IPEDS

IPEDS is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. It is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS gathers information from every college, University and technical and vocational institution that participates in the federal student financial aid programs. The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, requires that institutions that participate in federal student aid programs report data on enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty and staff, finances, institutional prices and student financial aid. These data are made available to students and parents through the College Navigator college search website and to researchers and others through the IPEDS Data Center.

Selected measures are reported here and updated annually after all survey components have been submitted.

IPEDS Survey Components

• Institutional Characteristics - collects data about institution's mission, admissions, student services, including fees and other charges
• 12-Month Enrollment Survey - collects unduplicated student enrollment counts for a 12-month period
• Completions - collects the number of students attaining degree/certificate completion within a year
• Graduation Rates - collects data on the cohort of first-time, full-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates and determines the percent that complete their program or transfer within 150% time to completion
• Graduation Rates 200 - further extension of the traditional Graduation Rate survey which reports on additional student graduating between 150% and 200% of the normal time
• Outcome Measures - collects student enrollment and completion information for entering students over 4, 6, and 8 years
• Student Financial Aid - collects aggregate data about financial aid of undergraduate students
• Fall Enrollment Survey - collects student enrollment counts by level of student, enrollment status, gender and race/ethnicity. In addition, first-time student retention rates and the student-to-faculty ratio are collected
• Human Resources - collects information about MSU-West Plains Faculty and Staff
• Finance - collects basic financial information from items associated with the institution's General Purpose Financial Statements
• Academic Libraries - collects information on library collections, expenditures and library services