Insights Benchmarks Enrollment Dashboard
Applicant Volume
This view shows the actual volume of applicants year over year. You can see how the volume of your applicant pool compares to other schools like yours.
Data Definition
- All data as reported to IPEDS.
- Volume of applicants is a value directly reported to IPEDS.
- Comparative Schools — an average of all comparative schools.
Percent Change in Applicants
This chart shows the percent change of applicant volume from year to year, which gives you insight into applicant volume trends over time.
Data Definition
- All data as reported to IPEDS.
- Volume of applicants is a value directly reported to IPEDS. Percent change is calculated by subtracting the applicant volume of the previous year from the applicant volume of the selected year, and dividing that difference by the applicant volume of the previous year.
- Comparative schools — the average applicant volume is calculated for all applicable comparative schools, and the percent change is calculated using the average volume for the selected year and the previous year.
Admission Rate
This view tracks admission rates from year to year. You can use this information to evaluate how your school's selectivity compares to other schools like yours.
Data Definition
- All data as reported to IPEDS.
- Admission rate is defined as number of first-time, degree-seeking undergraduate admitted students divided by the number of first-time, degree-seeking, undergraduate applicants (calculated and reported by IPEDS).
- Comparative schools — average of reported IPEDS value for all applicable comparative schools.
Yield Rate from Admission to Enrollment
This chart shows the yield rate of admitted students to enrolled students, and how that rate changed year over year. You can evaluate how effective your yield efforts were, as well as those of schools like yours.
Data Definition
- All data as reported to IPEDS.
- Percent of admitted students who enrolled is a value directly reported to IPEDS.
- Comparative schools — average of reported IPEDS value for all applicable comparative schools.
Applications Gender Breakdown
This chart shows the breakdown of applicants based on their reported gender using IPEDS-defined gender values. You can see how the breakdown of your applicant pool has changed over time, as well as the same breakdown for schools like yours.
Data Definition
- All data as reported to IPEDS.
- Reported values are total number of applicants, applicants who are men, and applicants who are women.
- Any difference between the sum of applicants who are men and applicants who are women and the reported total number of applicants is accounted for as unknown.
- Represented as percentages of total.
- Comparative schools — average of men who are applicants, average of women who are applicants, and average of difference between total and sum of averages of men and women (unknown), represented as percentages of total.
Admitted Students Gender Breakdown
This chart shows the breakdown of admitted students based on their reported gender using IPEDS-defined gender values. You can see how the breakdown of your admitted student population has changed over time, as well as the same breakdown for schools like yours.
Data Definition
- All data as reported to IPEDS.
- Reported values are total number of admitted students, admitted men, and admitted women.
- Any difference between the sum of admitted men and admitted women and the reported total number of admitted students is accounted for as unknown.
- Represented as percentages of total.
- Comparative schools — average of admitted men, average of admitted women, and average of difference between total and sum of averages of men and women (unknown), represented as percentages of total.
Enrolled Students Gender Breakdown
This chart shows the breakdown of enrolled students based on their reported gender using IPEDS-defined gender values. You can see how the breakdown of your enrolled student population has changed over time, as well as the same breakdown for schools like yours.
Data Definition
- All data as reported to IPEDS.
- Reported values are total number of enrolled students, enrolled men, and enrolled women.
- Any difference between the sum of enrolled men and enrolled women and the reported total number of enrolled students is accounted for as unknown.
- Represented as percentages of total.
- Comparative schools — average of enrolled men, average of enrolled women, and average of difference between total and sum of averages of men and women (unknown), represented as percentages of total.