Links to the Common Data Sets Posted by Colleges

There is something decidedly suspicious about the name-brand institutions that obviously have a CDS and an institutional research function that collects & studies these data, but does not make it (especially admissions disclosures) public to the degree that there is no trace of it on their web pages (at least in my sleuthing). Those institutions happen to be:

Harvard
Washington University
USC

To a lesser extent, those that put the info behind password protection:
Notre Dame (password protected): <a href="http://www.nd.edu/%7Einstres/home3/index.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.nd.edu/~instres/home3/index.shtml</a>
Or that puts out a short-form of data that is significantly less revealing than a CDS like Penn.

And, its conversely refreshing to see an open listing of a schools peer institution CDS sites (thanks for you openness), e.g., :
JMU: <a href="http://oirsacs.jmu.edu/PerfMeasures/PeerWebSites.asp%5B/url%5D">http://oirsacs.jmu.edu/PerfMeasures/PeerWebSites.asp</a>
Princeton: <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/%7Eprovost/research_peers.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/~provost/research_peers.html</a>

Papa_Chicken · January 26, 2006, 4:39pm

Carleton: <a href="http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/ira/CDS1/%5B/url%5D">http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/ira/CDS1/</a>

Bowdoin: <a href="http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/images/cds2003-04.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/images/cds2003-04.pdf</a>
(note- post#1 link no longer hot)

Bryn Mawr: <a href="http://www.brynmawr.edu/institutionalresearch/cds/index.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.brynmawr.edu/institutionalresearch/cds/index.shtml</a>

Can't find a CDS or detailed factbook for:
Claremont McKenna (although all of the other Claremonts have something out there)
Wesleyan
Colgate
Trinity
Wellesley's link to the goodies is password protected (post #1 link)

Papa_Chicken · January 26, 2006, 7:34pm

wow, somehow Barnard snuck into what I hoped was Columbia's link 2 posts above.

Here's Columbia.....not CDS, but fairly decent admissions stats & more:
<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/%5B/url%5D">http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/</a>

jmmom · January 27, 2006, 10:04am

Another thank you to the OP for starting this thread, and to all of you who have added to it. It is a tremendously convenient resource as we go through a transfer process.

flatxca · January 29, 2006, 5:40pm

This is what USC has on their site.

USC <a href="http://afaweb.esd.usc.edu/USC-AFA/upload_images/Freshman%20Profile%2020051.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://afaweb.esd.usc.edu/USC-AFA/upload_images/Freshman%20Profile%2020051.pdf</a>

Papa_Chicken · January 29, 2006, 6:37pm

ok, USC puts out about as much as Penn, then!

BTW, Harvard does put out a very nice Factbook, which contains loads of data on enrollment, diversity, & much more, but nothing that I can see on admissions...nada....:
<a href="http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/budget/factbook/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/budget/factbook/index.html</a>

richs73cas · January 29, 2006, 11:57pm

richs73cas · January 30, 2006, 12:01am

University of Virginia <a href="http://www.web.virginia.edu/IAAS/data_catalog/institutional/cds/current/admissions.htm#current%5B/url%5D">http://www.web.virginia.edu/IAAS/data_catalog/institutional/cds/current/admissions.htm#current</a>
University of Washington <a href="http://www.washington.edu/admin/factbook/ois.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.washington.edu/admin/factbook/ois.html</a>
University of Wisconsin <a href="http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/obpa/CDS_USNEWS/CDS_2005.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/obpa/CDS_USNEWS/CDS_2005.pdf</a>
Vanderbilt University <a href="http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virg/option1/virg1_flash.htm%5B/url%5D">http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virg/option1/virg1_flash.htm</a>
Vassar College <a href="http://registrar.vassar.edu/factbook/%5B/url%5D">http://registrar.vassar.edu/factbook/</a>
Villanova University <a href="http://optir.villanova.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://optir.villanova.edu/</a>
Wake Forest University <a href="http://www.wfu.edu/ir/factbook.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.wfu.edu/ir/factbook.html</a>
Washington and Lee University <a href="http://ir.wlu.edu/cds/%5B/url%5D">http://ir.wlu.edu/cds/</a>
Wellesley College <a href="http://www.wellesley.edu/InstResearch/surveyresults.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.wellesley.edu/InstResearch/surveyresults.html</a>
Whitman College <a href="http://www.whitman.edu/institutional_research/reports/reports_index.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.whitman.edu/institutional_research/reports/reports_index.cfm</a>
William and Mary <a href="http://cfdev.wm.edu/IR/common_dataset.htm%5B/url%5D">http://cfdev.wm.edu/IR/common_dataset.htm</a>
Williams College <a href="http://www.williams.edu/admin/provost/ir/%5B/url%5D">http://www.williams.edu/admin/provost/ir/</a>
Yale University <a href="http://www.yale.edu/oir/ComDatset.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.yale.edu/oir/ComDatset.html</a>

Thank you to all those who have looked up and added links :)

My_Sweet_Babboo · January 30, 2006, 8:59am

richs73cas · January 30, 2006, 1:02pm

My Sweet Baboo

Thanks for adding them.

One tip though; When you cut and paste from CC, any links that were abbreviated by the CC text editor will not work in the new post.

For example this url from #49 looks the same as the one in post 47. But it doesn't work.

Brown University <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration...ional_Research/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Administration...ional_Research/</a>

Before Posting you need to revisit the web page and copy the url from your browser back into the text.

This one works - eventhough it "looks identical" to the one above
Brown University <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Institutional_Research/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Institutional_Research/</a>

I have the list in a MS Excel File so that I can sort it and repost without having to correct all the URL's to avoid broken links.

I tested all the links in posts # 47 & 48 and they all worked as of 1-30-2006.

Post 49's abbreviated links probably will result in error or file not found messages. If you see three dots in a row ... in the URL it has been abbreviated.
Again thanks for the help :)

CC_Admin · February 1, 2006, 9:36pm

where can I find the percent yield of each colleges?

richs73cas · February 1, 2006, 10:15pm

Where to go in the Common Data Set to Calculate yield:

Go to Section C of the Colleges Common Data Set:

[quote]
C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION
Applications
C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students:

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied 12,821________
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied 11,631_____
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted 3,404__
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted 3,217_
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 1,547
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled ___
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 1,561_
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled _

[/quote]
There you will see the information you need to calculate yield.
Just divide the number enrolled by the number admitted to get the yield.
(ie. 3404 + 3217 = 6621 admitted; 1574 + 1561 = 3108 enrolled; 3108 / 6621 = 46.9% yield )

Or you can spend $15 for US News and Report's Online College Rankings and they have them already figured out for you. Plus lots of other data)

Papa_Chicken · February 6, 2006, 10:59am

BYU: <a href="http://home.byu.edu/webapp/assess/content/page/iaa/reports/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://home.byu.edu/webapp/assess/content/page/iaa/reports/index.html</a>

Papa_Chicken · February 6, 2006, 12:24pm

I think this one was posted before, but got snaggged in the CC time warp.

University of Chicago (stats, not CDS): <a href="http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=377%5B/url%5D">http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=377</a>

Papa_Chicken · February 6, 2006, 4:07pm

another update to Bowdoin w/ this year's CDS:
<a href="http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/images/cds2005-06.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/images/cds2005-06.pdf</a>

Cressmom · February 6, 2006, 4:27pm

I can't find the CD for Wash U...

Papa_Chicken · February 6, 2006, 4:31pm

Wash U...one of the relatively few that has it well hidden from public view.

Here's Denison U, not CDS, but Factbook excerpts: <a href="http://www.denison.edu/ir/DU_Most_Requested.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.denison.edu/ir/DU_Most_Requested.html</a>

Papa_Chicken · February 6, 2006, 4:54pm

I just noticed that a new field has been added to C7 for the new CDS' out for 05-06:
"Level of Applicant's Interest"

Only about ~30%-40% of available CDS web sites have the most current version up thus far.

Here's a few:

Very Important
Bates

Important
Kenyon

Considered
U Colorado
Bowdoin
Middlebury
Hamilton
Colby
Colorado College

Not Considered
Penn State
Vanderbilt
Williams
Skidmore

This is definitely an interesting addition....I think I will mention this in a thread over on the Parents Forum....PC

Papa_Chicken · February 7, 2006, 7:32am

one other change to 05-06 CDS C7 I just noticed.....

CDS' 04-05 & previous have "secondary school record" as the single criterion to cover grades & rigor of course work.

CDS 05-6 has now split that criterion into 2: "rigor of secondary school record" and "academic GPA".

On the few that I've checked, most new CDS' have these 2 new categories as equally important, but the exceptions I noticed included Penn State rating GPA higher, and Colorado College rating Rigor of record higher, so there appear to be some differences with the split.

I am sure there are must be other changes made for 05-06 in other sections. The two that I've seen thus far certainly produce a bit more clarity to the process IMO.

Papa_Chicken · February 7, 2006, 7:58am

OK, last one on this topic....changes to 05-06 CDS.

Bowdoin's new CDS (<a href="http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/images/cds2005-06.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/images/cds2005-06.pdf</a>) happens to highlight in yellow the changes throughout the CDS.

Most changes are in section C, with several more in C7 like addition of "First Generation" and some wording clarifications, and more choices in the standardized test section. The other major area for revision is section J with some more degree choices being added.

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