“NEAREST NEIGHBOR” COMPARISON DASHBOARD

The Comparison Dashboard provides a view of institutional similarity using a principal component analysis (PCA) of more than 30 IPEDS variables*.  There are two tabs in the top left. The first one compares NACU institutions against each other. You can select a focus institution and then the report will sort the remaining NACU campuses by order of similarity. The second tab allows you to select a focus institution to be compared against all institutions (both NACU and non-NACU).

*IPEDS variables used:

• Enrollment:
  • Total
  • Student FTE
  • Total Undergraduate
  • Percent Undergraduate
  • FT Undergraduate
  • Percent FT Undergraduate
  • Percent Undergraduate Minority
  • Percent Undergraduate Male
  • Total Graduate
  • Percent Total Distance Education
• Student Outcomes:
  • Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention Rate
  • 6-year Graduation Rate
• Admissions:
  • Percent of Applicants Accepted
  • SAT Math Score (75th Percentile)
• Financial (consumer)
  • Cost of Attendance (Out of State)
  • Tuition & Fees (Out of State)
  • Average First-Year Cohort Institutional Grant Aid Amount
  • Percent of Undergraduates Receiving a Pell Grant
• Financial (institutional)
  • Debt-to-Asset Ratio
  • Total Institutional Expenses
  • Total Institutional Revenue
  • Institutional Revenue from Tuition & Fees
  • Institutional Revenue from Tuition & Fees Per Student FTE
  • Institutional Expenses – Instruction Per Student FTE
  • Endowment
  • Endowment Per Student FTE
• Personnel
  • Total Employees
  • Total Employees FTE
  • Total Faculty
  • Faculty FTE
  • Student to Faculty Ratio
  • Student to Staff Ratio