Reports
Surveys
From 1971 through 2006, Stony Brook University conducted the CIRP Freshman survey almost every fall during freshmen orientation. The campus now administers the survey every 2-3 years, with the next administration scheduled for 2016.
2017 - Survey Report
2014 - Survey Report
2012 - Survey Report
2009 - Survey Report | 4-Year Graduation Rates by Survey Responses pptx
2006 - Survey Report
2005 - Survey Report
The Chronicle of Higher Education has published national trends on selected items 1966-2015.
Stony Brook University administers the National Survey of Student Engagement on a three-year cycle.
2022 - Respondent Profile | Means and Frequencies | Engagement Indicators | Indicators (Multi-Year)
2017 - Respondent Profile | Means and Frequencies | Engagement Indicators | Indicators (Multi-Year)
2014 - Respondent Profile | Means and Frequencies | Engagement Indicators
2011 - Respondent Profile | Means and Frequencies | Benchmarks Comparison | Benchmarks (Multi-Year)
2008 - Respondent Profile | Means and Frequencies | Benchmarks Comparison | Benchmarks (Multi-Year)
2003 - Benchmarks Comparison
2000 - Means
Every three years, Stony Brook participates in the SUNY Student Satisfaction Survey (formerly the SUNY Student Opinion Survey). This survey of undergraduate students is conducted in the spring semester and measures perceptions of educational and service quality. Beginning in 2021, multiple survey questions were changed and administration was moved to the SUNY System Office.
Questions included on the 2024 survey
Freqeuencies of survey responses 2009 through 2024
Legacy questions 2009-2018
Research Briefs and Reports
- Big Data and the Transformation of Decision Making in Higher Education (2020)
- Key Elements of a Data Strategy (Oct 2019)
- First Generation Students (Oct 2025)
- Evaluation of Decision Tree Models to Forecast GPA of Entering Freshmen (June 2017)
- Parents Highest Level of Education, 1971 - 2014 (May 2015)
Research/Policy Presentations
- Code with Confidence (Scores) Using AI, North East Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting (November 2025)
- The Unbearable Lightness of Executive Transition: Supporting the Vision of a New Chief Executive, State University of New York Human Resources Association (October 2025)
- Quick Insights, Big Impact: Leveraging Pulse Surveys and AI, Commission on Information, Measurement, and Analysis Summer Meeting (July 2025)
- Listening every week: How a high-frequency pulse survey enhances engagement, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities Annual Meeting (Nov 2024)
- Taking the pulse of the campus: How to launch a 2-item weekly pulse survey, institutionalize its insights, and harness AI tools for deeper analysis, APLU Commission on Information, Measurement & Analysis Summer Meeting (July 2024)
- IE+ at the cabinet level: An organizational case study, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (May 2024)
- LMS-assisted early warning system, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (May 2024)
- Listening to the campus pulse: Lessons learned from two years of administering a pulse survey, Association of American Universities (May 2024)
- How I learned to stop worrying and trust live data, North East Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting (Nov 2023)
- Taking the pulse of the campus: How to launch and use a two-item pulse survey, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (May 2023)
- Leveraging data analytics to improve university operations, Carnegie Mellon University Leadership Dashboard Kickoff Event (July 2022)
- The graduation gender gap: Why fewer men graduate, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (Jun 2022)
- How to transform the landscape of analytics with data governance, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Annual Meeting (Nov 2019)
- Advancing Social Mobility and Academic Excellence at Stony Brook University
- Data Governance: A Primer
- Advanced Analytics to Support Student Success, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Annual Meeting (Nov 2018)
- Beyond Data Governance to Data Strategy, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (May 2017)
- Getting Started with Data Mining, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (May 2017)
- Mining Data to Create a System to Identity At-Risk Freshmen, North East Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting (Nov 2016) | paper
- Repayment Rates: What IR Professionals Need to Know and Why It Matters. Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (June 2016)
- Cui Bono? How Employee Fringe Benefits Contribute to College Costs, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (June 2016)
- Creating Tableau Dashboards with IPEDS Data: How To, Tips, and Tricks, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (June 2016) | pptx
- Data mining demystified: Techniques and information for model improvement, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (June 2016)
- Using Data Mining to Predict Freshman Outcomes, North East Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting (November 2015) | paper
- An Overview of Data Mining: Predictive Modeling for IR in the 21stCentury, New York Association of Institutional Research and Planning Officers Annual Meeting (June 2015)
- Debt of Graduates and Cohort Default Rates at Stony Brook University, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (May 2015)
- How Living Costs Undermine Net Price an an Affordability Metric, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (May 2015)
- Visualization of Student Migration Data Using Google Charts Sankey Diagrams, Association for Institutional Research Annual Forum (May 2015)
- Reconstructing Institutional Research for 21st Century Needs. International Conference on Higher Education and Innovation, Seoul, South Korea (Feb 2015)
- The False Promise of Net Price as an Affordability Metric. North East Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (Nov 2014)
- Data Mining Methods: Applications for Institutional Research. North East Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (Nov 2014)
- Observations on the Development of a Postsecondary Institution Rating System (PIRS). National Center for Education Statistics Technical Review Panel, Washington, DC (Jan 2014)
- Modeling Freshmen Outcomes Using SAS Enterprise Miner, North East Association for Institutional Research Annual Conference, Newport, RI (Nov 2013)