Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Survey Data

Information Technology Services coordinates University of California survey responses for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the core postsecondary education data collection program for the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS comprises nine surveys, covering student, personnel and financial data, collected during three separate periods. Analysts in IR&C's Data Warehouse and Corporate Systems unit coordinate all responses for the ten campuses and the Office of the President. Copies of recent submissions are provided below.

Completions - Counts of degrees conferred by gender, race/ethnicity, degree level, and academic discipline (detailed) for the academic year. Surveys for previous academic year are posted around March. Note that completions for an academic year are included in the next year's IPEDS survey. EX: "Completions 2006-07" in the Survey title refers to 2005-2006 completions.

Employees by Assigned Position - Employees by full-time/part-time status, faculty status, occupational activity, and tenure.

Enrollment - Fall headcount enrollment by gender, race/ethnicity, full-time/part-time status, level, and discipline; headcount enrollment by age, full-time/part-time status and level; headcount enrollment of first-time undergraduates by state of residence; prior-year 12-month unduplicated enrollment and instructional activity by race/ethnicity, gender, and level. Surveys for current academic year are posted around June.

Note: As of Fall 2003, health sciences residents are excluded from campus enrollment reports, but not from the system-wide summary.

Finance - Revenues by source; scholarship and fellowship expenditures; expenditures by function; indebtedness on physical plant; details of endowment assets; hospital revenues; physical plant assets; interest earnings/cash/security data; tax receipts and capital outlay expenditures, revenue, expenditure and indebtedness.Surveys for previous fiscal year are posted around June.

Financial Aid - Counts of first-time, full-time degree seeking undergraduates by residency, number receiving aid and average aid amount by aid type. Surveys for previous academic year are posted around June.

Graduation Rates - Cohort completions of bachelor's degrees by time to degree, degree goal, race/ethnicity, gender, and receipt of athletically-related student aid for specified sports. Surveys for last seven year cohort are posted around June.

Human Resources - Employees by Assigned Position, Salaries, and Fall Staff surveys have been combined into one Human Resources survey.  The surveys provided here have been

• Employees by Assigned Position - Employees by full-time/part-time status, faculty status, occupational activity, and   tenure.
   
• Salaries - Headcount of full-time instructional faculty and total/average salary outlays by length of contract, gender and academic rank; headcount of full-time instructional faculty and total/average benefit expenditures by benefit type and length of contract.
   
• Staff - Headcount of full-time faculty, other full-time employees by race/ethnicity, gender, occupational activity and salary range; part-time employees by race/ethnicity, gender, and occupational activity; full-time faculty by race/ethnicity, gender, academic rank and tenure; new hires by race/ethnicity, gender, and occupational activity. The Staff survey is only required for odd-numbered years.

Institutional Characteristics - Educational offerings; organization and accreditation; admission requirements; student charges; additional information.Surveys for current academic year are posted around March.

Salaries - Headcount of full-time instructional faculty and total/average salary outlays by length of contract, gender and academic rank; headcount of full-time instructional faculty and total/average benefit expenditures by benefit type and length of contract.

Staff - Headcount of full-time faculty, other full-time employees by race/ethnicity, gender, occupational activity and salary range; part-time employees by race/ethnicity, gender, and occupational activity; full-time faculty by race/ethnicity, gender, academic rank and tenure; new hires by race/ethnicity, gender, and occupational activity. (The Staff survey was not required for October 2002.)

Note: The October 2001 Fall Staff survey included employees of the medical centers and auxiliary enterprises, so the counts were significantly higher than in 2003, when these employees were excluded.