About Data Center

Data Center

The Data Center houses aggregate census data that is collected and compiled throughout the year, which includes IPEDS Reports and the Common Data Set.
Any information not already housed in the Data Center or in the OIR Dashboards would most likely be an ad hoc request.

To submit a request for information not contained on our website, please use the form below. Please note that you must sign in using your Sac State credentials.

Data Request Form

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) was established to help the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) meet its mandate to report full and complete statistics on the state of post-secondary education. The IPEDS system is built upon a series of interrelated surveys used to collect data in such areas as enrollment, program completions, faculty and staff, and finances. IPEDS reporting is required of all institutions each year.

Produced by the National Center for Education Statistics, data feedback reports compare data we provided through the IPEDS surveys to data from peer institutions.

Data Feedback Reports

2022 Report
2021 Report
2020 Report
2019 Report

Common Data Set Initiative

The Common Data Set Initiative is a collaborative effort between publishers and the educational community to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided to all involved in a student's transition into higher education, as well as to reduce the burden on colleges of compiling and reporting information.

The goal is to develop clear, standard questions and definitions to determine the specific cohort to which each question relates, while reframing from the compilation of a single survey instrument or universal set of survey questions. Questions and definitions used by the U.S. Department of Education in its college surveys are a guide in the development of CDS items. Common Data Set items undergo broad review by secondary schools and two-and four-year colleges. Those who report data for their colleges are urged to abide by the definitions and the cohorts specified when answering CDS items.