Common Data Set
| Bowdoin College - Brunswick, Maine |
| Office of Institutional Research |
| 2014-2015 Common Data Set |
| 2013-2014 Common Data Set |
| 2012-2013 Common Data Set |
| 2011-2012 Common Data Set |
| 2010-2011 Common Data Set |
| 2009-2010 Common Data Set |
| 2008-2009 Common Data Set |
| 2007-2008 Common Data Set |
| 2006-2007 Common Data Set |
| 2005-2006 Common Data Set |
| 2004-2005 Common Data Set |
| 2003-2004 Common Data Set |
| 2002-2003 Common Data Set |
| 2001-2002 Common Data Set |
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| Table of Contents |
| Section A. General Information |
| Section B. Enrollment and Persistence |
| Section C. First-time, First-year (Freshman) Admission |
| Section D. Transfer Admission |
| Section E. Academic Offerings and Policies |
| Section F. Student Life |
| Section G. Annual Expenses |
| Section H. Financial Aid |
| Section I. Instructional Faculty and Class Size |
| Section J. Degrees Conferred |
The Common Data Set Initiative
The Common Data Set (CDS) initiative is a collaborative effort among data providers in the higher education community and publishers as represented by The College Board, Peterson's - a Thomson Learning Company, and U.S. News & World Report. The combined goal of this collaboration is to improve the quality and accuracy of information provided to all involved in a student's transition into higher education, as well as to reduce the reporting burden on data providers.
This goal is attained by the development of clear, standard data items as well as definitions to determine a specific cohort relevant to each item. Often, data items and definitions used by the U.S. Department of Education in its higher education surveys serve as a guide in the development of the CDS. Common Data Set items undergo broad review by the CDS Advisory Board as well as by data providers representing secondary schools and two- and four-year colleges.
It is important to recognize that the CDS is actually a set of data item standards and definitions and not a survey instrument or a set of data represented in a database. As such, the CDS survey items have been strictly defined to collect common or comparable data from colleges and universities.
Maintained by Margaret Allen, Bowdoin College Office of Institutional Research
Last Update: January 20, 2015
E-mail: mallen2@bowdoin.edu