Institutional Research and Effectiveness

Comparison Institutions

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Comparison institutions in higher education are used for benchmarking performance, strategic planning, and context-setting. Whether they are a formal set of peer institutions or driven by participation in consortia, comparison groups help institutions identify competitive strengths, evaluate operational efficiency, and set data-informed goals.

CC Peer Institutions

Colorado College uses a core peer group of 15 liberal arts colleges, found to be most similar to CC, based on how these institutions performed across a set of over 20 performance indicators. These are the institutions the College most commonly uses for comparison

  • Bates College
  • Bowdoin College
  • Carleton College
  • Colby College
  • Colgate University
  • College of the Holy Cross
  • Davidson College
  • Hamilton College
  • Kenyon College
  • Lafayette College
  • Macalester College
  • Middlebury College
  • Pitzer College
  • Wesleyan University
  • Whitman College

 

Other Comparison Institutions

CC is also a member of several higher education consortia. While not all consortia members are considered to be peers for comparative purposes, the major groups are in some instances used for comparison purposes.

 

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