grant: 2007-08
Image description.
Type of grant
aid
Horizontal
BarPercent
chart with
6 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
students.
Group
Total
grants.of78.
Item
institution
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group Median (N=13) 68.
Group
Federal.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
12. Median (N=13) 13.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Pell.institution
Item
1,3,
Your
12. Median (N=13) 11.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Other
Federal.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
10. Median (N=13) 11.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
State
and local.
Item
1,5,
Your
institution
11. Median (N=13) 10.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Institutional.
Item 2,
1,6,
Your
institution
78. Median (N=13) 66.
Item
Comparison
Group
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Label:
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Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
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Label:
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ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Figure 9.
Image description.
Type of grant
aid
Horizontal
BarGrant
chartdollars.
with 6 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
Group
Total
grants. $14741.
Item
institution
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group Median (N=13) $17372.
Group
Federal.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
$5437.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $5241.
Group
Pell.institution
Item
1,3,
Your
$2908.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $3016.
Group
Other
Federal.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
$3144.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $2260.
Group
State
and local.
Item
1,5,
Your
institution
$1166.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $3682.
Group
Institutional.
Item 2,
1,6,
Your
institution
$13743.
Item
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $14796.
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Type of grant aid
Type of grant aid
78
Total grants
12
13
$2,908
$3,016
$3,144
$2,260
10
11
Other Federal
State and
local
11
10
State and
local
78
Institutional
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
$1,166
$3,682
$13,743
$14,796
Institutional
66
10
$5,437
$5,241
Pell
Other Federal
0
$17,372
Federal
12
11
Pell
$14,741
Total grants
68
Federal
Average amounts of Federal, State/local, and institutional
grant aid received by full-time, first-time,
degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates, by type of
grant: 2007-08
90
100
$0
$5,000
$10,000
Percent of students
Your institution
$15,000
$20,000
Grant dollars
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: Pell Grants and Other Federal Grants are included in Federal Grants above. For
details on how students are counted for financial aid reporting, see Cohort Determination
for Reporting Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates in the Methodological Notes at
the end of this report. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Student
Financial Aid component.
NOTE: Pell Grants and Other Federal Grants are included in Federal Grants above.
Average grant values were calculated by dividing the total grants awarded by the total
number of recipients in each institution. N is the number of institutions in the comparison
group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Student
Financial Aid component.
Figure 10. Percent of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking
undergraduate students receiving loans, by type of loan:
2007-08
Figure 11. Average amounts of loans received by full-time, firsttime, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates, by type
of loan: 2007-08
Image description.
Type of loan
Horizontal
BarPercent
chart withstudents.
3 groups with 2 items per group.
X scale1,titled
Group
Anyinstitution
loan. of36.
Item
1, Comparison
Your
Item
2,
Group Median (N=13) 37.
Group
Federal.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
36. Median (N=13) 37.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Non-federal.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
0.01.Median (N=13) 6.
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Label:
End of image description.
Image description.
Type of loan
Horizontal
BarLoan
chart with 3 groups with 2 items per group.
X scale1,titled
Group
Anyinstitution
loan. dollars.
Item
1, Comparison
Your
$4796.
Item
2,
Group
Median (N=13) $6412.
Group
Federal.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
$4796.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $4176.
Group
Non-federal.
Item
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Your
institution
No data.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) $15473.
Shape
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End of image description.
Type of loan
Type of loan
36
$4,796
Any loan
Any loan
37
$6,412
36
$4,796
Federal
Federal
37
$4,176
0
Non-federal
Non-federal
6
0
$15,473
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
$0
Percent of students
Your institution
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
Loan dollars
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: For details on how students are counted for financial aid reporting, see Cohort
Determination for Reporting Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates in the
Methodological Notes at the end of this report. N is the number of institutions in the
comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Student
Financial Aid component.
$5,000
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: Average loan values were calculated by dividing the total loans awarded by the
total number of recipients in each institution. N is the number of institutions in the
comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Student
Financial Aid component.
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Figure 12. Retention rates of first-time, degree/certificate-seeking
undergraduate students, by enrollment status: Fall 2008
Figure 13. Graduation rate cohort as a percent of all
undergraduates and as a percent of total entering
students (Fall 2008); graduation rate and transfer-out rate
(2002 cohort)
Image description.
EnrollmentBar
status
of with
student
Horizontal
chart
2 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
Retention
rate.
Group
Full-time
(N=13).
Item
institution
87. Median 90.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Group
Part-time
(N=10).
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
100.Median 64.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
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Label: Your institution
Shape
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Label: Comparison Group Median
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End of image description.
Image description.
Measure
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BarPercent.
chart with 4 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
Group
Graduation
rate
as a percent of undergraduates (N=13).
Item
institution
21.cohort
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Median
Group
Graduation
rate
as 22.
a percent of total entering students (N=13).
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
78.cohort
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median(N=13).
83.
Group
Graduation
rate,
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
74. overall
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
Group
Transfer-out
rate
(N=2). 77.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
No data.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median No data.
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Enrollment status of student
Measure
Graduation rate cohort
as a percent of
undergraduates (N=13)
87
21
22
Full-time
(N=13)
Graduation rate cohort
as a percent of
total entering students
(N=13)
90
78
83
Graduation rate,
overall
(N=13)
100
74
77
Part-time
(N=10)
64
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Transfer-out rate
(N=2)
70
80
90
100
0
10
20
30
40
Retention rate
Your institution
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent
Comparison Group Median
Your institution
NOTE: Retention rates are measured from the fall of first enrollment to the following fall. 4yr institutions report retention rates for students seeking a bachelor's degree. For more
information, see the Methodological Notes at the end of this report. N is the number of
institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Fall Enrollment
component.
Comparison Group Median
NOTE: Graduation rate cohort includes all full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking
undergraduate students. Entering class includes all students coming to the institution for
the first time. Only institutions with a mission to prepare students to transfer are required
to report transfers out. Graduation and transfer-out rates are the Student Right-to-Know
rates. For more information, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions
in the comparison group. At least three values in the comparison group are required to
calculate the median.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Graduation
Rates component and Fall Enrollment component.
Figure 14. Graduation rates of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates within 150% of normal time to program
completion, by race/ethnicity: 2002 cohort
Image description.
Bar
chart
withPercent.
9 groups with 2 items per group.
Y
scale
titled
Group
Graduation
rate,
(N=13).
Item
1,1,
Your
institution
74. overall
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
Group
American
Indian
Alaska77.
Native (N=12).
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
43. or
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
73. Islander (N=13).
Group
Asian/
Native
Hawaiian
/Pacific
Item 2,
1,3,
Your
institution
72.
Item
Comparison
Group
Median 81.
Group
Black
or African
(N=13).
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
61. American
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median 71.
Group
5,
Hispanic
/Latino
Item
institution
74. (N=13).
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Median 77.
Group
White
(N=13).
Item
1,6,
Your
institution
75. Median 77.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Twoinstitution
or more
races
(N=0).
Item
1,7,
Your
No data.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median(N=13).
No data.
Group
Race/ethnicity
unknown
Item
1,8,
Your
institution
100.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
Group
Nonresident
alien
(N=13).77.
Item
1,9,
Your
institution
69. Median
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
73.
Graduation
rates
by
race/ethnicity
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
100
100
90
80
74
81
77
73
72
Percent
70
71
74
77
75
77
77
69
73
61
60
50
43
40
30
20
10
0
Graduation rate,
overall
(N=13)
American Indian or
Alaska Native
(N=12)
Asian/
Native Hawaiian
/Pacific Islander
(N=13)
Black or
African
American
(N=13)
Hispanic
/Latino
(N=13)
White
(N=13)
Two or
more races
(N=0)
Race/ethnicity
unknown
(N=13)
Nonresident
alien
(N=13)
Graduation rates by race/ethnicity
Your institution
Comparison Group Median
NOTE: For this survey year, institutions could report race and ethnicity using both 1977 (old) and 1997 (new) Office of Management and Budget categories. Categories shown in this figure are
derived by adding comparable categories from both old and new; however, the "Two or more races" category appears only in the 1997 version. For more information about disaggregation of
data by race and ethnicity, please see the Methodological Notes at the end of this report. The graduation rates are the Student Right-to-Know (SRK) rates. For more information see the
Methodological Notes at the end of the report. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. At least three values in the comparison group are required to calculate the median.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Graduation Rates component.
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Figure 15. Bachelor's degree graduation rates of full-time,
first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
within 4 years, 6 years, and 8 years: 2000 cohort
Figure 16. Number of degrees awarded, by level: Academic year
2007-08
Image description.
Time to program
completion
Horizontal
BarGraduation
chart
with 3
groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
rate.
Group
4 years.
Item
institution
57. Median (N=13) 65.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Group
6 years.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
72. Median (N=13) 75.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
8 years.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
74. Median (N=13) 76.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Image description.
Level of degree
Horizontal
BarNumber
chart with
4 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
of degrees.
Group
Doctor's.
Item
institution
433.Median (N=13) 346.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Group
Master's.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
1768.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) 1024.
Group
Bachelor's.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
1101.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=13) 2003.
Group
Associate's.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
0.01.Median (N=13) 0.01.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Time to program completion
Level of degree
433
57
Doctor's
4 years
346
65
1,768
Master's
1,024
72
6 years
75
1,101
Bachelor's
2,003
74
8 years
0
Associate's
76
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0
80
90
100
0
500
1,000
Graduation rate
Your institution
1,500
2,000
2,500
Number of degrees
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: The 4-year and 6-year graduation rates are the Student Right-to-Know (SRK)
rates; the 8-year rate is calculated using the same methodology. For more information see
the Methodological Notes at the end of the report. N is the number of institutions in the
comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Graduation
Rates component.
NOTE: N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2008, Completions
component.
Figure 17. Full-time equivalent staff, by assigned position: Fall 2008
Figure 18. Average salaries of full-time instructional staff equated
to 9-month contracts, by academic rank: Academic year
2008-09
Image description.
Staff category
Horizontal
BarNumber
chart with
4 groups with 2 items per group.
X scale1,titled
of staff.
Group
Instruction/
research/
public service.
Item
1, Comparison
Your
institution
793.Median
Item
2,
Group
(N=13)
1181.
Group
Executive/
administrative/
managerial.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
256.Median (N=13)
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
192.
Group
Other
professional.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
572.Median (N=13) 860.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Non-professional.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
705.Median (N=13) 998.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Image description.
Academic rank
Horizontal
BarAverage
chart with
7 groups with 2 items per group.
X scale1,titled
salary.
Group
All ranks
(N=13).
Item
1, Comparison
Your
institution
$80751.
Item
2,
Group
Median $89951.
Group
Professor
(N=13).
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
$115479.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
$120785.
Group
Associate
professor
(N=13).
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
$83628.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
$85842.
Group
Assistant
professor
(N=13).
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
$67532.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median $72726.
Group
Instructor
(N=12).
Item 2,
1,5,
Your
institution
$48000.
Item
Comparison
Group
Median $55368.
Group
Lecturer
(N=7).
Item
1,6,
Your
institution
$50541.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
Group
7,
No institution
academic
rankdata.
(N=8).$52993.
Item
1,
Your
No
Item 2, Comparison Group Median $70470.
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label:
Comparison
Group Median
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Staff category
Academic rank
Instruction/
research/
public service
$80,751
$89,951
All ranks
(N=13)
793
1,181
$115,479
$120,785
Professor (N=13)
Executive/
administrative/
managerial
$83,628
$85,842
Associate professor
(N=13)
256
192
$67,532
$72,726
Assistant professor
(N=13)
572
Other professional
860
705
Non-professional
200
400
600
800
1,000
$48,000
$55,368
Lecturer
(N=7)
$50,541
$52,993
No academic rank
(N=8)
998
0
Instructor
(N=12)
1,200
$70,470
$0
Number of staff
Your institution
$50,000
$75,000
$100,000
$125,000
Average salary
Comparison Group Median (N=13)
NOTE: Graduate assistants are not included in this figure. N is the number of institutions
in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2008-09, Human
Resources component.
$25,000
Your institution
Comparison Group Median
NOTE: Average full-time instructional staff salaries for 11/12-month contracts were
adjusted to 9-month average salaries by multiplying the 11/12-month salary by .8182.
Salaries based on less than 9-month contracts are not included. Medical school staff
salaries are not included. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2008-09, Human
Resources component.
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Figure 19. Percent distribution of core revenues, by source: Fiscal
year 2008
Figure 20. Core revenues per FTE enrollment, by source: Fiscal
year 2008
Image description.
Revenue source
Horizontal
BarPercent.
chart with 5 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
Group
Tuition
and fees.
Item
institution
67. Median (N=11) 63.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Group
Government
grants
and contracts.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
6. Median
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
(N=11) 5.
Group
Private
gifts,
grants,
and contracts.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
16. Median
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
(N=11) 18.
Group
Investment
return.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
6. Median (N=11) -3.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Other
core Group
revenues.
Item
1,5,
Your
institution
5. Median (N=11) 5.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=11)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Image description.
Revenue source
Horizontal
BarDollars
chart with
5 groups with 2 items per group.
X
scale1,titled
FTE.
Group
Tuition
and per
fees.
Item
institution
$21994.
Item 1,
2, Your
Comparison
Group
Median
(N=11) $22511.
Group
Government
grants
and contracts.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
$1985.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median
(N=11) $2369.
Group
Private
gifts,
grants,
and contracts.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
$5268.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=11) $5791.
Group
Investment
return.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
$1919.
Item
2,
Comparison
Median (N=11) $-1068.
Group
Other
core Group
revenues.
Item
1,5,
Your
institution
$1555.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=11) $2124.
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=11)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Revenue source
Revenue source
67
Tuition and fees
6
5
Government grants
and contracts
16
18
6
-10
0
$1,919
Investment return
5
5
-20
$5,268
$5,791
Private gifts, grants,
and contracts
-3
Other core
revenues
$1,985
$2,369
Government grants
and contracts
Private gifts, grants,
and contracts
Investment return
$21,994
$22,511
Tuition and fees
63
-$1,068
$1,555
$2,124
Other core
revenues
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
-$5,000
$0
$5,000
Percent
Your institution
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
Dollars per FTE
Comparison Group Median (N=11)
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=11)
NOTE: The comparison group median is based on those members of the comparison
group that report finance data using the same accounting standards as the focus
institution. For a detailed definition of core revenues, see the Methodological Notes. N is
the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Finance
component.
NOTE: The comparison group median is based on those members of the comparison
group that report finance data using the same accounting standards as the focus
institution. For details on calculating FTE enrollment and a detailed definition of core
revenues, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison
group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2008, 12-month
Enrollment component and Spring 2009, Finance component.
Figure 21. Percent distribution of core expenses, by function: Fiscal
year 2008
Figure 22. Core expenses per FTE enrollment, by function: Fiscal
year 2008
Image description.
Expense function
Horizontal
BarPercent.
chart with 7 groups with 2 items per group.
X scale1,titled
Group
Instruction.
Item
1, Comparison
Your
institution
50. Median (N=11) 47.
Item
2,
Group
Group
Research.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
5. Median (N=11) 4.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Public
service.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
1. Median (N=11) 0.01.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Academic
support.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
21. Median (N=11) 12.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Group
Institutional
suport.
Item 2,
1,5,
Your
institution
16. Median (N=11) 15.
Item
Comparison
Group
Group
Student
services.
Item
1,6,
Your
institution
7. Median (N=11) 10.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
7,
Other
core Group
expenses.
Item
1,
Your
institution
0.01.Median (N=11) 1.
Item 2, Comparison Group
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=11)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Image description.
Expense function
Horizontal
BarDollars
chart with
7 groups with 2 items per group.
X scale1,titled
per FTE.
Group
Instruction.
Item
1, Comparison
Your
institution
$12153.
Item
2,
Group
Median (N=11) $15783.
Group
Research.
Item
1,2,
Your
institution
$1327.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=11) $1435.
Group
Public
service.
Item
1,3,
Your
institution
$300.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=11) $184.
Group
Academic
support.
Item
1,4,
Your
institution
$5018.
Item
2,
Comparison
Group
Median (N=11) $3773.
Group
Institutional
support.
Item 2,
1,5,
Your
institution
$3895.
Item
Comparison
Group
Median (N=11) $5422.
Group
Student
services.
Item
1,6,
Your
institution
$1579.
Item
2,
Comparison
Median (N=11) $3471.
Group
7,
Other
core Group
expenses.
Item
1,
Your
institution
$0.01.
Item 2, Comparison Group Median (N=11) $354.
Shape
line,
Label:
Shape
InstitutionLegend,
Label: Your institution
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegend,
Label: Comparison Group Median (N=11)
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,
Label:
Shape
ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,
Label:
End of image description.
Expense function
Expense function
50
Instruction
5
4
Research
Public service
1
0
Public service
21
16
15
Institutional suport
$5,018
$3,773
$3,895
$5,422
Institutional support
7
$1,579
Student services
10
Other core 0
expenses 1
0
$300
$184
Academic support
12
Student services
$15,783
$1,327
$1,435
Research
Academic support
$12,153
Instruction
47
$3,471
Other core $0
expenses
$354
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
$0
Percent
Your institution
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
Dollars per FTE
Comparison Group Median (N=11)
NOTE: The comparison group median is based on those members of the comparison
group that report finance data using the same accounting standards as the focus
institution. For a detailed definition of core expenses, see the Methodological Notes. N is
the number of institutions in the comparison group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2009, Finance
component.
$5,000
Your institution
Comparison Group Median (N=11)
NOTE: The comparison group median is based on those members of the comparison
group that report finance data using the same accounting standards as the focus
institution. Expenses per full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment, particularly instruction, may
be inflated because finance data includes all core expenses while FTE reflects credit
activity only. For details on calculating FTE enrollment and a detailed definition of core
expenses, see the Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison
group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2008, 12-month
Enrollment component and Spring 2009, Finance component.
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COMPARISON GROUP
The custom comparison group chosen by University of Denver includes the following 13 institutions:
Boston University (Boston, MA)
Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO)
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO)
George Washington University (Washington, DC)
Regis University (Denver, CO)
Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)
University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES
Postbaccalaureate Degree Categories
Overview
In 2008-09 IPEDS, new postbaccalaureate degree categories were
introduced as optional. The new categories are Doctor’s degreeResearch/scholarship, Doctor’s degree-Professional practice, and Doctor’s
degree-Other. In addition, the First-professional degree and certificate
categories and the single Doctor’s degree category are being phased out.
During the transition period, all First-professional students are reflected as
graduate students, all First-professional degrees awarded are reflected as
Doctor’s degrees, and all Doctor’s degrees reported under the new
categories are aggregated under a single Doctor’s degree category, so that
data reported by all institutions are comparable.
This report is based on data supplied by institutions to IPEDS during the
2008-09 survey year. Response rates exceeded 99 percent for most
surveys. Detailed response tables are included in IPEDS First Look reports,
which can be found at
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=010.
Comparison Groups
Cohort Determination for Reporting Student Financial Aid and
Graduation Rates
Comparison group data are included to provide a context for interpreting
your institution’s statistics. If your institution did not define a Custom
Comparison Group for this report by July 14, NCES selected a comparison
group for you based on the institutional characteristics detailed immediately
above the listing of the comparison group institutions. (If the Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education was used as an
institutional characteristic in the definition of a comparison group, the 2005
Basic version was used.) The comparison group used in this report may not
reflect your institution’s peer group, or you may wish to compare your
institution to other groups. The Executive Peer Tool (ExPT)
(http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/) can be used to reproduce the figures
in this report using different peer groups.
Student cohorts for reporting Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates
data are based on the reporting type of the institution. For institutions that
report based on an academic year (those operating on standard academic
terms), student counts and cohorts are based on fall term data. Student
counts and cohorts for program reporters (those that do not operate on
standard academic terms) are based on unduplicated counts of students
enrolled during a full 12-month period.
Description of Statistics Used in the Figures
Use of Median Values for Comparison Group
Core Expenses
The value for the focus institution is compared to the median value for the
comparison group for each statistic included in the figure. If more than one
statistic is presented in a figure, the median values are determined
separately for each indicator or statistic. Where percentage distributions are
presented, median values may not add to 100 percent. Through the ExPT,
users have access to all of the data used to create the figures included in
this report.
Core expenses for public institutions using the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board (GASB) standards include expenses for instruction,
research, public service, academic support, institutional support, student
services, operation and maintenance of plant, depreciation, scholarships
and fellowships, other expenses, and nonoperating expenses. Core
expenses for private, not-for-profit and public institutions reporting under
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standards include
expenses for instruction, research, public service, academic support,
student services, institutional support, net grant aid to students, and other
expenses. For all institutions, core expenses exclude expenses for
auxiliary enterprises (e.g., bookstores, dormitories), hospitals, and
independent operations. Expenses for operation and maintenance of plant
for GASB institutions are included in other core expenses, but are allocated
to each of the other functions for FASB institutions.
Missing Statistics
If a statistic is not reported for your institution, the omission indicates that
the statistic is not relevant to your institution and the data were not
collected. As such, not all notes listed below may be applicable to your
report.
Core Revenues
Use of Imputed Data
Core revenues for public institutions reporting under GASB standards
include tuition and fees; government appropriations (federal, state, and
local); government grants and contracts; private gifts, grants, and
contracts; investment income; other operating and nonoperating sources;
and other revenues and additions. Core revenues for private, not-for-profit
institutions (and a small number of public institutions) reporting under
FASB include tuition and fees; government appropriations (federal, state,
and local); government grants and contracts; private gifts, grants, and
contracts; investment return; sales and services of educational activities;
and other sources. Core revenues for private, for-profit institutions
reporting under FASB standards include tuition and fees; government
appropriations (federal, state, and local); government grants and contracts;
private grants and contracts; net investment income; sales and services of
educational activities; and other sources. In general, core revenues
exclude revenues from auxiliary enterprises (e.g., bookstores, dormitories),
hospitals, and independent operations.
All IPEDS data are subject to imputation for total (institutional) and partial
(item) nonresponse. If necessary, imputed values were used to prepare
your report.
Data Confidentiality
IPEDS data are not collected under a pledge of confidentiality.
Disaggregation of Data by Race/Ethnicity
When applicable, some statistics are disaggregated by race/ethnicity.
Between survey years 2008-09 and 2010-11, the categories used for the
collection and reporting of race/ethnicity data in IPEDS are transitioning to
those developed in 1997 by the Office of Management and Budget, and
institutions may report using either those categories, the older (1977)
categories, or a mixture of both. Therefore, during the transition, only
derived categories that present comparable data will be displayed. Detailed
information about these changes can be found at
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/reic/resource.asp.
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Endowment Assets
Endowment assets, for public institutions under GASB standards, and
private, not-for-profit institutions under FASB standards, include gross
investments of endowment funds, term endowment funds, and funds
functioning as endowment for the institution and any of its foundations and
other affiliated organizations. Private, for-profit institutions under FASB do
not hold or report endowment assets.
Equated Instructional Staff Salaries
Total salary outlays for full-time instructional staff on 11/12-month contracts
were equated to 9/10-month outlays by multiplying the outlay for 11/12month contracted instructional staff by 0.8182. The equated outlays were
then added to the outlays for 9/10-month instructional staff to determine an
average salary for each rank. Salaries for staff on less-than-9-month
contracts are not included.
institution the following fall (as either full- or part-time), divided by the total
number of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates in
the fall of first entrance. Part-time retention rates are similarly defined. For 4
-year institutions offering a bachelor’s degree, this rate is reported only for
those students seeking a bachelor’s degree. For less than 4-year
institutions, the rate is calculated for all degree/certificate-seeking students.
Salaries, Wages, and Benefits
Salaries, wages, and benefits, for public institutions under GASB
standards, and private, not-for-profit institutions under FASB standards,
include amounts paid as compensation for services to all employees
regardless of the duration of service, and amounts made to or on behalf of
an individual over and above that received in the form of a salary or wage.
Frequently, benefits are associated with an insurance payment. Private, for
-profit institutions under FASB standards do not report salaries.
Student-to-Faculty Ratio
FTE for Enrollment
The full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment used in this report is the sum of
the institution’s FTE undergraduate enrollment and FTE graduate
enrollment (as calculated from or reported on the 2007-08 12-month
Enrollment component) plus the estimated FTE of first-professional
students. Undergraduate and graduate FTE are estimated using 12-month
instructional activity (credit and/or contact hours). If applicable, firstprofessional FTE is estimated by calculating the ratio of full-time to parttime first-professional students from the 2007 fall counts and applying this
ratio to the 2007-08 12-month unduplicated headcount of first-professional
students. The estimated number of full-time students is added to one-third
of the estimated number of part-time students. See “Calculation of FTE
Students (using instructional activity)” in the IPEDS Glossary at
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary/.
An institution’s student-to-faculty ratio is calculated by determining the
number of FTE students (using Fall Enrollment data) divided by the total
FTE instructional staff (using the total Primarily instruction +
Instruction/research/public service staff reported on the EAP section of the
Human Resources component). For this calculation, FTE for students is
equal to the number of full-time students plus one-third the number of parttime students; FTE for instructional staff is similarly calculated. Students
enrolled in "stand-alone" graduate or professional programs and
instructional staff teaching in these programs are excluded from the FTE
calculations. "Stand-alone" graduate or professional programs are those
programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, or public
health, in which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students (also
referred to as "independent" programs).
Total Entering (Undergraduate-Level) Students
FTE for Staff
The full-time equivalent (FTE) of staff is calculated by summing the total
number of full-time staff from the Employees by Assigned Position (EAP)
section of the Human Resources component and adding one-third of the
total number of part-time staff.
Total entering students are students at the undergraduate level, both fulland part-time, coming into the institution for the first time in the fall term (or
the prior summer term who returned again in the fall). This includes all firsttime undergraduate students, students transferring into the institution at the
undergraduate level, and non-degree/certificate seeking undergraduates
entering in the fall. Only degree-granting institutions report total entering
students.
Graduation Rates and Transfer-out Rate
Graduation rates are those developed to satisfy the requirements of the
Student Right-to-Know and Higher Education Opportunity Acts and are
defined as the total number of individuals from a given cohort of full-time,
first-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates who completed a
degree or certificate within a given percent of normal time (for the degree
or certificate) before the ending status date of August 31, 2008, divided by
the entire cohort of full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking
undergraduates minus any allowable exclusions. Institutions are permitted
to exclude from the initial cohort students who died or were totally and
permanently disabled; those who left school to serve in the armed forces or
were called to active duty; those who left to serve with a foreign aid service
of the federal government, such as the Peace Corps; and those who left to
serve on an official church mission. Transfer-out rate is the total number of
students from the cohort who are known to have transferred out of the
reporting institution within the same time period, divided by the same
adjusted cohort. Only institutions with a mission that includes preparing
students to transfer are required to report transfers out.
Retention Rates
Full-time retention rates are defined as the number of full-time, first-time,
degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students who enter the institution
for the first time in the fall and who return to the same
Tuition and Required Fees
Tuition is defined as the amount of money charged to students for
instructional services; required fees are those fixed sum charges to
students for items not covered by tuition that are required of such a large
proportion of all students that the student who does not pay the charge is
an exception. The amounts used in this report are for full-time, first-time,
degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates and are those used by the
financial aid office to determine need. For institutions that have differential
tuition rates for in-district or in-state students, the lowest tuition rate is used
in the figure. Only institutions that operate on standard academic terms will
have tuition figures included in their report.
Additional Methodological Information
Additional methodological information on the IPEDS components can be
found in the publications available at
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=010.
Additional definitions of variables used in this report can be found in the
IPEDS online glossary available at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary/.
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