Data Feedback Report (DFR)
The DFRs are produced by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) after an annual reporting cycle. The report includes a selection of indicators to compare with a group of similar institutions with Siena Heights in a number of key characteristics. Indicators in the report are calculated from the institution’s data annually submitted to IPEDS survey components: Institutional Characteristics, 12-month Enrollment, Financial Aid, Finance, Human Resources, Fall Enrollment, Admission, Completions, and Student Outcomes.
2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) benchmarking reports
Using IPEDS data, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) provides Siena Heights and participating members two types of annual benchmarking reports about a key indicator tool (KIT) and financial indicator tool (FIT) reports.
The key indicator tool (KIT) provides CIC member institution with 20 indicators of institutional performance in four key areas: (1) student enrollment and progression, (2) faculty, (3) tuition revenue and financial aid, and (4) financial resources and expenditures. Institutional performance is benchmarked by regional and national comparisons over a five-year trend, based on four sorting criteria—(1) regional, (2) financial resources, (3) enrollment size, and (4) Carnegie Classification—and includes the latest data available from the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The KIT dataset contains information from 800 baccalaureate and masters-level, four-year, private, not-for-profit colleges and universities in the United States.
SHU 2022 KIT Reports
Financial Indicators Tool (FIT) is an annual customized benchmarking report that provides an easily understood assessment of an institution’s financial performance that can be tracked over time and benchmarked against similar institutions. In the FIT, four financial ratios—measuring resource sufficiency, debt management, asset performance, and operating results—are presented individually and combined into a single index score indicating the financial health of the institution, tracked over a six-year period. The FIT utilizes publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), as well as IRS Form 990s obtained from GuideStar, and provides nationally normed comparisons similar to those in CIC’s Key Indicators Tool (KIT)
SHU 2022 FIT Reports