About the Office

Mission

The mission of the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis is to serve as a centralized data source providing meaningful information for effective decision making.

Institutional Research and Analysis includes those activities directed at empirically describing and evaluating the educational, administrative, and support functions of North Dakota State University. These activities include data gathering, analyses, evaluation, summarization and reporting.

Examples of Areas of reporting include:

1) students (admission, performance, enrollment, degree completion),
2) organizational information (employees, courses, degree programs),
3) institutional resources and performance, and
4) financial

The Office is a reliable source for authoritative information about the institution to serve both academic and administrative functions. The Office prepares standard reports for internal and external users.