Benchmark Institutions

The following seventeen benchmark institutions were approved at the July 18, 2005 meeting of the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). Benchmark institutions provide a basis for both the University and CPE to establish goals and evaluate performance. For information on a particular benchmark, click on the institution's IPEDS ID to access its entry in the College Navigator. Click on the link in the "Office with Institutional Data" column to see official university data.

Institution	IPEDS ID	Office with Institutional Data
SUNY at Buffalo	196088	Office of Institutional Analysis
Stony Brook University	196097	Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness
Temple University	216339	Institutional Research and Assessment
University of Alabama at Birmingham	100663	Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis
University of California - Irvine	110653	Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning
University of California - San Diego	110680	Institutional Research
University of New Mexico	187985	Office of Institutional Analytics
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus	201885	Office of Institutional Research
University of Illinois at Chicago	145600	Office of Institutional Research
University of Iowa	153658	Office of Executive Vice President and Provost
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	199120	Office of Institutional Research and Assessment
University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus	215293	Institutional Research and Analytics
University of South Carolina	218663	Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Analytics
University of South Florida	137351	Office of Decision Support
University of Utah	230764	University Analytics and Institutional Reporting
Virginia Commonwealth University	234030	Institutional Research and Decision Support
Wayne State University	172644	Institutional Research and Data Analytics