Peer Program Selection Form
Approximately nine months prior to the deadline for submission of the self-study, the program will
provide the EAC with a list and description of five peer programs for the purposes of comparison and
benchmarking. The description should show how the peers are sufficiently similar in mission, expertise,
curriculum, institutional context, and students to permit a useful comparison. The EAC can be called
upon to help identify and describe peers; however, the program has the final authority over the
selection. The program may also select additional programs (e.g. aspirational, competitors, etc.) on their
own timeline.
Programs should use this template to submit their list of peer programs. The final template should be
included as an appendix to the self-study. As you consider potential peers, please consider the following:
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The purpose of the peer institution list is to create a context for useful comparison, evaluation,
and planning.
The primary audience for the discussion of peer programs includes:
o The program itself, which may be able to glean good ideas, avoid problems, improve
educational effectiveness, or better articulate requests for resources by situating the
program relative to peers.
o Your Curriculum Committee, which needs a context within which to evaluate the
program’s self-study and its plan for the future.
o The external reviewers, who need to understand the type of program against which it is
appropriate to compare expectations.
o The Dean and VPAA, who need to understand the challenges and opportunities faced by
programs with similar missions and institutional resources.
Peer programs should be similar in size, curriculum, faculty expertise, and mission, but need not
be identical.
Elements of your program that are distinctive should be present in at least some of your peer
programs, but need not be present at all of them. It is likely that no single peer program will
match every element of your program, but most elements of your program should be reflected
somewhere in the peer list.
The program level questions in the template below are guidelines to help programs consider
relevant elements, not criteria or conditions for selection. It is possible for a program to be
considered a useful peer even if it does not share one or more of the important elements
identified in the template.
Peer programs should be situated within an institution similar to the University of Redlands,
with similar students, resources, mission, and structural complexity.
The list of peer programs submitted to EAC is a working document and may be revised as work
on the self-study dictates.
At any time, programs may select additional peer and aspirational institutions to augment the
effectiveness of their self-study; such additional institutions need not be submitted to EAC using
this template, though doing so would be useful.
Programs have the final authority over the selection of peer institutions for the self-study.
For each of the five peer institutions selected for the self-study, complete the checklist on the
following pages.
In the five charts below, please enter the requested information about each program
selected, and the institution within which the program is located. The comment boxes are for
the program’s use during the self-study, but comments are not required.
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Program (e.g., Philosophy, MBA, etc.):
Institution (e.g., college or university):
Yes
No
Redlands
Yes
Yes
Yes
$26,121
$8,696
5147
16-1
31%
72%
Institution*
Yes
Yes
Yes
The program offers a similar curriculum:
Comments:
The program employs a similar number of full-time faculty:
Comments:
The program mission and goals are similar:
Comments:
The range of faculty expertise is sufficiently similar:
Comments:
The program appears to be situated in a similar institution:
Has a residential undergraduate college and professional schools
Offers significant adult education/degree completion programs
Emphasizes liberal arts across all schools
Endowment assets per full time student (FTE):
Instructional Expenditures per full time student (FTE):
Total students enrolled:
IPEDS reported student/faculty ratio:
Percent graduate students:
Six year graduation rate:
General Notes:
*This information is available for institutions on the University’s Peer Institution List; EAC and Institutional
Research can assist in finding this information for other institutions.
2
Program (e.g., Philosophy, MBA, etc.):
Institution (e.g., college or university):
Yes
No
Redlands
Yes
Yes
Yes
$26,121
$8,696
5147
16-1
31%
72%
Institution*
The program offers a similar curriculum:
Comments:
The program employs a similar number of full-time faculty:
Comments:
The program mission and goals are similar:
Comments:
The range of faculty expertise is sufficiently similar:
Comments:
The program appears to be situated in a similar institution:
Has a residential undergraduate college and professional schools
Offers significant adult education/degree completion programs
Emphasizes liberal arts across all schools
Endowment assets per full time student (FTE):
Instructional Expenditures per full time student (FTE):
Total students enrolled:
IPEDS reported student/faculty ratio:
Percent graduate students:
Six year graduation rate:
General Notes:
*This information is available for institutions on the University’s Peer Institution List; EAC and Institutional
Research can assist in finding this information for other institutions.
3
Program (e.g., Philosophy, MBA, etc.):
Institution (e.g., college or university):
Yes
No
Redlands
Yes
Yes
Yes
$26,121
$8,696
5147
16-1
31%
72%
Institution*
The program offers a similar curriculum:
Comments:
The program employs a similar number of full-time faculty:
Comments:
The program mission and goals are similar:
Comments:
The range of faculty expertise is sufficiently similar:
Comments:
The program appears to be situated in a similar institution:
Has a residential undergraduate college and professional schools
Offers significant adult education/degree completion programs
Emphasizes liberal arts across all schools
Endowment assets per full time student (FTE):
Instructional Expenditures per full time student (FTE):
Total students enrolled:
IPEDS reported student/faculty ratio:
Percent graduate students:
Six year graduation rate:
General Notes:
*This information is available for institutions on the University’s Peer Institution List; EAC and Institutional
Research can assist in finding this information for other institutions.
4
Program (e.g., Philosophy, MBA, etc.):
Institution (e.g., college or university):
Yes
No
Redlands
Yes
Yes
Yes
$26,121
$8,696
5147
16-1
31%
72%
Institution*
The program offers a similar curriculum:
Comments:
The program employs a similar number of full-time faculty:
Comments:
The program mission and goals are similar:
Comments:
The range of faculty expertise is sufficiently similar:
Comments:
The program appears to be situated in a similar institution:
Has a residential undergraduate college and professional schools
Offers significant adult education/degree completion programs
Emphasizes liberal arts across all schools
Endowment assets per full time student (FTE):
Instructional Expenditures per full time student (FTE):
Total students enrolled:
IPEDS reported student/faculty ratio:
Percent graduate students:
Six year graduation rate:
General Notes:
*This information is available for institutions on the University’s Peer Institution List; EAC and Institutional
Research can assist in finding this information for other institutions.
5
Program (e.g., Philosophy, MBA, etc.):
Institution (e.g., college or university):
Yes
No
Redlands
Yes
Yes
Yes
$26,121
$8,696
5147
16-1
31%
72%
Institution*
The program offers a similar curriculum:
Comments:
The program employs a similar number of full-time faculty:
Comments:
The program mission and goals are similar:
Comments:
The range of faculty expertise is sufficiently similar:
Comments:
The program appears to be situated in a similar institution:
Has a residential undergraduate college and professional schools
Offers significant adult education/degree completion programs
Emphasizes liberal arts across all schools
Endowment assets per full time student (FTE):
Instructional Expenditures per full time student (FTE):
Total students enrolled:
IPEDS reported student/faculty ratio:
Percent graduate students:
Six year graduation rate:
General Notes:
*This information is available for institutions on the University’s Peer Institution List; EAC and Institutional
Research can assist in finding this information for other institutions.
APPENDIX: Peer Institution Information
Programs are not required to select peer programs from the institutions on the list below. Because
these institutions have already been identified as peers for the University, information for each is readily
available, and included in this appendix for use in completing the peer institution selection form, should
programs from these institutions be selected.
APPROVED PEER INSTITUTIONS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS:
Baldwin-Wallace College (OH)
Butler University (IN)
Drake University (IA)
Hamline University (MN)
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Monmouth University (NJ)
Saint Joseph’s University (PA)
University of San Diego (CA)
University of Scranton (PA)
University of the Pacific (CA)
Westminster College (UT)
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2011-12 Peer Institution Data:
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Liberal Arts Emphasis
in Professional
Programs
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"A+ School for B
Students"
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64
71
73
73
72
80
60
78
73
77
69
59
71.4
Retention Rate
86
82
89
85
80
89
80
89
88
89
88
79
85.3
% Graduate Students
31
10
8.7
24.3
43.7
30.9
14.4
11.9
24.6
24.5
38.1
16.1
22.5
Endowment / Student
($1,000'S)
21.3
26.6
29.2
23.4
13.3
38.2
8.9
23
33.8
18.6
26.5
19.5
23.7
Student / Faculty Ratio
(IPEDS)
16.5
16.1
11
14.4
13
12.6
15.3
15.3
13.5
15.8
11.2
13.3
13.8
Enrolled Students 201011
4539 3510
4179
4379
3326
8211
5008
5242
6856
5142
5915
2614 4944
School of Education
Music
Ed.D
NAC&U
6 Year Graduation Rate
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Key to Peer Institution Comparison Chart
School of Business
School of Education
The institution offers degree programs similar to the School of Business; these may or may not be offered
in a separate unit from the college.
The institution offers degree programs similar to the School of Education; these may or may not be offered
in a separate unit from the college.
Music
The institution offers music degrees accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
Ed.D
The institution offers a doctoral degree in education with some similarity to our Ed.D offering.
NAC&U
Member of the New American Colleges and Universities consortium.
Liberal Arts Emphasis in Professional
Programs
There is evidence in the mission, curriculum, or public commitments that the institution emphasizes the
liberal arts in all programs, including professional degrees.
"A+ School for B Students"
6 Year Graduation Rate
The institution is placed in this category for regional universities by US News and World Report.
Institutions in this category are 1) ranked in the top half of their category, 2) have first year retention rates
above 75%, and 3) admit a significant portion of "non-A" students, as determined by test scores and class
rank.
Percentage of entering students that graduate from the institution within 6 years.
Retention Rate
Percentage of full-time, first-time students that remain enrolled in the third semester.
% Graduate Students
Percentage of all enrolled students enrolled in graduate programs.
Endowment / Student ($1,000'S)
Total endowment divided by total full-time enrollment.
Student / Faculty Ratio (IPEDS)
Full-time student enrollment + 33% of part-time student enrollment, divided by total instructional staff
reported to IPEDS.
Enrolled Students 2010-11
Total number of students enrolled full-time.