We encourage your institution to provide as much data as possible in the Annual Survey of Colleges 2007.  In order to be included in NACUBO’s Tuition Discounting Study, Section H1 (Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates) and Section H3 (NACUBO) must be completed in the Annual Survey of Colleges. 

The College Board is curently collecting data through the Annual Survey of Colleges.  Data submissions are due by December 21st.

Yes.  NACUBO will not be administering its own separate survey.  Those institutions who participate in the Annual Survey of Colleges and complete the above sections will, in fact, be participating in the NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study.

Please be assured that all individual institution data will be kept confidential and summary results will only be reported at aggregate levels.

The 2005 study had 426 four-year, independent, nonprofit institutions participate.

Study results are available for purchase online through NACUBO’s bookstore.  The price to access the online results will be $29.95 for NACUBO members and $39.95 for non-members.  Study participants receive complimentary access to the results.

No.  In response to your requests for increased ability to compare your institution with that of your peers, NACUBO now offers its members an online benchmarking service using its longitudinal tuition discounting data and data collected through the College Board’s Annual Survey of Colleges.  For information on using the tool, visit the NACUBO Benchmarking Tool FAQs.

For purposes of this study, the discount rate can be calculated two different ways, directly or by using the product of the components (the two main operational drivers) of the discount rate.  By definition, the tuition discount rate for an individual institution will be same using both methods of calculation.

Direct Formula:  total institutional grant dollars awarded ÷ gross tuition and mandatory fee revenue

• Total Institutional Grant Dollars Awarded is the total dollar amount of institutional grants awarded to students for the fiscal year. For NACUBO’s purposes, this figure includes restricted endowment grants and athletic scholarships. However, it should not include the institution's match for other externally funded student aid grants, nor should it include tuition remission.
  
  
• Gross Tuition and Mandatory Fee Revenue does not include room and board.

Component Formula:  the product of the percentage of students receiving an institutional grant and the average grant as a percentage of the tuition and mandatory fee charge

Please contact Christina Redmond Daulton, manager, research and policy analysis, 202.861.2596.