You can refer to the "Data Sources" tab on a college profile to confirm the source and dataset year of each data section provided for that college.
The data in CollegePlannerPro comes from multiple sources. Below is a breakdown of the various data point groups found in CollegePlannerPro and their corresponding sources.
| Data Points | Peterson's (Common Data Set) | IPEDS | Internal Research | Common App |
| Application deadlines | X | X | X | |
| Enrollment | X | X - when CDS not available | ||
| Admissions - applicants, admit rates, etc | X | X - when CDS not available | ||
| SAT/ACT scores | X | X - when CDS not available | ||
| GPAs | X | |||
| Admissions considerations/policies | X | X | ||
| Graduation and retention rates | X | |||
| Cost & Expenses | X | X - when CDS not available | ||
| Financial aid / affordability | X | X | ||
| Campus Life / Programs | X | X | ||
| Athletics | X | |||
| Majors/Degree programs | X |
Peterson's (Common Data Set)
The Common Data Set is a product of the Common Data Set Initiative, "a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by the College Board, Peterson's, and U.S. News & World Report."
CollegePlannerPro licenses the Common Data Set from Peterson's College Data annually. New data sets from Peterson's College Data become available to us in September each year. We then perform a data cleanse to identify any potential anomalies and update college profiles shortly thereafter. Processing of data can take up to 2 weeks. Peterson's provides updates to their data three other times throughout the year to report additional data collected, as well as any corrections.
Note: The current data is the 2023-2024 Common Data Set, which represents data for the cohort admitted/enrolled in Fall 2023. The 2024-2025 CDS will be received/updated in CollegePlannerPro September 2025.
IPEDS
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a part of the Institute for Education Sciences within the United States Department of Education.
IPEDS does not make comprehensive data updates or perform updates on a consistent schedule, but our team monitors regularly to retrieve new subsets of data as soon as they become available.
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