About Us
The Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning (OIRAP) is the primary source for official campus statistics complying with federal, state, and university reporting standards and requirements. We:
- report a variety of official statistics on admissions, enrollment, retention, graduation, and HR (staff and faculty)
- coordinate and/or complete the official internal and external reports for the UMass Office of the President, the state (i.e. the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education), and the federal government (e.g., IPEDS)
- complete major college guide questionnaires, including the Common Data Set
- support UMass Boston’s strategic planning mission
- support institutional accreditation and program review (AQUAD)
- support departments and offices with their unit planning and mission
- conduct research focused on learning assessment, institutional effectiveness, accountability, and policy evaluation for the improvement of outcomes
- conduct national and institutional level student surveys
- work with campus constituents in the design of appropriate research strategies using a variety of techniques
- provide consultation on best practices for data collection and analysis, including survey methods
- participate in data sharing/exchange programs (e.g., Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE)
Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning
Quinn Administration Building, 3rd Floor, Room 13
617.287.5420
inst.research@umb.edu