Links to the Common Data Sets Posted by Colleges

<p>In regards to why CDS for some colleges cannot be found online, as easy as it would be to think the schools are being secretive, my answer is actually much more simple.</p>

<p>Most schools use a version of peoplesoft to manage the data relevant to CDS. There are a few schools that don't. From what I have seen and what I know (as a college administrator) it seems that the schools not using peoplesoft are the ones with difficult to find or not available CDS online. For these schools, they really aren't being secretive, it just isn't as practical for them to put something together like the other schools figuring the information is probably in different formats and coming from different offices.</p>

<p>But, since the CDS is standardized & USNews, etc require the CDS from each school to base their rankings, I would think that every school would have to generate a CDS every year, unless they opted out of USNews. And if a school has generated a CDS, regradless of internal data management system, why then would they choose not to publish on their web site?</p>

<p>I guess as the cynic here, albeit one not intimately familiar with college administrative processes, I deduce that all schools that are mentioned in USNews MUST produce a CDS, but some like Harvard, Wash U, Colgate, and some other notables, choose not to make that CDS available to the public.</p>

<p>madstract-- am I wrong in thinking that a college must produce a CDS to get reported in USNews?</p>

<p>The CDS that many schools put together and make public is usually nice and neat. Depending on how a school is organized and what software/programs/organization practices they follow this can easily be accomplished. This is quite clear when looking at the CDS for most schools. My assumption is that Peoplesoft or any other program or software used by the entire university makes this much more possible. It uniforms the data I guess. Also remember that a school only has to make the information within a CDS public if the school is a public institution. For those schools it makes sense for someone to make sure this happens.</p>

<p>From my knowledge of working at a school that is not public and does not use peoplesoft or software similar to it and does not release the CDS information like most other schools, I have a good idea as to why this happens. Each university is structured a little bit differently, especially when it comes to the offices that deal with CDS info. At my particular school there are a variety of different offices that handle this information. In most cases one office does not have access to most of the information in another office. And each office manages their own information differently, especially when it comes to generating reports. Try to imagine the bureaucracy.</p>

<p>My best guess, is when it comes time to report to USNEWS for the rankings, etc, each individual office sends back their respective info to USNEWS. One office probably doesn't see what another office sends back, and probably is already busy enough with their own work. I wouldn't be surprised if USNEWS is the only one that puts it all together in a way that is useful to the masses.</p>

<p>For a school that isn't public and doesn't use a software on an entire university level that reports the info in an easy neat way, WHY SPEND MORE MONEY TO DO MORE WORK WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO? You have to understand that universities are full of people leading different offices who do not want to learn new software or agree on one. Many times these people are too busy to even think about things that aren't necessary. Also remember that people in general don't like to change.</p>

<p>This is all just my opinion. Personally, I'd like access to more information and my job would be easier if my school used a more universal software/program to manage information. Getting a lot of people at any school to agree on this, then pay for it, is difficult though.</p>

<p>I am still trying to find the CDS for Washington University in St Louis. I have searched all over the internet to no avail. Does anyone know transfer statistics about Washington University? How many apply, what's the acceptance %, what college GPA are they looking for? What percentage of college credits does Wash U transfer over from the previous college, or should a tranfer student likely have to plan to go to summer school at Wash U or take an extra semester there to graduate with their class? My D was waitlisted, but recently received a letter saying Wash U was oversubscribed this year and won't go to their wait list, so we're trying to figure out a transfer plan. I'd really appreciate your suggestions. Thanks so much!</p>

<p>Does anyone know when the schools publish the 2006 CDS?</p>

<p>Last year, I generally started seeing the first ones being posted in the Fall, with many more posted around new years. The next CDS will be for school year "2006-2007" and contain info on freshman incoming this Fall, from HS class of '06.</p>

<p>FYI, here is the CDS initiative web page:
<a href="http://www.commondataset.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.commondataset.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Don't see anything specific on due dates on that page, but when I drill down to the discussion board on CB, I read that the publisher (e.g., Petersons) due dates seem to be in early January.....which is probably the reason why I noticed lots of CDS postings around the new year.</p>

<p>Spinner</p>

<p>The Admissions Page for Transfers has much of the information you are looking for. <a href="http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Applications_Transfer_transfer_requirements.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.wustl.edu/admissions/ua.nsf/3rd%20Level%20Pages_Applications_Transfer_transfer_requirements.htm?OpenPage&charset=iso-8859-1&lt;/a>

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The strongest candidates for admission present at least a B+ average from a two-year college, and at least a B average from a four-year college in courses across a broad academic curriculum. You must leave your current institution in good standing.

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Regarding the CDS - They don't seem to have it posted. Much of the info would be available at US NEWS <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_2520_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_2520_brief.php&lt;/a>
( the Premium edition is just $15 - but the 2007 edition will be coming out in August 2007 )</p>

<p>From US News
Transfer applications received for Fall 2004: 683
Transfer applicants offered admission for Fall 2004: 231
Transfer applicants enrolled for Fall 2004: 124 </p>

<p>Good Luck :)</p>

<p>Thank you, rich73cas for your very helpful information!</p>

<p>Does anyone know about schools that use single sitting in admissions decisions and how they report information for the CDS (as in do some use the same info for it or do they use the best combined, or rather highest in each individual section)?</p>

<p>does anyone have a Trinity College CDS link?</p>

<p>Drab</p>

<p>It isn't clear from the instructions on the CDS what the institutions need to do. ( One Sitting Scores - or - Highest Score from any sitting ) All it seems to require is both math and verbal (And now writing) scores for those that took the SAT be provided.
(Quote from Section C8 - G )

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Freshman Profile</p>

<p>Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2005, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements. </p>

<p>C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2005 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.

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<p><a href="http://www.commondataset.org/cds0506/CDS2005_2006.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.commondataset.org/cds0506/CDS2005_2006.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Normally the CDS would be posted at the Institutional Research Page.
Trinity College (Hartford, CT) <a href="http://www.trincoll.edu/TrinityAZ/InstitutionalResearch/default.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.trincoll.edu/TrinityAZ/InstitutionalResearch/default.htm&lt;/a>
There is a link to Data Requests but it doesn't work. Searching for the Common Data Set doesn't bring it up.</p>

<p>From my emails, all I can tell that they know is that different schools do different things, and that they have no idea who does what, and don't plan on instituting a policy (which would obviously make the data more worthwhile, standardized, and accurate).</p>

<p>Here's Willamette</p>

<p><a href="http://www.willamette.edu/dept/ir/ir_web/submenus/common_data_sets_submenu2005.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.willamette.edu/dept/ir/ir_web/submenus/common_data_sets_submenu2005.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Adelphi University <a href="http://administration.adelphi.edu/orap/facts.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://administration.adelphi.edu/orap/facts.shtml&lt;/a>
Agnes Scott College <a href="http://www.agnesscott.edu/institutionalresearch/p_commondataset.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.agnesscott.edu/institutionalresearch/p_commondataset.asp&lt;/a>
American University <a href="http://american.edu/academic.depts/provost/oir/cds.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://american.edu/academic.depts/provost/oir/cds.pdf&lt;/a>
Amherst College <a href="http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/cds/&lt;/a>
Arizona State University <a href="http://www.west.asu.edu/ipr/reports/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.west.asu.edu/ipr/reports/&lt;/a>
Auburn University <a href="http://oira.auburn.edu/cds/default.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://oira.auburn.edu/cds/default.aspx&lt;/a>
Barnard College <a href="http://www.barnard.edu/opir/cds/cds_main.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.barnard.edu/opir/cds/cds_main.htm&lt;/a>
Bates College <a href="http://www.bates.edu/x2294.xml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bates.edu/x2294.xml&lt;/a>
Baylor University <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/irt/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.baylor.edu/irt/&lt;/a>
Bentley College <a href="http://www.bentley.edu/ir/handy_data.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bentley.edu/ir/handy_data.cfm&lt;/a>
Berea College <a href="http://www.berea.edu/ira/commondataset.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.berea.edu/ira/commondataset.asp&lt;/a>
Boston College <a href="http://www.bc.edu/about/bc-facts/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bc.edu/about/bc-facts/&lt;/a>
Boston College <a href="http://www.bc.edu/publications/factbook/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bc.edu/publications/factbook/&lt;/a>
Boston University <a href="http://www.bu.edu/oep/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bu.edu/oep/cds.html&lt;/a>
Bowdoin <a href="http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/data/cds-table.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://academic.bowdoin.edu/ir/data/cds-table.shtml&lt;/a>
Bowling Green State University <a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ir/cds/cds.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/ir/cds/cds.htm&lt;/a>
Brandeis University <a href="http://www.brandeis.edu/offices/IR/cds/CDS.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brandeis.edu/offices/IR/cds/CDS.html&lt;/a>
Brigham Young University <a href="http://home.byu.edu/webapp/assess/content/page/iaa/reports/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://home.byu.edu/webapp/assess/content/page/iaa/reports/index.html&lt;/a>
Brown University <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Institutional_Research/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Institutional_Research/&lt;/a>
Brown University <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/factsandfigures.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Admission/gettoknowus/factsandfigures.html&lt;/a>
Brown University <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Institutional_Research/facts/index.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Institutional_Research/facts/index.htm&lt;/a>
Bryn Mawr College <a href="http://www.brynmawr.edu/institutionalresearch/cds/index.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.brynmawr.edu/institutionalresearch/cds/index.shtml&lt;/a>
Bucknell University <a href="http://www.bucknell.edu/Offices_Resources/Offices/Institutional_Research/Bucknells_Common_Data_Set.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bucknell.edu/Offices_Resources/Offices/Institutional_Research/Bucknells_Common_Data_Set.html&lt;/a>
Butler University <a href="http://www.butler.edu/oir/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.butler.edu/oir/&lt;/a>
California Institute of Technology <a href="http://finance.caltech.edu/budget.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://finance.caltech.edu/budget.htm&lt;/a>
Carleton College <a href="http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/ira/CDS1/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/ira/CDS1/&lt;/a>
Carnegie Mellon University <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/ira/cds.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cmu.edu/ira/cds.htm&lt;/a>
Case Western Reserve University <a href="http://www.cwru.edu/president/cir/cdsmain.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cwru.edu/president/cir/cdsmain.htm&lt;/a>
Catholic University <a href="http://computing.cua.edu/PIR/common_data_set/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://computing.cua.edu/PIR/common_data_set/&lt;/a>
Central Washington University <a href="http://www.cwu.edu/%7Eir/CommonDataSet.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cwu.edu/~ir/CommonDataSet.html&lt;/a>
Clemson University <a href="http://www.clemson.edu/oir/factsBook.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.clemson.edu/oir/factsBook.htm&lt;/a>
Coastal Carolina University <a href="http://www.coastal.edu/effect/f05toc.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.coastal.edu/effect/f05toc.html&lt;/a>
Colby College <a href="http://www.colby.edu/ir/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.colby.edu/ir/&lt;/a>
Colgate University <a href="http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=555&pgID=2080%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.colgate.edu/DesktopDefault1.aspx?tabid=555&pgID=2080&lt;/a>
College of Charleston <a href="http://irp.cofc.edu/cds/default.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://irp.cofc.edu/cds/default.htm&lt;/a>
College of New Jersey <a href="http://ir.intrasun.tcnj.edu/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ir.intrasun.tcnj.edu/cds.html&lt;/a>
College of the Holy Cross <a href="http://www.holycross.edu/departments/planning/website/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.holycross.edu/departments/planning/website/&lt;/a>
Colorado College <a href="http://www.coloradocollege.edu/dean/oir/comdata.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.coloradocollege.edu/dean/oir/comdata.htm&lt;/a>
Columbia University <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/&lt;/a>
Cornell University <a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/cds.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/irp/cds.htm&lt;/a>
Creighton University <a href="http://www.creighton.edu/FactBook/CDS/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.creighton.edu/FactBook/CDS/&lt;/a>
Dartmouth College <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eoir/dataset.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~oir/dataset.html&lt;/a>
Davidson College <a href="http://www2.davidson.edu/administration/adm/ir/ir_cds.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www2.davidson.edu/administration/adm/ir/ir_cds.asp&lt;/a>
Denison University <a href="http://www.denison.edu/ir/DU_Most_Requested.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.denison.edu/ir/DU_Most_Requested.html&lt;/a>
DePaul University <a href="http://oipr.depaul.edu/cds/main.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://oipr.depaul.edu/cds/main.asp&lt;/a>
Dickinson College <a href="http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/insres/publications.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/insres/publications.htm&lt;/a>
Drew University <a href="http://www.depts.drew.edu/research/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.depts.drew.edu/research/&lt;/a>
Drexel University <a href="http://www.drexel.edu/provost/ir/cds2005/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.drexel.edu/provost/ir/cds2005/&lt;/a>
Duke University <a href="http://www.provost.duke.edu/units/factbook.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.provost.duke.edu/units/factbook.html&lt;/a>
Duke University <a href="http://www.admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2009profile.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2009profile.asp&lt;/a>
Duquesne University <a href="http://www.irp.duq.edu/commonData.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.irp.duq.edu/commonData.html&lt;/a>
Eastern Washington University <a href="http://ires.ewu.edu/phpwebsite/content.php?menu=21%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ires.ewu.edu/phpwebsite/content.php?menu=21&lt;/a>
Emory University <a href="http://www.emory.edu/PROVOST/IPR/ir_factbook.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.emory.edu/PROVOST/IPR/ir_factbook.htm&lt;/a>
Fairfield University <a href="http://www.fairfield.edu/x1137.xml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.fairfield.edu/x1137.xml&lt;/a>
Florida Atlantic University <a href="http://iea.fau.edu/inst/arch.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://iea.fau.edu/inst/arch.htm&lt;/a>
Florida State University <a href="http://www.ir.fsu.edu/surveys/surveyinfo.asp?ID=t_commondata%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ir.fsu.edu/surveys/surveyinfo.asp?ID=t_commondata&lt;/a>
Frostburg State <a href="http://www.frostburg.edu/admin/ois/CDS/cds.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.frostburg.edu/admin/ois/CDS/cds.htm&lt;/a>
Furman University <a href="http://www.furman.edu/planning/cdspage.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.furman.edu/planning/cdspage.htm&lt;/a>
George Mason University <a href="http://irr.gmu.edu/cds/cds_new/index.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://irr.gmu.edu/cds/cds_new/index.cfm&lt;/a>
George Washington University <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/%7Eire/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.gwu.edu/~ire/&lt;/a>
Georgetown University <a href="http://www.georgetown.edu/opir/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.georgetown.edu/opir/&lt;/a>
Georgetown University <a href="http://www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/Information1YRProfile1.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/Information1YRProfile1.htm&lt;/a>
Georgia State University <a href="http://www2.gsu.edu/%7Ewwwire/common/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwire/common/index.html&lt;/a>
Georgia Tech <a href="http://www.irp.gatech.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.irp.gatech.edu/&lt;/a>
Goucher College <a href="http://www.goucher.edu/institutionalresearch/downloads/Final-CDS0405GoucherCol-1-6-051.xls%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.goucher.edu/institutionalresearch/downloads/Final-CDS0405GoucherCol-1-6-051.xls&lt;/a>
Grinnell College <a href="http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/institutionalresearch/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/institutionalresearch/cds/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>All Links Tested Good July 2, 2006</p>

<p>Hamilton College <a href="http://www.hamilton.edu/college/institutional_research/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hamilton.edu/college/institutional_research/&lt;/a>
Harvard University (Fact Book not CDS) <a href="http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/budget/factbook/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://vpf-web.harvard.edu/budget/factbook/index.html&lt;/a>
Harvey Mudd College <a href="http://www.hmc.edu/information.html#general%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.hmc.edu/information.html#general&lt;/a>
Haverford College <a href="http://www.haverford.edu/ir/hdata.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.haverford.edu/ir/hdata.html&lt;/a>
Humbolt State University <a href="http://www.humboldt.edu/%7Eanstud/cds.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.humboldt.edu/~anstud/cds.shtml&lt;/a>
Indiana University Bloomington <a href="http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ebudu/cds/cdsyridx.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.indiana.edu/~budu/cds/cdsyridx.html&lt;/a>
Indiana University of Pa <a href="http://www.iup.edu/planning-analysis/IR/CDS/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.iup.edu/planning-analysis/IR/CDS/&lt;/a>
James Madison University <a href="http://www.jmu.edu/instresrch/cds.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.jmu.edu/instresrch/cds.shtml&lt;/a>
Johns Hopkins University <a href="http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/facts_and_statistics/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/facts_and_statistics/&lt;/a>
Juniata College <a href="http://services.juniata.edu/research/new_page_9.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://services.juniata.edu/research/new_page_9.htm&lt;/a>
Kalamazoo College ( Catalog) <a href="http://www.kzoo.edu/regist/catalog/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.kzoo.edu/regist/catalog/&lt;/a>
Kalamazoo College (Class Profile) <a href="http://admissions.kzoo.edu/admissions/classprofile.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.kzoo.edu/admissions/classprofile.asp&lt;/a>
Kalamazoo College (Graduation Rates) <a href="http://www.kzoo.edu/regist/gradrates.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.kzoo.edu/regist/gradrates.htm&lt;/a>
Kenyon College <a href="http://ir.kenyon.edu/commondataset.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ir.kenyon.edu/commondataset.php&lt;/a>
Kenyon College <a href="http://ir.kenyon.edu/profile.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ir.kenyon.edu/profile.php&lt;/a>
Lehigh University <a href="http://www.lehigh.edu/%7Eoir/cds.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.lehigh.edu/~oir/cds.htm&lt;/a>
Lewis & Clark College <a href="http://www.lclark.edu/dept/imdata/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.lclark.edu/dept/imdata/cds.html&lt;/a>
Loyola College in Maryland <a href="http://www.loyola.edu/academics/research/institutionalresearch%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.loyola.edu/academics/research/institutionalresearch&lt;/a>
Loyola University <a href="http://www.loyno.edu/oir/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.loyno.edu/oir/cds/&lt;/a>
Macalester College <a href="http://www.macalester.edu/ir/cds.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.macalester.edu/ir/cds.htm&lt;/a>
Messiah College <a href="http://www.messiah.edu/offices/research/data/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.messiah.edu/offices/research/data/&lt;/a>
Michigan State University <a href="http://opbweb.msu.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://opbweb.msu.edu/&lt;/a>
Middlebury College <a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/instres/fall02_cds.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.middlebury.edu/administration/instres/fall02_cds.htm&lt;/a>
MIT <a href="http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/&lt;/a>
Montana State University <a href="http://www.montana.edu/opa/cdsindex.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.montana.edu/opa/cdsindex.html&lt;/a>
Montclair State University <a href="http://www.montclair.edu/pages/vpbpit/admissions.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.montclair.edu/pages/vpbpit/admissions.htm&lt;/a>
Mount Holyoke College <a href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/enrollment/instrch/cds.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/enrollment/instrch/cds.shtml&lt;/a>
New York University <a href="http://www.nyu.edu/ir/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nyu.edu/ir/cds/&lt;/a>
Northeastern University <a href="http://www.oupr.neu.edu/dataset/common.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.oupr.neu.edu/dataset/common.html&lt;/a>
Northwestern University <a href="http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ugadm.northwestern.edu/commondata/&lt;/a>
Oberlin College <a href="http://peacock.adm.oberlin.edu/www/cds/cds_explain.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://peacock.adm.oberlin.edu/www/cds/cds_explain.html&lt;/a>
Ohio State University <a href="http://oem.osu.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://oem.osu.edu/&lt;/a>
Ohio University <a href="http://www.ohiou.edu/instres/univ.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ohiou.edu/instres/univ.html&lt;/a>
Old Dominion University <a href="http://www.odu.edu/ao/upir/factbook/cds/cdsmain.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.odu.edu/ao/upir/factbook/cds/cdsmain.htm&lt;/a>
Penn State (all campuses) <a href="http://www.budget.psu.edu/CDS/default.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.budget.psu.edu/CDS/default.asp&lt;/a>
Pepperdine University <a href="http://www.pepperdine.edu/instres/dataset/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pepperdine.edu/instres/dataset/&lt;/a>
Pomona College <a href="http://www.pomona.edu/ADWR/Admissions/Forms/2009profile.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pomona.edu/ADWR/Admissions/Forms/2009profile.pdf&lt;/a>
Princeton University <a href="http://registrar1.princeton.edu/data/common.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://registrar1.princeton.edu/data/common.cfm&lt;/a>
Purdue University <a href="http://www.purdue.edu/idn/CDS_Post/cdsmain.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.purdue.edu/idn/CDS_Post/cdsmain.html&lt;/a>
Radford University <a href="https://php.radford.edu/%7Eirpa/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://php.radford.edu/~irpa/cds.html&lt;/a>
Reed College <a href="http://web.reed.edu/ir/ReedCDS200405.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/ir/ReedCDS200405.html&lt;/a>
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute <a href="http://www.rpi.edu/about/cds/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rpi.edu/about/cds/index.html&lt;/a>
Rhodes College <a href="http://www.rhodes.edu/planning/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rhodes.edu/planning/cds/&lt;/a>
Rice University <a href="http://www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Einstresr/ricefacts/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~instresr/ricefacts/index.html&lt;/a>
Rice University <a href="http://professor.rice.edu/professor/Office_of_Institutional_Research.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://professor.rice.edu/professor/Office_of_Institutional_Research.asp&lt;/a>
Rochester Institute of Technology <a href="https://www.rit.edu/%7Ewwwits/services/irps/data/index.php3%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.rit.edu/~wwwits/services/irps/data/index.php3&lt;/a>
Rowan University <a href="http://www.rowan.edu/open/irp/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rowan.edu/open/irp/&lt;/a>
Rutgers University <a href="http://oirap.rutgers.edu/instchar.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://oirap.rutgers.edu/instchar.html&lt;/a>
Saint Joseph’s University <a href="http://www.sju.edu/ir/CDS%202003-2004.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sju.edu/ir/CDS%202003-2004.htm&lt;/a>
Salisbury University <a href="http://www.salisbury.edu/iara/CDS/cdshome.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.salisbury.edu/iara/CDS/cdshome.htm&lt;/a>
Scripps College <a href="http://www.scrippscol.edu/dept/about/facts/dataset.html#first%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.scrippscol.edu/dept/about/facts/dataset.html#first&lt;/a>
Skidmore College <a href="http://www.skidmore.edu/registrar/ir/fact_book/fact_book.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.skidmore.edu/registrar/ir/fact_book/fact_book.htm&lt;/a>
Smith College <a href="http://www.smith.edu/ir/cds.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.smith.edu/ir/cds.php&lt;/a>
St Mary’s College (Md) <a href="http://www.smcm.edu/instresearch/index.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.smcm.edu/instresearch/index.cfm&lt;/a>
St Michaels in Vermont <a href="http://www2.smcvt.edu/assessment/CollegeWide/FactBookIndicators.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www2.smcvt.edu/assessment/CollegeWide/FactBookIndicators.htm&lt;/a>
St Olaf College <a href="http://www.stolaf.edu/offices/irp/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stolaf.edu/offices/irp/&lt;/a>
Stanford University <a href="http://find.stanford.edu/search?as_sitesearch=www.stanford.edu/home/statistics&ie=&q=common+data+set&site=stanford&output=xml_no_dtd&client=stanford&access=p&lr=&ip=68.194.184.208&proxystylesheet=http%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.stanford.edu%2Fstylesheet.xslt&oe=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://find.stanford.edu/search?as_sitesearch=www.stanford.edu/home/statistics&ie=&q=common+data+set&site=stanford&output=xml_no_dtd&client=stanford&access=p&lr=&ip=68.194.184.208&proxystylesheet=http%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.stanford.edu%2Fstylesheet.xslt&oe=&lt;/a>
Stonehill College <a href="http://www.stonehill.edu/planningandir/CDS/CDS2005-06.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.stonehill.edu/planningandir/CDS/CDS2005-06.htm&lt;/a>
Swarthmore College <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/institutional_research/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/institutional_research/cds.html&lt;/a>
Sweet Briar College <a href="http://www.ir.sbc.edu/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ir.sbc.edu/cds/&lt;/a>
Syracuse University (data, but not CDS) <a href="http://sumweb.syr.edu/ir/index.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://sumweb.syr.edu/ir/index.htm&lt;/a>
Syracuse University (data, but not CDS) <a href="http://sumweb.syr.edu/ir/prospective_stats.html#Freshmen%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://sumweb.syr.edu/ir/prospective_stats.html#Freshmen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>All Links Tested Good July 2, 2006</p>

<p>I noticed when testing the links that Loyola College in Maryland had Both
a Undergraduate CDS link <a href="http://www.loyola.edu/academics/research/institutionalresearch/UG%20Common%20Data%2005-06/UG%20CDS2005_2006_011006_final.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.loyola.edu/academics/research/institutionalresearch/UG%20Common%20Data%2005-06/UG%20CDS2005_2006_011006_final.pdf&lt;/a> </p>

<p>and a Graduate School CDS Link <a href="http://www.loyola.edu/academics/research/institutionalresearch/GR%20Common%20Data%2005-06/Graduate_CDS_05_06.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.loyola.edu/academics/research/institutionalresearch/GR%20Common%20Data%2005-06/Graduate_CDS_05_06.pdf&lt;/a>. </p>

<p>I hadn't noticed Graduate School CDS's posted on the Net before this.
But then I wasn't really looking for them. :)</p>

<p>Temple University <a href="http://www.temple.edu/factbook/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.temple.edu/factbook/&lt;/a>
Texas A&M <a href="http://pie.tamucc.edu/cds/cdsmain.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://pie.tamucc.edu/cds/cdsmain.htm&lt;/a>
The College of New Jersey <a href="http://ir.intrasun.tcnj.edu/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ir.intrasun.tcnj.edu/cds.html&lt;/a>
The New College of Florida <a href="http://www.ncf.edu/InstitutionalResearch/fact.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ncf.edu/InstitutionalResearch/fact.html&lt;/a>
Towson University <a href="http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ir/cdsindex.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ir/cdsindex.asp&lt;/a>
Tufts University <a href="http://www.tufts.edu/ir/inresearch.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.tufts.edu/ir/inresearch.html&lt;/a>
Tufts University (Fact Book) <a href="http://www.tufts.edu/ir/factBook.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.tufts.edu/ir/factBook.html&lt;/a>
U Illinois UC (profile, not CDS) <a href="http://www.pb.uillinois.edu/dr/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pb.uillinois.edu/dr/&lt;/a>
UC Berkeley <a href="http://cds.vcbf.berkeley.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cds.vcbf.berkeley.edu/&lt;/a>
UC Davis (click on Campus Data) <a href="http://www.sariweb.ucdavis.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.sariweb.ucdavis.edu/&lt;/a>
UC Santa Barbara (abridged CDS) <a href="http://bap.ucsb.edu/IR/UG_Info_Guide.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://bap.ucsb.edu/IR/UG_Info_Guide.pdf&lt;/a>
University of Akron <a href="http://www.uakron.edu/ir/cds.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uakron.edu/ir/cds.php&lt;/a>
University of Alaska <a href="http://www.alaska.edu/swoir/uas/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.alaska.edu/swoir/uas/&lt;/a>
University of California Irvine <a href="http://www.oir.uci.edu/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.oir.uci.edu/cds/&lt;/a>
University of California Los Angeles <a href="http://www.aim.ucla.edu/data/campus/general/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aim.ucla.edu/data/campus/general/cds.html&lt;/a>
University of California San Diego <a href="http://studentresearch.ucsd.edu/sriweb/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://studentresearch.ucsd.edu/sriweb/cds/&lt;/a>
University of Chicago (stats, not CDS) <a href="http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=377%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=377&lt;/a>
University of Colorado <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/pba/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.colorado.edu/pba/cds/&lt;/a>
University of Connecticut <a href="http://vm.uconn.edu/%7Ewwwoir/enro-gen.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://vm.uconn.edu/~wwwoir/enro-gen.html&lt;/a>
University of Delaware <a href="http://www.udel.edu/IR/cds/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.udel.edu/IR/cds/index.html&lt;/a>
University of Florida <a href="http://www.ir.ufl.edu/data.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ir.ufl.edu/data.htm&lt;/a>
University of Georgia <a href="http://www.uga.edu/irp/cds/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uga.edu/irp/cds/index.html&lt;/a>
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign <a href="http://publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/resources/CDS2005_2006B.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://publicaffairs.uiuc.edu/resources/CDS2005_2006B.pdf&lt;/a>
University of Kansas <a href="http://www.ku.edu/%7Eoirp/Common/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ku.edu/~oirp/Common/&lt;/a>
University of Maryland <a href="http://oirp.umd.edu/public/commondataset.cfm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://oirp.umd.edu/public/commondataset.cfm&lt;/a>
University of Md Baltimore County <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oir/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umbc.edu/oir/cds.html&lt;/a>
University of Michigan <a href="http://sitemaker.umich.edu/obpinfo/common_data_set%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://sitemaker.umich.edu/obpinfo/common_data_set&lt;/a>
University of Missouri <a href="http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/fa/planning/resources/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/fa/planning/resources/&lt;/a>
University of New Hampshire <a href="http://www.unh.edu/ir/cds1.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.unh.edu/ir/cds1.html&lt;/a>
University of North Carolina (CH) <a href="http://www.ais.unc.edu/ir/cds.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ais.unc.edu/ir/cds.html&lt;/a>
University of North Dakota <a href="http://www.und.edu/dept/datacol/cds/index.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.und.edu/dept/datacol/cds/index.htm&lt;/a>
University of North Texas <a href="http://www.unt.edu/ir_acc/Common_data_set/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.unt.edu/ir_acc/Common_data_set/&lt;/a>
University of Pennsylvania <a href="http://www.upenn.edu/ir/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.upenn.edu/ir/&lt;/a>
University of Pittsburgh (all campuses) <a href="http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/&lt;/a>
University of Rhode Island <a href="http://autocrat.uri.edu/505.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://autocrat.uri.edu/505.html&lt;/a>
University of Richmond <a href="http://oir.richmond.edu/Databases.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://oir.richmond.edu/Databases.htm&lt;/a>
University of Rochester (fact book) <a href="http://www.rochester.edu/provost/ir/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rochester.edu/provost/ir/index.html&lt;/a>
University of Scranton <a href="http://academic.scranton.edu/department/pairo/reports-research.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://academic.scranton.edu/department/pairo/reports-research.shtml&lt;/a>
University of Southern California (Class Profile) <a href="http://afaweb.esd.usc.edu/USC-AFA/upload_images/Freshman%20Profile%2020051.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://afaweb.esd.usc.edu/USC-AFA/upload_images/Freshman%20Profile%2020051.pdf&lt;/a>
University of Texas <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/academic/oir/cds/04-05/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.utexas.edu/academic/oir/cds/04-05/&lt;/a>
University of Vermont <a href="http://www.uvm.edu/%7Eisis/?Page=cds0.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.uvm.edu/~isis/?Page=cds0.html&lt;/a>
University of Virginia <a href="http://www.web.virginia.edu/IAAS/data_catalog/institutional/cds/current/admissions.htm#current%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.web.virginia.edu/IAAS/data_catalog/institutional/cds/current/admissions.htm#current&lt;/a>
University of Washington <a href="http://www.washington.edu/admin/factbook/ois.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.washington.edu/admin/factbook/ois.html&lt;/a>
University of Wisconsin <a href="http://apa.wisc.edu/CDS_USNEWS/CDS_and_USNews.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://apa.wisc.edu/CDS_USNEWS/CDS_and_USNews.htm&lt;/a>
Vanderbilt University <a href="http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virg/option1/virg1_flash.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://virg.vanderbilt.edu/virg/option1/virg1_flash.htm&lt;/a>
Vassar College <a href="http://registrar.vassar.edu/factbook/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://registrar.vassar.edu/factbook/&lt;/a>
Villanova University <a href="http://optir.villanova.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://optir.villanova.edu/&lt;/a>
Virginia Commonwealth University <a href="http://www.vcu.edu/ireweb/reports/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vcu.edu/ireweb/reports/cds/&lt;/a>
Virginia Military Institute <a href="http://www.vmi.edu/show.asp?durki=2296%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vmi.edu/show.asp?durki=2296&lt;/a>
Virginia Polytechnic University <a href="http://www.irpa.vt.edu/common_ds_2004.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.irpa.vt.edu/common_ds_2004.htm&lt;/a>
Wake Forest University <a href="http://www.wfu.edu/ir/factbook.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wfu.edu/ir/factbook.html&lt;/a>
Washington and Lee University <a href="http://ir.wlu.edu/cds/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ir.wlu.edu/cds/&lt;/a>
Wellesley College <a href="http://www.wellesley.edu/InstResearch/surveyresults.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wellesley.edu/InstResearch/surveyresults.html&lt;/a>
Western Washington University <a href="https://west.wwu.edu/institutional_research/documents/2005-06CommonDataSet.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://west.wwu.edu/institutional_research/documents/2005-06CommonDataSet.pdf&lt;/a>
Whitman College <a href="http://www.whitman.edu/content/institutional_research/factbook/cds%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.whitman.edu/content/institutional_research/factbook/cds&lt;/a>
Willamette University <a href="http://www.willamette.edu/dept/ir/ir_web/submenus/common_data_sets_yearselector1.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.willamette.edu/dept/ir/ir_web/submenus/common_data_sets_yearselector1.htm&lt;/a>
William and Mary <a href="http://cfdev.wm.edu/IR/common_dataset.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://cfdev.wm.edu/IR/common_dataset.htm&lt;/a>
Williams College <a href="http://www.williams.edu/admin/provost/ir/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.williams.edu/admin/provost/ir/&lt;/a>
Yale University <a href="http://www.yale.edu/oir/ComDatset.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yale.edu/oir/ComDatset.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>UC Davis, University of Rochester, and the University Wisconsin changed their Links. All Links Tested Good July 2 , 2006</p>

<p>Sweet list.</p>

<p>Any advice on the best website to look at all the schools' CDS information in the easiest format? I am focused on transfer admissions information.</p>

<p>If you go to Section D of the CDS for any of the College's that post their Common Data Set, you will find their Transfer Student Information.</p>

<p>For one Web Site:
US News "America's Best Colleges" Premium Online Edition has Transfer Information listed for each College. It Costs $15 and the 2007 edition will be out late August 2006. (It will have the info from Fall 2005.) <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>