This post introduces the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), explores key measures relevant to the NTRN project that can be derived from IPEDS, and highlights three common challenges researchers face when working with this dataset.

This post introduces three IPEDS-based data sets developed for the NTRN project. Each data set includes identical variables covering finances, prices, and enrollments, but they differ in structure—allowing researchers to select the data configuration that best meets their needs.

This post examines how researchers can use IPEDS data to construct revenue measures, with special attention to net tuition revenue.

This post explores how researchers can use IPEDS data to construct expenditure measures, including those related to instruction, research, and public service.

This post investigates a common challenge in working with IPEDS data: the presence of alternative units of observation. IPEDS observations may represent a Title IV institution, a campus within such an institution, or an administrative unit serving multiple institutions. This post also outlines practical methods researchers can use to address this challenge.

This post describes the NTRN Project supplementary data set containing FY2023 data on revenues from programs relating to Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).

This post outlines key changes to revenue and expenditure reporting that accompanied the introduction of the aligned form to the IPEDS Finance survey in the late 2000s. It also describes adjustments researchers can use to compare financial data across the pre- and post-alignment periods.

This post provides more detailed guidance on when and how to combine Title IV institutions that share the same IPEDS administrative unit observation. These recommendations were applied during the creation of the second NTRN data set.