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NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

What Is IPEDS?

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a system of survey components that collects data from about 7,500 institutions that provide postsecondary education across the United States. IPEDS collects institution-level data on student enrollment, graduation rates, student charges, program completions, faculty, staff, and finances.

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), an online tool 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. The purpose of this report is to provide institutional executives a useful resource and to help improve the quality and comparability of IPEDS data.

What Is in This Report?

As suggested by the IPEDS Technical Review Panel, the figures in this report provide selected indicators for your institution and a comparison group of institutions. The figures are based on data collected during the 2013-14 IPEDS collection cycle and are the most recent data available. This report provides a list of pre-selected comparison group institutions and the criteria used for their selection. Additional information about these indicators and the pre- selected comparison group are provided in the Methodological Notes at the end of the report.

Where Can I Do More with IPEDS Data?

Institutions have the opportunity to create its comparison group instead of using the IPEDS pre- selected comparison group through the Customize Data Feedback Report functionality located in the IPEDS Data Center. Customized comparison groups allow institutional executives to quickly produce customizable reports using different comparison groups and accessing a wider range of IPEDS variables. The Data Center can be accessed at http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter.

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COMPARISON GROUP

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 15, NCES selected a comparison group for you. (In this case, the characteristics used to define the comparison group appears below.) The Customize Data Feedback Report functionality on the IPEDS Data Center (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/) can be used to reproduce the figures in this report using different peer groups.

The custom comparison group chosen by includes the following 13 institutions:

Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA) (Carlisle, PA) (Madison, NJ) Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, PA) (Gettysburg, PA) Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY) (Easton, PA) (Bethlehem, PA) (Saratoga Springs, NY) (Selinsgrove, PA) (Collegeville, PA) (Villanova, PA) Wheaton College (Norton, MA)

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Figure 1. Percent of all students enrolled, by race/ethnicity and percent of students who are women: Fall 2013

Image description. Bar chart with 10 groups with 2 items per group. GroupY scale 1, titled American Percent. Indian or Alaska Native. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 0.01, Median hover text(N=13) on image.0.01, hover text on image. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Asian. institution 3, hover text on image. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Black or African Group American. Median (N=13) 4, hover text on image. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 3, hover Median text (N=13) on image. 4, hover text on image. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Hispanic/Latino. institution 5, hover text on image. GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Native Hawaiian Group orMedian other (N=13)Pacific Islander.6, hover text on image. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 0.01, Median hover text(N=13) on image.0.01, hover text on image. ItemGroup 1, 6,Your White. institution 76, hover text on image. GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison Two or more Group races. Median (N=13) 70, hover text on image. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 2, hover Median text (N=13) on image. 2, hover text on image. ItemGroup 1, 8,Your Race/ethnicity institution 10, unknown. hover text on image. GroupItem 2, 9, Comparison Nonresident Group alien. Median (N=13) 5, hover text on image. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 1, hover Median text (N=13) on image. 6, hover text on image. ItemGroup 1, 10,Your 100Women. institution 59, hover text on image. Item 2, Comparison Group Median (N=13) 52, hover text on image. Race/ethnicityShape or gender line,Shape Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image90 description. Label:

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20 10 6 6 10 3 4 3 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 American Indian or Asian Black or Hispanic/Latino Native Hawaiian White Two or more races Race/ethnicity Nonresident alien Women Alaska Native African American or other unknown Pacific Islander

Race/ethnicity or gender

Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) NOTE: For more information about disaggregation of data by race and ethnicity, see the Methodological Notes. Median values for the comparison group will not add to 100%. 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): Spring 2014, Fall Enrollment component.

Figure 2. Unduplicated 12-month headcount of all students and of Figure 3. Number of degrees awarded, by level: 2012-13 undergraduate students (2012-13), total FTE enrollment (2012-13), and full- and part-time fall enrollment (Fall 2013)

Image description. Image description. HorizontalEnrollment Bar measure chart with 5 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalLevel of degree Bar chart with 6 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Unduplicated Number of headcount students. - total. GroupX scale 1, titled Doctor's Number Research/ of degrees. Scholarship. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 2732. Median (N=13) 2791. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 0.01. Median (N=13) 0.01. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Unduplicated institution 2732.headcount - undergraduates. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Doctor's institution Professional 0.01. Practice. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Total FTE enrollment.Group Median (N=13) 2594. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Doctor's Other. Group Median (N=13) 0.01. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 2792. Median (N=13) 2585. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 0.01. Median (N=13) 0.01. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Full-time institution fall enrollment. 2323. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Master's. institution 0.01. GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Part-time fall Group enrollment. MedianEnrollment (N=13) 2435. measure GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Bachelor's.Level Group Median (N=13) of 0.01. degree Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 125. Median (N=13) 53. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 593. Median (N=13) 603. Shape ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Associate's. institution 0.01. line,Shape Label: Item 2, Comparison Group Median (N=13) 0.01. InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution line, Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: End of image description.Doctor's 0 Unduplicated 2,732 Research/ 0 headcount - total 2,791 Scholarship

Doctor's 0 Professional Unduplicated 2,732 0 headcount - Practice undergraduates 2,594 Doctor's 0 Other 0 Total FTE 2,792 enrollment 2,585 0 Master's 0 Full-time 2,323 fall enrollment 2,435 593 Bachelor's 603

125 Part-time 0 Associate's fall enrollment 53 0

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 0 200 400 600 800 Number of students Number of degrees Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) NOTE: For details on calculating full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment, see Calculating NOTE: For additional information about postbaccalaureate degree levels, see the FTE in the Methodological Notes. Total headcount, FTE, and full- and part-time fall Methodology Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. enrollment include both undergraduate and postbaccalaureate students, when applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2013, Completions SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, component. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2013, 12-month Enrollment component and Spring 2014, Fall Enrollment component.

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Figure 4. Academic year tuition and required fees for full-time, Figure 5. Average net price of attendance for full-time, first-time first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates: degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students 2010-11 to 2013-14 receiving grant or scholarship aid: 2010-11 to 2012-13

Image description. Image description. Academic year Academic year XHorizontal scale titled Bar Tuition chart withand 4fees. groups with 2 items per group. XHorizontal scale titled Bar Net chart price. with 3 groups with 2 items per group. ItemGroup 1, 1,Your 2013-14. institution $42755. ItemGroup 1, 1,Your 2012-13. institution $36330. GroupItem 2, 2, Comparison 2012-13. Group Median (N=13) $44670. GroupItem 2, 2, Comparison 2011-12. Group Median (N=13) $30587. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $41510. Median (N=13) $43270. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $32841. Median (N=13) $28987. ItemGroup 1, 3,Your 2011-12. institution $39915. ItemGroup 1, 3,Your 2010-11. institution $32692. GroupItem 2, 4, Comparison 2010-11. Group Median (N=13) $41820. Item 2, Comparison Group Median (N=13) $27451. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institutionAcademic Group $38380. Median (N=13) $40120. year line, Shape Label: Academic year Shape InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution line,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: End of image description. ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label:

$42,755 2013-14 $36,330 $44,670 2012-13 $30,587

$41,510 2012-13 $43,270 $32,841 2011-12 $28,987 $39,915 2011-12 $41,820

$32,692 $38,380 2010-11 2010-11 $27,451 $40,120

$0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 Tuition and fees Net price Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) NOTE: The tuition and required fees shown here are the lowest reported from the NOTE: Average net price is for full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking categories of in-district, in-state, and out-of-state. N is the number of institutions in the undergraduate students and is generated by subtracting the average amount of federal, comparison group. state/local government, and institutional grant and scholarship aid from the total cost of SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, attendance. Total cost of attendance is the sum of published tuition and required fees, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2013, Institutional books and supplies, and the average room and board and other expenses. For details, Characteristics component. 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 2013, Institutional Characteristics component; Winter 2013-14, Student Financial Aid component.

Figure 6. Percent of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking Figure 7. Average amounts of grant or scholarship aid from the undergraduate students who received grant or federal government, state/local government, or the scholarship aid from the federal government, state/local institution, or loans received, by full-time, first-time government, or the institution, or loans, by type of aid: degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students, by 2012-13 type of aid: 2012-13

Image description. Image description. HorizontalType of aid Bar chart with 8 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalType of aid Bar chart with 8 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Any Percentgrant aid. of students. GroupX scale 1, titled Any Aidgrant dollars. aid (N=13). Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 88. Median (N=13) 68. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $17423. Median $26292. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Federal institution grants. 9. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Federal institution grants $7168. (N=13). GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Pell grants. Group Median (N=13) 17. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Pell grants Group(N=13). Median $5177. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 9. Median (N=13) 16. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $4141. Median $4192. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your State/local institution grants. 6. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your State/local institution grants $3021. (N=13). GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Institutional Group grants. MedianType (N=13) 13. of aid GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Institutional Group grants Median Type(N=13). $3203. of aid Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 86. Median (N=13) 68. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $16929. Median $24703. ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Any institution loans. 48. ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Any institution loans (N=13). $7587. GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison Federal loans. Group Median (N=13) 51. GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison Federal loans Group (N=13). Median $6606. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 48. Median (N=13) 48. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $5749. Median $5501. ItemGroup 1, 8,Your Other institution loans. 5. ItemGroup 1, 8,Your Other institution loans (N=11). $17976. Item 2, Comparison Group Median (N=13) 9. Item 2, Comparison Group Median $13789. line, Shape Label: line, Shape Label: InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison Group Median ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Any grant Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, Shape Any grant Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: 88 ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: $17,423 End of image description.aid 68 End of imageaid description. (N=13) $26,292

Federal 9 Federal $7,168 grants 17 grants (N=13) $5,177

Pell 9 Pell $4,141 grants 16 grants (N=13) $4,192

State/local 6 State/local $3,021 grants 13 grants (N=13) $3,203

Institutional 86 Institutional $16,929 grants 68 grants (N=13) $24,703 Any loans Any loans 48 $7,587 51 (N=13) $6,606

Federal 48 Federal $5,749 loans 48 loans (N=13) $5,501

Other loans Other loans 5 $17,976 9 (N=11) $13,789

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 $0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000 Percent of students Aid dollars Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) Your institution Comparison Group Median NOTE: Any grant aid above includes grant or scholarship aid from the federal government, NOTE: Any grant aid above includes grant or scholarship aid from the federal government, state/local government, or the institution. Federal grants includes Pell grants and other state/local government, or the institution. Federal grants includes Pell grants and other federal grants. Any loans includes federal loans and other loans to students. For details on federal grants. Any loans includes federal loans and other loans to students. Average how students are counted for financial aid reporting, see Cohort Determination in the amounts of aid were calculated by dividing the total aid awarded by the total number of Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. 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, SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2013-14, Student Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2013-14, Student Financial Aid component. Financial Aid component.

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Figure 8. Percent of all undergraduates receiving aid by type of Figure 9. Average amount of aid received by all undergraduates, aid: 2012-13 by type of aid: 2012-13

Image description. Image description. HorizontalType of aid Bar chart with 3 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalType of aid Bar chart with 3 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Any Percentgrant aid. of students. GroupX scale 1, titled Any Aidgrant dollars. aid. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 70. Median (N=13) 68. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $20039. Median (N=13) $26344. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Pell institution grants. 8. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Pell institution grants. $4051. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Federal loans. Group Median (N=13) 15. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Federal loans. Group Median (N=13) $4107. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 41. Median (N=13) 45. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $6457. Median (N=13) $6460. Shape Shape line,Shape Label: Type of aid line,Shape Label: Type of aid InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label:

70 $20,039 Any grant aid Any grant aid 68 $26,344

8 $4,051 Pell grants Pell grants 15 $4,107

41 $6,457 Federal Federal loans loans 45 $6,460

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 $0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000 Percent of students Aid dollars Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) NOTE: Any grant aid above includes grant or scholarship aid from the federal government, NOTE: Any grant aid above includes grant or scholarship aid from the federal government, state/local government, the institution, or other sources. Federal loans includes only state/local government, the institution, or other sources. Federal loans includes federal federal loans to students. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. loans to students. Average amounts of aid were calculated by dividing the total aid SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, awarded by the total number of recipients in each institution. N is the number of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2013-14, Student institutions in the comparison group. Financial Aid component. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2013-14, Student Financial Aid component.

Figure 10. Graduation rate and transfer-out rate (2007 cohort); Figure 11. Bachelor's degree graduation rates of full-time, graduation rate cohort as a percent of total entering first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates students and retention rates of first-time students (Fall within 4 years, 6 years, and 8 years: 2005 cohort 2013)

Image description. Image description. HorizontalMeasure Bar chart with 5 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalTime to program Bar chart completion with 3 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Graduation Percent. rate, Overall (N=13). GroupX scale 1, titled 4 years. Graduation rate. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 86. Median 86. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 79. Median (N=13) 79. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Transfer-out institution rate No data. (N=2). ItemGroup 1, 2,Your 6 years. institution 86. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Graduation Group rate cohort Median as Noa percent data. of total entering students (N=13). GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison 8 years. Group Median (N=13) 84. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 91. Median 93. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 86. Median (N=13) 85. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Full-time institution retention 91. rate (N=13). Shape GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Part-time retention Group Median rate (N=2). 90. Measure line,Shape Label: Time to program completion Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group No data.Median No data. InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution Shape ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) line,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: Graduation rate, 86 Overall (N=13) 86 79 4 years 79 Transfer-out rate (N=2)

86 Graduation rate cohort 91 as a percent of total 6 years 93 entering students (N=13) 84

Full-time retention 91 rate (N=13) 90 86 8 years Part-time retention 85 rate (N=2)

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percent Graduation rate Your institution Comparison Group Median Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) NOTE: Graduation rate cohort includes all full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking NOTE: The 6-year graduation rate is the Student Right-to-Know (SRK) rate; the 4- and 8- undergraduate students. Entering class includes all students coming to the institution for year rates are calculated using the same methodology. For details, see the the first time. Only institutions with a mission to prepare students to transfer are required Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. to report transfers out. Graduation and transfer-out rates are the Student Right-to-Know SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, rates. Retention rates are measured from the fall of first enrollment to the following fall. 4- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2013-14, 200% yr institutions report retention rates for students seeking a bachelor's degree. Median Graduation Rates component. values for the comparison group will not add to 100%. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. Medians are not reported for comparison groups with less than three values. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Winter 2013-14, Graduation Rates component and Spring 2014, Fall Enrollment component.

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Figure 12. Full-time equivalent staff, by occupational category: Fall Figure 13. Average salaries of full-time instructional non-medical 2013 staff equated to 9-month contracts, by academic rank: Academic year 2013-14

Image description. Image description. HorizontalStaff category Bar chart with 8 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalAcademic rankBar chart with 7 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Postsecondary Number of staff.Teachers and staff. GroupX scale 1, titled All ranks Average (N=13). salary. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 255. Median (N=13) 245. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $75861. Median $81603. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Instructional institution support 23. occupations. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Professor institution (N=13). $98370. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Management. Group Median (N=13) 39. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Associate professorGroup Median (N=13). $109845. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 57. Median (N=13) 83. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $75294. Median $83115. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Business institution and 14.financial operations. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Assistant institution professor $61749. (N=13). GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Computer, Groupengineering, Median and (N=13) science.Staff 39. category GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Instructor (N=10).Group Median $67320.Academic rank Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 24. Median (N=13) 43. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group No data.Median $56385. ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Community institution service, 36. legal, arts, and media. ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Lecturer institution (N=4). $53361. GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison Healthcare. Group Median (N=13) 62. GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison No academic Group rank Median (N=5). $68229. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 0.01. Median (N=13) 8. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $41166. Median $50373. ItemGroup 1, 8,Your Other. institution 173. Shape Item 2, Comparison Group Median (N=13) 284. line,Shape Label: line, Shape Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution InstitutionLegend, Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median ComparisonGroupLegend, Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine1, ShapePostsecondary Label: Teachers ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2, Shape Label: 255 All ranks $75,861 End of image description. 245 and staff (N=13) $81,603 Instructional support 23 $98,370 occupations 39 Professor (N=13) $109,845 Management 57 83 Associate professor $75,294 (N=13) $83,115 Business and financial 14 39 operations Assistant professor $61,749 (N=13) $67,320 Computer, engineering, 24 and science 43 Instructor Community service, legal, 36 (N=10) $56,385 arts, and media 62 Lecturer $53,361 0 (N=4) $68,229 Healthcare 8 $41,166 173 No academic rank Other 284 (N=5) $50,373

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 $0 $20,000 $40,000 $60,000 $80,000 $100,000 $120,000 Number of staff Average salary Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) Your institution Comparison Group Median NOTE: Graduate assistants are not included. For calculation details, see the NOTE: Average salaries of full-time instructional non-medical staff equated to 9-month Methodological Notes. N is the number of institutions in the comparison group. contracts was calculated by multiplying the average monthly salary by 9. The average SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, monthly salary was calculated by dividing the total salary outlays by the total number of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2014, Human months covered by staff on 9, 10, 11 and 12-month contracts. Resources component. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2014, Human Resources component.

Figure 14. Percent distribution of core revenues, by source: Fiscal Figure 15. Core expenses per FTE enrollment, by function: Fiscal year 2013 year 2013

Image description. Image description. HorizontalRevenue source Bar chart with 5 groups with 2 items per group. HorizontalExpense function Bar chart with 7 groups with 2 items per group. GroupX scale 1, titled Tuition Percent. and fees. GroupX scale 1, titled Instruction. Dollars per FTE. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 67. Median (N=13) 58. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $14525. Median (N=13) $15962. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Government institution grants1. and contracts. ItemGroup 1, 2,Your Research. institution $145. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Private gifts, Group grants, Median and contracts. (N=13) 2. GroupItem 2, 3, Comparison Public service. Group Median (N=13) $641. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 6. Median (N=13) 12. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $0.01. Median (N=13) $119. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Investment institution return. 23. ItemGroup 1, 4,Your Academic institution support. $2039. GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Other core Grouprevenues. Median (N=13)Revenue 27. source GroupItem 2, 5, Comparison Institutional Group support. Median (N=13) $4546.Expense function Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group 3. Median (N=13) 2. Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $4731. Median (N=13) $8122. Shape ItemGroup 1, 6,Your Student institution services. $4090. line,Shape Label: GroupItem 2, 7, Comparison Other core Groupexpenses. Median (N=13) $6377. InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution Item 2,1, ComparisonYour institution Group $171. Median (N=13) $0.01. ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) Shape ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: line,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: InstitutionLegend,Shape Label: Your institution ComparisonGroupLegend,Shape Label: Comparison Group Median (N=13) ComparisonGroupLegendLine1,Shape Label: ComparisonGroupLegendLine2,End of image description. Label: $14,525 67 Instruction Tuition and fees $15,962 58 $145 Research $641 Government grants 1 and contracts 2 $0 Public service $119

Private gifts, grants, 6 $2,039 Academic support and contracts 12 $4,546 $4,731 Institutional support 23 $8,122 Investment return 27 $4,090 Student services $6,377 Other core 3 $171 revenues 2 Other core expenses $0

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 $0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 Percent Dollars per FTE Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) Your institution Comparison Group Median (N=13) NOTE: The comparison group median is based on those members of the comparison NOTE: Expenses per full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment, particularly instruction, may be group that report finance data using the same accounting standards as the comparison inflated because finance data includes all core expenses while FTE reflects credit activity institution. For a detailed definition of core revenues, see the Methodological Notes. N is only. For details on calculating FTE enrollment and a detailed definition of core expenses, the number of institutions in the comparison group. 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, SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Spring 2014, Finance Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Fall 2013, 12-month component. Enrollment component and Spring 2014, Finance component.

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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES Description of Statistics Used in the Figures

Overview Admissions and Test Score Data Admissions and test score data are presented only for institutions that do not have an open admission policy, and apply to first-time, This report is based on data supplied by institutions to IPEDS during the degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students only. Applicants include 2013-14 data collection year. Response rates exceeded 99% for most only those students who fulfilled all requirements for consideration for surveys. Detailed response tables are included in IPEDS First Look reports, admission and who were notified of one of the following actions: which can be found at admission, non-admission, placement on a wait list, or application http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=010. withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants (admissions) include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission. Early decision, early action, and students who began studies during the Use of Median Values for Comparison Group summer prior to the fall reporting period are included. Institutions report test scores only if they are required for admission. The value for the comparison institution is compared to the median value for the comparison group for each statistic included in the figure. If more Average Institutional Net Price than one statistic is presented in a figure, the median values are determined separately for each indicator or statistic. Medians are not Average net price is calculated for full-time, first-time degree/certificate- reported for comparison groups with fewer than three values. Where seeking undergraduates who were awarded grant or scholarship aid from percentage distributions are presented, median values may not add to the federal government, state/local government, or the institution anytime 100%. The IPEDS Data Center provides access to all of the data used to during the full aid year. For public institutions, this includes only students create the figures included in this report. who paid the in-state or in-district tuition rate. Other sources of grant aid are excluded. Average net price is generated by subtracting the average Missing Statistics amount of federal, state/local government, and institutional grant and scholarship aid from the total cost of attendance. Total cost of attendance is the sum of published tuition and required fees, books and supplies, and If a statistic is not reported for your institution, the omission indicates that the average room and board and other expenses. the statistic is not relevant to your institution and the data were not collected. Not all notes may be applicable to your report. For the purpose of the IPEDS reporting, aid received refers to financial aid that was awarded to, and accepted by, a student. This amount may differ Use of Imputed Data from the aid amount that is disbursed to a student.

All IPEDS data are subject to imputation for total (institutional) and partial Core Revenues (item) nonresponse. If necessary, imputed values were used to prepare your report. Core revenues for public institutions reporting under GASB standards include tuition and fees; state and local appropriations; government grants and contracts; private gifts, grants, and contracts; sales and services of Data Confidentiality educational activities; investment income; other operating and non- operating sources; and other revenues and additions (federal and capital IPEDS data are not collected under a pledge of confidentiality. appropriations and grants and additions to permanent endowments). Core revenues for private, not-for-profit institutions (and a small number of public institutions) reporting under FASB standards include tuition and fees; Disaggregation of Data by Race/Ethnicity government appropriations (federal, state, and local); government grants and contracts; private gifts, grants, and contracts (including contributions from affiliated entities); investment return; sales and services of When applicable, some statistics are disaggregated by race/ethnicity. Data educational activities; and other sources. Core revenues for private, for- disaggregated by race/ethnicity have been reported using the 1997 Office profit institutions reporting under FASB standards include tuition and fees; of Management and Budget categories. Detailed information about the government appropriations, grants, and contracts (federal, state, and race/ethnicity categories can be found at local); private grants and contracts; investment income; sales and services http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/reic/resource.asp. of educational activities; and other sources. At degree-granting institutions, core revenues exclude revenues from auxiliary enterprises (e.g., bookstores, dormitories), hospitals, and independent operations. Cohort Determination for Reporting Student Financial Aid and Nondegree-granting institutions do no report revenue from auxiliary Graduation Rates enterprises in a separate category. These amounts may be included in the core revenues from other sources. Student cohorts for reporting Student Financial Aid and Graduation Rates data are based on the reporting type of the institution. For institutions that Core Expenses report based on an academic year (those operating on standard academic terms), student counts and cohorts are based on fall term data. Student Core expenses include expenses for instruction, research, public service, counts and cohorts for program reporters (those that do not operate on academic support, institutional support, student services, scholarships and standard academic terms) are based on unduplicated counts of students fellowships (net of discounts and allowances), and other expenses. enrolled during a full 12-month period. Expenses for operation and maintenance of plant, depreciation, and interest are allocated to each of the other functions. Core expenses at degree-granting institutions exclude expenses for auxiliary enterprises (e.g., bookstores, dormitories), hospitals, and independent operations. Nondegree-granting institutions do not report expenses for auxiliary enterprises in a separate category. These amounts may be included in the core expenses as other expenses.

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Endowment Assets percentage of first-time degree/certificate-seeking students from the previous fall who either re-enrolled or successfully completed their program Endowment assets, for public institutions under GASB standards, and by the current fall. The full-time retention rate is calculated using the private, not-for-profit institutions under FASB standards, include gross percentage of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking investments of endowment funds, term endowment funds, and funds undergraduates, while the part-time rate is calculated using the percentage functioning as endowment for the institution and any of its foundations and of part-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. other affiliated organizations. Private, for-profit institutions under FASB do not hold or report endowment assets. Salaries, Wages, and Benefits

Equated Instructional Non-Medical Staff Salaries Salaries, wages, and benefits, for public institutions under GASB standards, and private, not-for-profit institutions under FASB standards, Institutions reported total salary outlays by academic rank and gender, and include amounts paid as compensation for services to all employees the number of staff by academic rank, contract length (9-, 10-, 11-, and 12- regardless of the duration of service, and amounts made to or on behalf of month contracts), and gender. The total number of months covered by an individual over and above that received in the form of a salary or wage. salary outlays was calculated by multiplying the number of staff reported Frequently, benefits are associated with an insurance payment. Private, for for each contract length period by the number of months of the contract, -profit institutions under FASB standards do not report salaries. and summing across all contract length periods. The weighted average monthly salary for each academic rank and gender was calculated by Student-to-Faculty Ratio dividing the total salary outlays by the total number of months covered. The weighted average monthly salary was then multiplied by 9 to determine an equated 9-month salary for each rank. The guidance provided to institutions for calculating their student-to-faculty ratio is as follows: the number of FTE students (using Fall Enrollment data) divided by the total FTE instructional staff (using the total Primarily FTE Enrollment instruction + Instruction/research/public service staff reported on the EAP section of the Human Resources component and adding any not primarily The full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment used in this report is the sum of instructional staff that are teaching a credit course). For this calculation, the institution’s FTE undergraduate enrollment and FTE graduate FTE for students is equal to the number of full-time students plus one-third enrollment (as calculated from or reported on the 12-month Enrollment the number of part-time students; FTE for instructional staff is similarly component). Undergraduate and graduate FTE are estimated using 12- calculated. Students enrolled in "stand-alone" graduate or professional month instructional activity (credit and/or contact hours). See “Calculation programs (such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, or of FTE Students (using instructional activity)” in the IPEDS Glossary at public health) and instructional staff teaching in these programs are http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary/. excluded from the FTE calculations.

FTE Staff Total Entering Undergraduate Students

The full-time-equivalent (FTE) of staff is calculated by summing the total Total entering students are students at the undergraduate level, both full- number of full-time staff and adding one-third of the total number of part- and part-time, new to the institution in the fall term (or the prior summer time staff. Graduate assistants are not included. term who returned in the fall). This includes all first-time undergraduate students, students transferring into the institution at the undergraduate level, and non-degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates entering in the Graduation Rates and Transfer-out Rate fall. Only degree-granting, academic year reporting institutions provide total entering student data. Graduation rates are those developed to satisfy the requirements of the Student Right-to-Know Act and Higher Education Act, as amended, and Tuition and Required Fees 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 to complete all Tuition is defined as the amount of money charged to students for requirements of the degree or certificate program before the ending status instructional services, and required fees are those fixed sum charges to date of August 31, 2013; divided by the total number of students in the students for items not covered by tuition that are required of such a large cohort of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates proportion of all students that the student who does not pay the charge is minus any allowable exclusions. Institutions are permitted to exclude from an exception. The amounts used in this report are for full-time, first-time the cohort students who died or were totally and permanently disabled; degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates and are those used by the those who left school to serve in the armed forces or were called up to financial aid office to determine need. For institutions that have differential active duty; those who left to serve with a foreign aid service of the federal tuition rates for in-district or in-state students, the lowest tuition rate is used government, such as the Peace Corps; and those who left to serve on an in the figure. Only institutions that operate on standard academic terms will official church mission. Transfer-out rate is the total number of students have tuition figures included in their report. from the cohort who are known to have transferred out of the reporting institution (without earning a degree/award) and subsequently re-enrolled at another institution within the same time period; divided by the same Additional Methodological Information adjusted cohort (initial cohort minus allowable exclusions) as described above. Only institutions with a mission that includes providing substantial Additional methodological information on the IPEDS components can be preparation for students to enroll in another eligible institution are required found in the publications available at to report transfers out. 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/. Retention Rates

Full-time retention rates is a measure of the rate at which students persist in their educational program at an institution, expressed as a percentage. For four-year institutions, this is the percentage of first-time bachelors (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduates from the previous fall who are again enrolled in the current fall. For all other institutions this is the

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