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IPEDS Submissions and Comparisons:

IPEDS is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System of the US Department of Education. IPEDS reporting is required of all institutions. See the IPEDS site for an overview. The bold links on this page lead to information on individual surveys.

The IPEDS Data Feedback Report (DFR) combines data from several IPEDS surveys to compare one institution to peers, here CU-Boulder to other AAU public US institutions. The report changes somewhat each year, covering enrollment, degrees, tuition and fees, graduation rates, employees, and finances. The report labeled "2006" was issued Sept 2006 and incorporates data submitted in 2005-2006, which refer to activity in fiscal year (FY) 2005 and in fall 2005 (which is in FY2006).

• 2004: Report (PDF)
• 2005: Report (PDF)
• 2006: Report (PDF)
• 2007: Annotated report (PDF)
• For caveats on using the DFR for comparisons, see the annotated 2007 report.

You can generate IPEDS Data Feedback Reports for other institutions from the IPEDS site by selecting "Evaluate Data and Statistics" and then "Executive Peer Tool."

We list our AAU public peers and list IPEDS "unit ID’s" for all AAU US publics, including CU-Boulder, in a text file.

CU-Boulder submissions to IPEDS

Institutional Characteristics: Tuition & fees, overall enrollment, applicants, and more

• Fall 2006 (PDF), submitted October 2006
• Fall 2007 (PDF), submitted October 2007

Fall Enrollment Survey: Enrollment by student level, gender, and ethnicity. Data for CU-Boulder are from the end of the fall term, and include students in extended studies or continuing education.

• Fall 2006 (PDF), submitted April 2007
• Fall 2007 (PDF), submitted April 2008

Degree Completion: Degrees awarded by CIP code, award level, gender, and ethnicity (prior year).

• 2005-06 data (PDF), submitted October 2006
• 2006-07 data (PDF), submitted October 2007

Finance Survey: Revenues, expenditures, net assets, and more.

• FY 2005-06 (PDF), submitted April 2007.
• FY 2006-07 (PDF), submitted April 2008.
• NOTE: Starting in FY05-06 what was the state tax dollar appropriation changed form in Colorado. Please either see the caveats at the end of "Part B - Revenues and Other Additions" in our submission, or click here for a detailed explanation of this change.

Human Resources Survey*: Includes "fall staff," faculty salaries, and "employees by assigned position (EAP)." Extract from final submission for select sections includes Parts A, B, C, and K only. Remaining parts not shown to protect race/ethnicity information.

• Fall 2007 data (PDF), submitted January 2008

Graduation Rate Survey*: Four, five, and six-year graduation rates for new full time freshmen.

Student Financial Aid*: Number of recipients, type of financial aid, and average amount received. (Undergraduates only)