Institutional Research collects, analyzes, and reports quantitative and qualitative data about faculty, students, curriculum and learning outcomes to inform the University’s decision-making and planning process. Activities include survey data compilation, environmental scanning, and comparative studies with peer institutions, external data reporting and regulatory reporting.

Institutional Research can answer questions such as:

• Is the institution’s student population growing, declining or remaining stable?
  
  
• What age group or groups does the institution presently serve?
  
  
• Do the various units respond to the educational needs of older/younger students?
  
  
• What are desirable new programs for the University?
  
  
• What is the faculty composition: full-time, adjunct, etc?
  
  
• What ethnicity groups comprise the population?
  
  
• What is the completion rate of first-time freshmen?
  
  
• What is the career services placement rate?