Common Data Set

The Common Data Set (CDS) Initiative is a collaborative effort between publishers—College Board, Peterson’s Guide, U.S. News & World Report, and Wintgergreen/Orchard House—and the educational community. The goal of the CDS is to improve the quality and consistency of information reported by college and university officials, which is used in guide books, publications, and other media, while reducing the burden of compiling such information. The CDS provides standard and precise questions along with data definitions that will be incorporated into participating publishers’ existing surveys, which will continue to be the primary data collection instruments.

More about the Common Data Set.

Please select a link below to view the Common Data Set for that academic year:

2006-07 (PDF)
2005-06 (PDF)
2004-05 (PDF)
2003-04 (PDF)
2002-03 (PDF)
2001-02 (PDF)
2000-01 (PDF)