Institutional Research & Market Analytics (IRMA) activities include institutional benchmarking, market research, studies of course-taking patterns, studies of academic progress and outcomes, student perceptions and surveys, university admission and enrollment reporting, and data management.                    
                    Our mission is to frame and inform the institutional strategic dialogue in active partnership with colleagues, building a culture of evidence to support planning and management, as agents of change at DePaul and in higher education generally.
                   
					
                        
					Public Resources
					
					Enrollment Summary Books
					
					The Enrollment Summary and the Freshman Admission Summary Books, published annually by Enrollment Management, summarize trends in DePaul's enrollment profile.
					
					
					DePaul Fact File
					Dating back to the early 1980s, the Fact File provides standardized data on students, faculty and staff 
					and the university to help frame and inform the institutional strategic dialogue and build a culture of 
					evidence in support of planning and management.
					
					
					Common Data Set
 
					The Common Data Set (CDS) provides university data in a standard format, making comparisons across institutions 
					easier and serving as a foundation for external data requests.  The CDS includes information about academic 
					offerings, student life, annual expenses, financial aid, class size, faculty/student ratio and degrees conferred.
					
					
					
					Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
					The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA) includes many disclosure and reporting regulations for 
					postsecondary institutions.  DePaul's information can be found here and at  
					
DePaul's Consumer Information page.
					
					
					
					External Resources
					This page contains information about relevant external resources related to higher education data including IBHE, IPEDS, the Student Achievement Measure (SAM), etc.