EDUCAUSE Analytics Services
Data, benchmarking, and insights.
EDUCAUSE Analytics Services help you identify peer institutions, research common technology solutions, benchmark resources, and gain insight on student and faculty technology use.
In 2025 we're rolling out new, just-in-time benchmarking resources that will provide easier ways to strategize your budgeting, staffing, servicing, and technology needs. In order to get these just in time resources to you, we will be taking the Analytics Services Portal offline on May 31, 2025. See below for important details about accessing your past data.
To access each service, login to our Analytics Services Portal.
Talk about your data
Want some help?
Have questions about using any of our Analytics Services products? Want some help analyzing the data? Discover something interesting?
Attend an upcoming QuickTalk with Tiffni Deeb, to ask questions, get tips for data discovery, and share findings with peers.
Learn More About Each Service
Core Data Service (CDS)
Throughout 2025 we're rolling out new, just-in-time benchmarking resources that will provide easier ways to strategize your budgeting, staffing, servicing, and technology needs.
- CDS Interactive Almanac (member only) We’re growing our popular Core Data Service Interactive Almanac and will be adding more data on technology investments and infrastructure and staffing trends, to help you compare strategies and better plan in this volatile time. Look for the new one to launch this summer.
- QuickPolls We have QuickPolls launching on April 14 and in September that will cover staffing and budgeting. Our reporting will allow you to see the real-time shifts happening with budgets in higher ed
- Member QuickTalks We have frequent Member QuickTalks set up to allow members to share their questions and approaches to benchmarking and budget and staffing development.
- Core Data Service survey (member only) A lighter weight survey experience is rolling out in mid-September
We will be working with members throughout 2025 to determine what benchmarking tools will be most valuable to you in the future and are excited to redesign this service to better serve you.
For Former CDS Participants
- Starting May 31, 2025, the Analytics Services portal will no longer be available.
- To continue getting insights from your data, you can visit the Download Raw Data section to easily download your benchmarking data prior to May 31.
- After May 31 we will continue to support CDS data access through a secure community group in EDUCAUSE Connect. More details coming soon.
See the Data in Action
"We were challenged to communicate the impact of growth on limited resources. We used EDUCAUSE data to compare our IT spend to spending at peer institutions with similar service portfolios."
— CFO at a medium-sized private research university
Visit the CDS Interactive Almanac to view examples of CDS data in action.
Technology Solutions Market Dashboard (TSMD)
The Technology Solutions Market Dashboard will go offline on May 31, 2025 while we work on new tools that will help you identify the technology solutions used by other institutions.
After May 31, 2025 Technology Solutions Market Dashboard data can be requested by submitting a ticket to: [email protected].
See the Data in Action
"Before selecting a new BI/Reporting tool, I was able to use the Analytics Services Portal to identify schools of a similar size who were using the solutions we were considering. Being able to reach out to similar schools and ask them about their lessons learned made all the difference in our selection process."
— IT director at a large community college
Student and Faculty User Surveys
In 2025 we’ll be offering our Students and Technology survey for institutions to administer. Get the data you need to uncover the gaps in your student technology experience.
The student survey helps you explore your students’ technology experiences and satisfaction as well as examine five dimensions:
- Workforce skills and competencies
- Generative AI in teaching and learning
- Student mental health and accessibility
- Cybersecurity and privacy
- Course modalities and engagement
Stay tuned for future Faculty Survey plans.
How it works:
- Signup to participate. It’s free!
- Links to the survey, designed for your institution, will be emailed to you starting in July 2025.
- You may administer the survey to your students anytime between July and December 12, 2025.
- Access the secure online platform to view your survey results as they come in and receive a link to download your data once the survey has closed.
- As a bonus for participating, you get access to aggregate benchmarking data that will be available in February 2026.
- Have more questions? See our FAQs.
4 Reasons to Participate
- There is no fee, and you do not need to be an EDUCAUSE member.
- Only participating institutions have access to data and benchmarks.
- You will receive resources, including an IRB exemption, to help you administer the survey.
- Students who participate in this year's survey will be eligible for a chance to receive incentives.
Important Resources
- Survey Instrument (HTML)
- IRB exemption certification
- Data Dictionary (values and labels) Coming Soon
- Sample planning calculator
- Past Student Study Reports
For Former Survey Participants
- Starting May 31, 2025, the Analytics Services portal will no longer be available.
- To continue getting insights from your past data, you can visit the Download Data section to easily download your data prior to May 31.
- After May 31, past data can be requested by submitting a ticket to: [email protected].
Questions? Email the team at [email protected]
See the Data in Action
"We were hearing that some students didn’t have access to reliable technology. We used the EDUCAUSE student survey to identify the challenges our students were experiencing so that we could develop strategies to address them."
— Center for Teaching and Learning Director, mid-sized master's institution
Have Questions?
If you have questions or need help navigating our Analytics Services Portal, contact us. We're happy to help!
You can also visit our FAQs page to learn more.