Interpreting Data
Enrollment
This report includes:
- Total domestic degree-seeking student census data as of August 30, 2021.
- Total, domestic known: all minority plus white. Excludes international and unknown in both the numerator and the denominator.
- Underrepresented: same as ‘Total, domestic known’ except excludes the Asian population.
- Source for state and service regions: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census by state, population aged 18-24.
Retention Rates
- Retention reports track full-time first-year or beginners from the first to the second year. Does not include transfers.
- Includes degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in the fall term who either matriculated in that fall term or any previous summer sessions.
- Campus average includes all students who were re-enrolled in the subsequent fall semester or had received a degree.
- Both IU and campus data are based on Domestic Minority— African American, Latino/Hispanic, Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander, “Two or More Races.”
- Academic unit data based on student record flags for these programs, e.g., Hudson & Holland Scholars Program, Groups Scholars Program, etc.
- In order to protect student privacy, retention rates are not shown if there are 10 or fewer students in the initial cohort for any specific category or subcategory.
Graduation Rates
- Graduation rates for full-time undergraduate students based upon their year of entry into the university. Cohorts are “tracked” for six years (up to August 31 of the sixth year). Degree completions are measured by the accepted federal guideline of 150 percent of program length (1.5 years for certificates, three years for associates, and six years for baccalaureates).
- The graduation rate population is defined as full-time beginner, degree-seeking students who began in the fall semester or either of the preceding summer sessions. The graduation rate data covers the cohort years of 2011-2015.
- Academic unit data based on student record flags for these programs, e.g., Hudson & Holland Scholars Program, Groups Scholars Program, etc.
- In order to protect student privacy, graduation rates are not shown if there are 10 or fewer students in the initial cohort for any specific category or subcategory.
Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty
- The data compares the race/ethnicity proportions of "Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS") instructional faculty from 2005 and the most recent data available for IU and other public, four-year institutions in the state.
- The faculty numbers include all tenure track faculty, except executive/administrative faculty, as they are not included in IPEDS reporting.
- Based on full-time designation only.