HEDS conducts approximately 20 studies per year for use by member institutions in planning and decision-making.

Studies include institutional information on a variety of topics as well as surveys of individuals including freshmen, alumni, seniors and faculty. HEDS members set the priority among possible surveys and studies.

 
Admissions:
Undergraduate admissions statistics (HEDS)
Cost and staffing in Admissions (HEDS)
Annual Common Data Set
Endowment:
Comparative performance (NACUBO)
Enrollments:
Opening fall enrollment (IPEDS)
Student - Faculty ratios (HEDS)
Faculty:
Numbers, salaries, benefits by rank (AAUP)
Age distributions, hiring and retirement rates (HEDS)
Starting faculty salaries (HEDS)
Fringe benefits (AAUP)
Faculty Survey (HERI)
Finance:
HEDS Financial Indicators Study (IPEDS/HEDS)
 
Fund-raising:
Fund-raising proceeds (CAE)
Research and Development:
Separately budgeted R&D activity in sciences and engineering (NSF)
Baccalaureate Origins of doctorate recipients (weighted and unweighted) rankings (NSF)
Staffing Patterns:
Counts by EEO category (IPEDS)
Administrativecompensation by function (IPEDS)
Strategic Indicators (i.e. Dashboard):
Critical pieces of information collected from various studies in early fall prior to publication of individual studies (elements from admissions, financial aid, student enrollment, student persistence, institutional finance information) (HEDS)
 
Student Applications and Deposits:
First-year student applications received by February (HEDS)
First-year student deposits received by May (HEDS)
Student Charges and Financial Aid:
Tuition and fees (HEDS)
Aid policies and expenditures by source (HEDS)
Freshman financial aid profile (HEDS)
Student Progress:
Degrees and other awards (IPEDS)
Graduation and retention rates (HEDS)
Student Surveys:
CIRP Freshman Survey (HERI Cooperative Institutional Research Program)
CIRP Your First College Year (HERI)
Senior Survey (HEDS)
Alumni Survey (HEDS)