The Transfer Benchmarking dashboard provides a view of student transfer-out rates by cohort year at the cohort institution compared to benchmarking institutions. The dashboard includes information on students who enrolled at the cohort institution, and then transferred to another two-year or four-year institution, including data on credentials earned pre- and post-transfer.

Dashboard Sections

Benchmarking dashboard visualizations will not load until the Data Source selections are made.

Chart Settings cannot be edited until the Data Sources are applied. See Benchmarking Data Sources for details.

Dashboard Settings

This section has two unique filters that allow you to further limit the data:

• Earned Credit Milestone: This filter allows you to limit the data only to students who earned a certain amount of credits at your institution prior to transfer.
• Transferred Within: This filter limits the population of students displayed only to those who transferred within a specific time period. You can select from timeframes of up to eight years. The timeframes are not cumulative.

Summary

The summary at the top of the dashboard displays the transfer-out rates of the cohort institution compared to the benchmarking institutions.

Average Credits Earned at Cohort Institution and Transfer-Out Rates

This section shows average credits earned by students before transferring across all years as well as the number and percentage of transfer-out students within the selected timeframe categorized as either Transfer-Out to 2-Year or Transfer-Out to 4-Year for the cohort institution and benchmarking institutions. The green box contains data for the cohort institution; the blue box contains data for the benchmarking institutions.

Total Transfer-Out Year-Over-Year by Dimension

This section shows the percentages of total transfer-out students at the cohort institution and benchmarking institutions year-over-year by dimension.

The cohort institution is represented by a green line, and the benchmarking institutions are represented by a blue line. Once you select a dimension, you can select a category to view more detailed information in the Destination Institution Type by Dimension for Category and Credential Earned Post-Transfer by Dimension for Category sections of the dashboard.

Destination Institution Type by Dimension for Category

This section shows the percentage of total transfer-out students to two-year and four-year institutions at the cohort institution and benchmarking institutions year-over-year by the selected dimension for the selected category.

For each year, the cohort institution data is shown on the left in shades of orange, and the benchmarking data is shown on the right in shades of blue. The different shades represent the two-year and four-year categories.

Credential Earned Post-Transfer by Dimension for Category

This section shows the percentage of credentials earned post-transfer at the cohort institution and benchmarking institutions year-over-year by the selected dimension for the selected category.

For each year, the cohort institution data is shown on the left in shades of green, and the benchmarking data is shown on the right in shades of blue. The green and blue shades represent the “Certificate,” “Associate,” and “Bachelor’s” categories. The red shades represent the “No Credential” category.

Chart Settings

You can use Chart Settings to select the cohort and refine the students the dashboard includes. Chart Settings are global and apply to the entire dashboard.

Click the Chart Settings Edit button to make or modify filter selections and dimension breakdown. See Using the Dashboard for more information.

Transferred Within

This dashboard includes a unique filter called Transferred Within. This filter applies to the entire dashboard. You can use this filter to select the timeframe in which the students transferred out after their initial enrollment. The timeframe options include:

• All
• 0-2 years
• 0-3 years
• 0-6 years
• 2-3 years
• 3-4 years
• 4-6 years
• 6-8 years

Benchmarking Data Sources

You can use this section to refine the list of institutions the dashboard uses for benchmarking. These selections apply to the entire dashboard. When you first open the dashboard, you must select benchmarking data sources in order for the data to show.

1. Click Edit on the Data Sources menu.
2. If your account is part of a system of institutions or a third-party organization, select a cohort institution from the Institution drop-down.
3. Select your benchmarking institutions from the participating PDP institutions by filtering and/or searching. See below for details.

   You can use filtering in combination with searching. For example, if you find a few institutions by searching and want to add more with similar institutional characteristics, you can use filters to find and select them.

4. To add a single institution to your benchmarking institutions list, click the Add button. To add all of the filtered institutions to your list, click the Add All button.
5. To remove a single institution from your benchmarking institutions list, click the Remove button. To remove all institutions from your list, click the Remove All button.
6. When finished, click Apply Settings.
   

Searching for Benchmarking Institutions

You can search for an institution by name or OPEID.

1. Click in the Search box. If you have not applied any filters, you will see a list of all available PDP participating institutions.
2. Start typing an institution name or OPEID to narrow down the list.
3. Select the institution(s) you would like to add to your benchmarking institutions list.

Filtering Benchmarking Institutions

You can use the benchmarking filters to select institution(s) that meet certain criteria by selecting or deselecting values from the Filters menu. The filters will be applied to the list of filtered institutions as you select them.

Filter Options

• State: State in which the institution(s) are located
• Carnegie: Institution(s) classified by the Carnegie Classification system – rolled up
• HBCU: Historically black colleges and universities
• HSI: Hispanic-serving institutions
• Institution Type: 4-Year, 2-Year, or All
• Public/Private: Public, Private, or All

Dimensions

Select a dimension from the Dimension drop-down in Chart Settings to filter the data in the Total Transfer-Out Year-Over-Year by Dimension line graph by student group: Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Age, GPA Range, or Credential Type Sought. Dimensions only apply to the Total Transfer-Out Year-Over-Year by Dimension section of the dashboard.

Categories

Click a category on the left side of the Total Transfer-Out Year-Over-Year by Dimension line graph to filter the Destination Institution Type by Dimension for Category and Credential Earned Post-Transfer by Dimension for Category bar graphs by category. Categories only apply to these sections of the dashboard.

Example

If you select the Race/Ethnicity dimension and the American Indian or Alaskan Native category from the Total Transfer-Out Year-Over-Year by Dimension section, the Destination Institution Type by Dimension for Category and Credential Earned Post-Transfer by Dimension for Category bar graphs will display data only for American Indian or Alaskan Native students.

Troubleshooting No Data

There are two reasons why the First Year CCR Benchmarking Dashboard might not show any data:

• Not Enough Benchmarking Institutions: The dashboard requires at least five benchmarking institutions be selected to show benchmarking data. You may have filtered the benchmarking institutions down to fewer than five. Remove one or more benchmarking filters.
• Not Enough Cohort Students: The dashboard requires at least 11 students before it shows student outcomes data. You may have filtered the students in the selected cohorts down to fewer than 11. Remove one or more global filters.