Welcome to the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment at Purchase College. Our mission is to provide official, accurate, and timely data and analysis to promote understanding and in support of institutional planning, reporting, decision making, and assessment activities.
Office responsibilities:
Institutional Reporting
Provide a wide range of information in support of planning and policy making, including:
Government Data Requests
- U.S. Dept. of Education - Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
- New York State Education Department - Higher Education Data System Surveys (NYSED)
State University of New York System Requests
- SUNY Institutional Research Information System (SIRIS) data files
- Various surveys
Accreditation Reports and Data
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Higher Education Arts Data Services
Annual Publication and Other External Data Requests
- College publications (US News, etc.)
- Common Data Set
- Middle States Annual Institutional Update (MSAIU)
- Higher Education Arts Data Services (HEADS)
Regular Data Compilation and Reporting
See Data and Reports link
Research
Conduct studies to provide objective data to support strategies for meeting institutional goals and priorities. Some regularly administered surveys include:
- National Survey of Student Engagement
- Student Satisfaction Survey
- SUNY Sexual Violence Prevention Survey