NIRSA Institutional Data Set
Supported by the NIRSA Foundation
The NIRSA Institutional Data Set is a powerful, online benchmarking tool designed to give NIRSA members point-and-click access to current and relevant data on collegiate recreation facilities, programs, and services.
Supported by the NIRSA Foundation
Benchmarking and Assessment Tools
Benchmark your program against other institutions
The NIRSA Institutional Data Set (IDS), with the generous support of the NIRSA Foundation, offers members a user friendly platform to input and analyze data on collegiate recreation programs, services and facilities, as well as a myriad of ways to filter and compare across institutions. Full access to the NIRSA IDS is an institutional member benefit for both professional and student members. Members at nonmember institutions are able to enter their institutional data but have limited results capabilities in the platform. To update your institution’s membership and access the full potential of the platform’s capabilities, contact NIRSA Membership.
IDS Updates
Open now: The IDS is open for 2015-16 data collection. Login to start entering your institutional data. Data collection will remain open for 2014-15.
Available now: Full results capabilities are now available for both 2014-15 and 2015-16.
Instructional Webinar
This webinar will help you get started entering your data and previewing the results capabilities of this new and improved benchmarking and assessment tool.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you have additional questions, please contact us.
- Institutional Details
- Programs & Services
- Participation
- Facilities
- Operations
NIRSA began annually collecting aggregate data as the Institutional Data Set in 2011. The Institutional Data Set transitioned to a new and improved online platform in early 2016. Data entry for the 2014-2015 academic year is now open. Question by question comparisons are now available and full results capabilities, including personalized dynamic reports, will become available soon.
All professional members can now login to the platform and enter data on their institution directly in the platform. Data is automatically saved within the platform, so different members with different expertise can access and enter data at different times. A minimum 50% of survey questions about an institution must be answered before members from that institution can access results capabilities when they become available.
Most of the content within your institution’s data set will remain in the Institutional Data Set from year to year. Institutions will be asked to review and update their data annually. Additionally, public data on your institution or in your institution’s NIRSA member profile has been be pre-populated, making the collection of complete data sets for each institution a more manageable endeavor.
Members are able to set query data on hundreds of institutions, set parameters around the data you want to see and filter out unnecessary information.