KPI for Educational Institutions
Big educational institutions are like big businesses. With Business Intelligence (BI) software, they can make better decisions & informed actions by tracking progress against Key Performance Indicators (KPI). Here are some of the KPIs for educational institutions.
- Percentage of students that applied for financial aid
- Percentage of students receiving financial aid
- Student goal attainment rate – Percentage of graduating students who report that their objective for attending college/university have been fully accomplished
- Per student expenditures – Total operating expenditures per equivalent full-time student
- Ratio of on campus students (EFTSU) per networked workstation
- Number of permanent exclusions per 1,000 pupils
- Percentage of employers were satisfied with the quality of the educational preparation of graduates
- Percentage of graduates were satisfied with the usefulness of their education in achieving their goals after graduation
- Average class size – Average number of students per class
- Professional to Academic staff ratio – measures the number of academic staff relative to professional staff
- Student / staff ratio – Student to total staff (including teachers) ratio
- Male / female student ratio
- Number of students per parking space
- Percentage graduates working within six months of leaving school
- Percentage of graduates employed in their field of study
- Percentage of classes taught by adjuncts
- Percentage of achieved teaching hours as a percentage of target teaching hours
- Percentage of courses that are web-based or web enhanced
- Percentage of students participating in academic enhancement/ enrichment activities
- Percentage of expelled students
- Percentage of absent students per class
- Ratio of students to maximum number of places
- Median teacher experience in years
- Number of students transferring to another school
- Student persistence rate – Percentage of first-time students with minimum of x units earned in a term who return and enroll in the subsequent term anywhere in the system
- Number of Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES)
- Percentage of students who enroll in excursions
- Satisfaction rate as per the standards in the teaching skills standards sheet (feedback provided by observer)
- Satisfaction rate as per the standards in the classroom climate standards sheet (feedback provided by observer)
- Number of extra curricular activities per semester
- Percentage of improvement in students Learning Rate – Increase in students scores in two consecutive examination sessions (learning rate).
- Percentage of participants apply trained skills in their teaching
- Percentage of parents satisfied with education programs and services
- Percentage of Ethnic Minority Students per Faculty/Department/School/Course
- Average grades of students
- Student / teacher ratio – Number of students per teacher
- Average cource experience based on survey of student course experience including e.g. overall satisfaction, good teaching, and generic skills.
- Percentage of academic staff with a doctorate
- International student load – Percentage of non-national enrolled students
- Cost per graduate – Total costs divided by the number of graduates in measurement period
- Class attendance percentage of students that attend classes or other courses
- Attrition (Drop) rate of online (web-based) courses
- Percentage of growth in student enrolments
- Average time to graduate – Time from start to graduation for all graduated students within the measurement period
- Late graduation rate – Percentage of graduated students that graduate ‘late’ e.g. outside the alloted time
- Early graduation rate – Percentage of graduated students that graduate ‘early’ e.g. within the alloted time
- Graduate employment rate – Percentage of graduates with a job relative to all graduates within measurement period
- Dropout rate – Percentage of dropouts relative to number students within measurement period
- Graduation rate – Percentage of graduated students relative to all students
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by Dhiren Gala
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