Academic Affairs Data

The documents, offices, and data sets listed below provide valuable information on Shepherd University’s academic programs, faculty productivity, student demographic information, as well as comparative data sets determined by IPEDS.

Office of Institutional Research: provides information on academic programs, student profiles, and data related to retention, persistence and completion rates.

IPEDS Data Feedback Reports

The timely and accurate submission of data to IPEDS is required of all Title IV institutions. IPEDS data are used to satisfy several statutory requirements. These data are publicly available in many ways:

Much of the data appear on College Navigator (http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/), the U.S. Department of Education’s college search site that receives over one million visits per month;
The recently updated College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/) utilizes several IPEDS data measures along with other federal agency data to help students and parents make smart college-choice decisions based on costs, value, and quality;
The retention, transfer, graduation rate, and price data are displayed in the FAFSA online (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/) when students are applying for financial aid;
The average net price and tuition and fees data are used for the lists presented in the College Affordability and Transparency Center (http://collegecost.ed.gov/catc/Default.aspx); and
The data are publicly available for download from the IPEDS website (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/Home/UseTheData/) and are used by institutions for benchmarking as well as by policymakers and reporters.

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Academic Affairs Data

IPEDS Data Feedback Reports

Academic Affairs Data Sets (2010-Current)