Description

The College Board created the Common Data Set (CDS) to improve the comparability of data reported by colleges and to ease each institution's burden by asking questions in a standard way on numerous surveys. CDS items and definitions are used on the fall surveys of several major publishers, including that of the College Board. The CDS is a work in progress and continues to standardize survey items each year. Items included are:

• Enrollment and Persistence
• First-time, First-year and Transfer Admission Data
• Academic Offerings and Policies
• Annual Expenses
• Financial Aid
• Instructional Faculty and Class Size
• Degrees Conferred

IR produces three separate CDS's, one for each campus.

TIMELINE

Data is updated by the end of each calendar year.