National Postsecondary Education Cooperative
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
2004 Data Feedback Report
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The Data Feedback Report was initiated to provide each institution a context for examining the data they submitted to the IPEDS. NEPC’s goal in producing this report is to provide useful information to institutional executives to help improve the quality and comparability of IPEDS data.
Information provided in this report is based on the 2003-2004 IPEDS data submitted by Mountain State University (MSU). MSU data is compared against the mean values from a list of peer institutions generated by NPEC. Using some of MSU’s characteristics, NPEC selected a group of 29 comparison institutions. The characteristics include private, not-for-profit, 4 year, degree granting, Carnegie Classification of Baccalaureate/Associates Colleges.
In examining the core revenues per full time equivalent (FTE) student by revenue source, MSU’s core revenues are substantially less than those of the peer group both in the tuition and fees as well as the other core revenues. As the graph indicates, MSU generates $5,335 for each FTE while the average for members of the peer group is $12,462. MSU is producing only 43% of what the peer group produces in core revenues from tuition and fees. This indicates that per FTE tuition and fees are considerably lower than those charged by institutions in the peer group. MSU is also substantially lower than their peer group in the other core revenues with only 31% of the mean value from the group. Core revenues exclude revenues from auxiliary enterprises, hospitals and independent operations.
In examining core expenses per FTE by function, the data indicates that MSU’s overall expenses are substantially lower than those of the peer group. Instructional expenses are only 27% of what the peer group averages, academic support expenses are 36% of the peer group average, student service expenses are 22% of what the peer group averages, institutional support is 35% of the peer group averages and other core expenses are 36% of the average for the peer group. In general, core expenses exclude expenses for auxiliary enterprises, independent operations and hospitals.
The percentage distribution of scholarships and fellowship expenditures is based on IPEDS Finance data and represents expenditures for scholarships and fellowships awarded from the sources regardless of student level. They include funded and unfunded grants as well as allowances. As the graph indicates, MSU’s scholarship and fellowship expenditures are predominately Pell grants with 60.5% of the total expenditures as compare to the peer group which averages 29% in Pell grants. The peer group’s expenditures in Institutional grants averages 48.7% and exceeds the 17.4% MSU expends in Institutional grants. The disparity in the these two types of awards indicate that MSU students rely more on Pell grants where the students of the peer group rely more on Institutional grants. The state and local grants for MSU and the peer group are similar with 17.2% for MSU and 16.1% for the peer group. Other federal grants are also similar with MSU expending 4.9% and the peer group averaging 6.2%.
The percent of first-time, full-time,
degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students receiving financial aid is
shown in the next graph and is based on the fall 2002 enrollment counts as
reported to IPEDS. Since many students
use several types of financial aid to meet their financial obligations the
percentages reflected here will exceed 100%.
The percentage of students receiving federal grants is similar with
MSU’s students receiving 52% while the peer group average is 54.5%. The percentage of students receiving loans is
also similar with 54% for MSU and 57.9% for the peer group. There is a larger disparity between MSU and
the peer group both in state and local grants and institutional grants. In the state and local grants MSU students
received 16% while the peer group average is 53.5%. The institutional grants show MSU at 12%
while the peer group average is 62.4%.
This indicates that students from the peer group are receiving more in
state and local grants as well as institutional grants than MSU students.
In examining the average amount of financial aid received for the full year by first-time, full-time, degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students receiving financial aid the data indicates that MSU students are receiving more aid from three out of the four types of aid. MSU students average $3,198 per year while the peer group average is $2,749 in federal grants received. In the state and local grants, MSU students averaged $2,865 while the peer group averaged $2,223. In the loans, MSU students averaged $5,564 while the peer group average was $3,476. The only type of aid where MSU students averaged less was in the institutional grants. This category showed MSU students averaging $2,154 while the peer group averaged $3,327.
The unduplicated 12-month headcount, total full time equivalent (FTE) enrollment for academic year 2002-2003, full-time fall 2003 enrollment and part-time fall 2003 enrollment indicate that MSU exceeds the average of the peer group in all four areas. The unduplicated 12-month headcount of the peer group is 1.961 while MSU’s is 5,541. The peer group average for FTE enrollment is 1,304 while MSU’s is 3,680. MSU’s full-time enrollment is 3,075 while the peer group average is 1,232. Finally the part-time enrollment for the peer group averages 504 while MSU’s is 973.
The percent of students and full-time faculty by selected categories of race and ethnicity shows that MSU exceeds the peer group average in Asian/Pacific Islander full-time faculty with 3.9% where the peer group averaged 0.8%. MSU fell below the average for the peer group in all other groups of students and full-time faculty. The American Indian/Alaska Native students group showed MSU with 1% while the peer group averaged 1.2%. The American Indian/Alaska Native full-time faculty showed MSU with 0% while the peer group averaged 0.8%. The Asian/Pacific Islander students showed MSU with 0.8% while the peer group averaged 1.8%. MSU had 7.6% Black, non-Hispanic students while the peer group average was 11.5%. MSU’s Black, non-Hispanic full-time faculty was 2.6% while the peer group average was 4.9%. In the final category of Hispanic, MSU had 1.1% Hispanic students compared to 13.4% for the peer group and 0% full-time faculty compare to 10.9% for the peer group. White, non-Hispanic and non-resident alien students and full-time faculty, and those students and full-time faculty whose race/ethnicity was unknown were excluded.
Retention rates were determined by the number of first-time, full- and part-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates returning from fall 2002 to fall 2003. Graduation rates were determined by the percent of the 1997 cohort who completed a degree/certificate or who transferred out. As the graph indicates, MSU’s retention rate of 60% for full-time students returning exceeded the peer average of 59.1%. However, MSU’s 34% of part-time returning students fell below the peer group average of 45%. The graduation rate for MSU students was 27.3% which was also below the peer average of 39.9%. Currently MSU does not track transfer out students.
The final section of the 2004 IPEDS Data Feedback Report is the instructional staff. Instructional staff includes those staff whose primary responsibility is instruction and those staff whose primary responsibility is instruction/research/public service. Instructional faculty are those instructional staff who have faculty status and includes non-medical and medical staff. The data indicates that MSU with 54.4% instructional staff has a larger percentage than the peer group’s 52.7% instructional staff. MSU also exceeds the peer group average in the percentage of instructional staff that have faculty status. MSU has 100% where the peer group averages 86.6%. The peer group’s 35.7% of instructional staff that are full-time exceeds MSU’s 32.6% of instructional staff that are full-time. Since faculty tenure is not available at MSU the final measure of the percentage of faculty that have tenure is not relevant.
DEFAULT COMPARISON GROUP
Using some of your institution’s characteristics, NPEC selected a group of comparison institutions. The characteristics include private, not-for-profit, 4 year, degree-granting, Carnegie Classification of Baccalaureate/Associates Colleges. This comparison group includes the following 29 institutions:
- HILLSDALE
FREE
- HUMPRHEY’S
COLLEGE-STOCKTON (
- NEWBURY
COLLEGE-BROOKLINE (
- SIMONS
ROCK
- UNIVERSIDAD