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Population

 

Data are as of census and are an unduplicated headcount.

Includes:

  • SCU and comparison institution data directly from IPEDS

Excludes:

  • Schools that did not report data or reported 0

Function

   The Diversity Dashboard: SCU vs. Benchmark Institutions visualization highlights race/ethnicity and gender composition and representation data compared to other named institutions similar to SCU. The Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research continue to refine the dashboard to provide more detailed demographics, more trend analysis, additional success indicators, and additional campus climate indicators.  

Special Notes

  
  • Undergraduate Students - Twenty comparison schools were chosen for undergraduate metrics. The comparison schools are institutions with which Santa Clara competed for undergraduate students in 2011 (i.e., the schools with the largest number of "cross-admits").
  • Graduate Students - For consistency and comparisons, the undergraduate comparison institutions were also used as benchmarks for graduate students, with some exceptions: schools without graduate programs were excluded.
  • On October 19, 2007, the U.S. Department of Education posted to the Federal Register the "Final Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting, and Reporting Racial and Ethnic Data to the U.S. Department of Education." (See the Federal Register, Volume 72, Number 202, pp. 59266-59279). Educational institutions were required to implement this guidance no later than the beginning of the 2010-11 academic year.  The new race/ethnicity reporting categories were available for IPEDS reporting beginning Fall 2008; as a result, some institutions adopted the new collection standards for these categories and reported data using the new categories to IPEDS earlier than 2010-11.
  • To address a recommendation from the Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity and Inclusion and the Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion to disaggregate race/ethnicity data, this dashboard presents pre- and post- 2010-11 race/ethnicity reporting categories separately. Race/ethnicity categories preceded with a ֍ (see legend) represent categories used to report data to IPEDS prior to 2010-11.  Race/ethnicity categories not preceded with a ֍ (see legend) represent categories used to report data to IPEDS beginning 2010-11. This permits, for example, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders to be reported separately from Asians beginning 2010-11. Users of prior versions of this dashboard will see slight changes in race/ethnicity data from 2010-11 forward.
  • Use caution when reviewing trends in race/ethnicity for years before and after 2010-11 as the race/ethnicity reporting categories to adhere to different data collection standards.  Click here and here for further details.
  • Underrepresented racial or ethnic minority (URM) and "of color" designations are used within the dashboard. URM is based on federal reporting requirements and includes domestic Black or African American, Latino/Hispanic, American Indian/Native American, and Pacific Islanders. However, due to collection limitations, Pacific Islanders are aggregated with Asian students in the SCU Dashboard. URM refers to racial and ethnic groups that are currently underrepresented in U.S. higher education compared to their representation among high school graduates. Asian students are not considered underrepresented racial or ethnic minorities in federal reporting. Asian and those who identify as "Two or more races" are included with URM categories in "of color" aggregations.
  • IPEDS data release stages can be found here; an explanation of IPEDS Data Release Stages can be found here.

Population

  

Data are presented by Survey Year and are as of the Fall term.

Includes:

Excludes:

  • Single gender institutions                                                                                                                         

Function

   The Enrollment dashboard compares SCU's breakdown of gender and race to other benchmark institutions.                               

Special Notes

 

Population

 

Data are presented by Survey Year and are as of the Fiscal Year (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring).

Includes:

Function

   The Graduation Rates dashboard compares the 4-year and 6-year graduation rate at SCU to other benchmark institutions, further broken down by gender and race.  

Population

 

Data are presented by Survey Year and are as of Fall terms.

Includes:

Function

   The Retention First to Second Year dashboard compares the retention rate at SCU to other benchmark institutions within the selected cohort year.

Population

 

Data are presented by Survey Year and are as of the Fall term.

Includes:

Excludes:

  • Even numbered years, as they are optional reporting years and not all institutions in the Benchmark List reported data 

Function

   The Full-Time Staff dashboard compares the gender and race/ethnicity breakdown among SCU staff to other benchmark institutions within the selected cohort year.  

Special Notes

 
  • Staff comparisons are also based on the Undergraduate comparison institutions.  
  • Gender charts are sorted in descending order by % female.
  • Race/ethnicity charts are sorted in descending order by % of underrepresented minorities.                                       

Population

 

Data are presented by Survey Year and are as of the Fall term.

Includes:

Excludes:

  • Even numbered years, as they are optional reporting years and not all institutions in the Benchmark List reported data 

Function

   The Full-time Faculty dashboard compares the gender and race/ethnicity breakdown among SCU faculty to other benchmark institutions.

Special Notes

 
  • Sixteen comparison schools were chosen for faculty metrics. The list of faculty comparison schools is drawn from the set of institutions used by Santa Clara in salary benchmarking processes.
  • Gender charts are sorted in descending order by % female.
  • Race/ethnicity charts are sorted in descending order by % of underrepresented minorities.