Glossary of Terms In Administrative Data and Reports

A list of average cumulative GPAs by academic plan.

This IDE provides a list of courses with the number of students by major. Results can be filtered by term, subject, school/college of course, school/college of student, academic plan, and session code.

This IDE provides a count of courses taken by subject, academic plan type, and academic plan, based on user-defined filters. The results also contain campus IDs of students in each subject and plan.

A list of students' cumulative GPAs based on academic plan or student group information.

A list of students detailing study abroad information for both current and historical terms.

A ranked list of students, based on their cumulative GPA. The user may define a number of filters to reduce the ranked population to one of interest.

A list of courses for students enrolled in an honors plan or subplan.

A list of historical counts of students in academic plans, pivoted by primary school/college of the student. Each row contains a total count of students across schools/colleges.

A list of all enrolled students with academic program, plan, and subplan information.

A summary of aggregate course demographic information.

A list of user-defined academic plans, pivoted by primary school/college of the student. Each row has a grand total including all school/colleges.

A list of courses and grades for students based on user-defined criteria.

This Tableau workbook exports an Excel file listing currently active UW-Madison funding appointments held by graduate and professional students.

This Tableau workbook exports an Excel file listing currently active UW-Madison student assistantship appointments, as well information on each student's eligibility for their appointment(s) based on enrollment information from the current academic term.

This workbook provides information about academic divisions (schools/colleges), departments, plans, subplans, and curricular subjects as well as a visual overview of UW-Madison's academic structure.

This Institutional Data Exporter (IDE) exports publicly accessible student directory information to Excel for operational use. Campus IDs can be input to get a contact list for a specific group of students.

A list of graduate students with optional advisor and plan information.

This workbook exports a file listing student assistant appointments (PA, RA, TA, & LSA) that may qualify the graduate or professional student holding the appointment for tuition remission. Query output is limited to active A & C-basis appointments where the employed student has a minimum total FTE of 33% for all appointments in the term selected. Data reflect the most recent action and action effective date in HRS at the time the query is run.

This workbook exports a file of individual student record data used in the 'Completion' section of the 'Graduate School Explorer' visualization. It provides information on graduate admissions by providing relevant columns related to current and formerly enrolled student's time to degree, completion status, and supplemental program information.

This data visualization reports summary information on UW-Madison graduate program admissions and enrollment for the past five academic years. It includes data on admissions selectivity and yield rates, the demographics of applicants and enrolled students, as well as the home state or country of enrolled students. The visualization provides the same information as the Graduate School Admissions & Enrollment Data Visualization, but using a Universal Program filter, so that custom links can be created that are Plan/Named Option specific.

This workbook exports a file of individual student record data used in the 'Admissions' section of the 'Graduate School Explorer' visualization. It provides information on graduate admissions by providing relevant columns related to an applicant, the applicant's program, and the applicant's admission status.

This workbook presents select graduate program statistics to support annual Graduate Research Scholar Community reports. More information on the GRS Fellowships and Communities can be found at https://kb.wisc.edu/grad/33338.

Separate dashboards in the workbook display aggregate data on the demographic characteristics of applicants and enrolled students, as well as providing data related to funding, time-to-degree, and completion rates.

Filter controls apply to each dashboard individually and should be reapplied when changing dashboards. Each dashboard allows for comparison between the program and the larger GRS community to provide additional context to the reported numbers.

A collection of visualizations around course enrollments. Included are course enrollments, course enrollments by plan, course enrollments by catalog number, summer term course enrollments, and low course enrollments. Each visualization has filters which may be utilized.

This workbook allows users to view and search for currently active majors, options, degrees and certificates.

This data visualization reports summary information on UW-Madison graduate program admissions and enrollment for the past five academic years. It includes data on admissions selectivity and yield rates, the demographics of applicants and enrolled students, as well as the home state or country of enrolled students. 

This data visualization provides information about the financial support of graduate students at UW-Madison, including the percentage of fully funded students, their funding appointment types, and average monthly stipend levels. 

A summary of Master's Exit Survey responses. Presented data are from the current version of the survey, which was first administered in November, 2019. Data can be filtered by year, division, school/college, academic plan, named option, and selected student demographics.

A summary of Doctoral Student Experience Survey responses since November, 2019 when the survey was first administered. Data can be filtered by year, division, school/college, academic plan, and selected student demographics.

Lists UW-Madison advisors designated in SIS and the advisees assigned to them. Graduate and undergraduate advisees can be filtered by Plan, Career, Award Category, Advisee Program and Last Term Enrolled.

A summary of Doctoral Exit Survey responses from the past seven academic years. Data can be filtered by year, division, school/college, academic plan, and selected student demographics.

This IDE provides a list of advisors and their assigned advisees based on user-set filters. Accessible data span the current term, the previous two terms, and one future term for students who were active/enrolled in the term(s) selected.

This workbook presents data on the national postsecondary institutions competing with UW-Madison graduate programs for new student admissions. Dashboards display the institutional enrollments of new graduate admits over the past seven years, as well as the reasons reported by admits for not accepting UW-Madison graduate program offers of admission.

This workbook exports a file of individual student record data used in the 'Completion Rates Characteristics' tab of the 'GRS Community Annual Reports' visualization. This workbook is intended to provide operational information to departments and programs preparing annual reports for Graduate Research Scholars Communities. It is not intended to provide official counts, trends, or summary information.

This workbook exports a file of individual student record data used in the 'Characteristics of Enrolled Students' tab of the 'GRS Community Annual Reports' visualization. This workbook is intended to provide operational information to departments and programs preparing annual reports for Graduate Research Scholars Communities. It is not intended to provide official counts, trends, or summary information.

This workbook exports a file of individual student record data used in the 'Characteristics by Funding Level' tabs of the 'GRS Community Annual Reports' visualization. This workbook is intended to provide operational information to departments and programs preparing annual reports for Graduate Research Scholars Communities. It is not intended to provide official counts, trends, or summary information.

This data visualization provides information on the early, mid, and late career outcomes of UW-Madison doctoral program alumni. Reported data include employment status, job sector and location, and jobs in academia.

Separate dashboards in the workbook display aggregate data on the demographic and gender characteristics of enrolled students, program completion rates, as well as student satisfaction with both their graduate program and the broader campus diversity climate. Each dashboard allows data comparisons between the program and the larger disciplinary division to provide additional context to the reported numbers.

This workbook exports a file of individual student record data used in the 'GSSC Application Data' visualization. This workbook is intended to provide operational information to departments and programs preparing applications to the GSSC program. It is not intended to provide official counts, trends, or summary information.

Unofficial student enrollment information as of the census date (end of the 10th day of instruction) by term. Includes breakouts by gender, college and program, admissions type, residency and major, student distributions by age, credits carried, high school percentiles, and student population geographic distributions.

Official student enrollment information as of the census date (end of the 10th day of instruction) by term. Includes breakouts by legal sex, college and program, admissions type, residency and major, student distributions by age, credits carried, high school percentiles, and student population geographic distributions.

This workbook exports a file of individual student record data used in the 'Characteristics of Applicants' tab of the 'GRS Community Annual Reports' visualization. This workbook is intended to provide operational information to departments and programs preparing annual reports for Graduate Research Scholars Communities. It is not intended to provide official counts, trends, or summary information.

This workbook exports an Excel file containing two tabs of results. The first is a query of students enrolled in Graduate School research doctoral programs (PhD & DMA) and the second is a query of students that have completed at least one graduate program milestone. Optional filters provide the opportunity to specify specific milestones, plans, and advisors.

This data visualization provides information about the financial support of graduate students at UW-Madison, including the percentage of fully funded students, their funding appointment types, and average monthly stipend levels. The data visualization utilizes a Universal Program filter.

This data visualization provides information on the early, mid, and late career outcomes of UW-Madison doctoral program alumni using a Universal Program filter. Reported data include employment status, job sector and location, and jobs in academia.

This Institutional Data Exporter provides four tabs of data output. The first is for doctoral minor enrollments; the second is for graduate and professional certificate enrollments; the third is for doctoral minors awarded; and the fourth is for graduate and professional certificates awarded. Supplemental degree and primary academic program data is also included to provide additional context. Filtering can be done by a list of Campus IDs, Enrollment Terms, Award Completion Terms, Academic Structure, and/or Primary Academic Program Academic Structure.

This data visualization reports summary information on UW-Madison graduate program degree and completion metrics, as well as peer comparison data from AAU peers for the same metrics. Metrics include Time-to-Degree, Completion rate, and Retention rate.

This data visualization reports summary information on UW-Madison graduate program degrees, time-to-degree, completion rate, retention rate, and completion over time for the past four three year cohorts of Master's and Doctoral students. It includes breakdown by sex, citizenship status, and minority status, as well as filtering by degree level, division, school/college, plan, named option, and academic year/cohort. The data visualization utilizes a Universal Program filter.

This data visualization reports summary information on UW-Madison graduate program degrees, time-to-degree, completion rate, retention rate, and completion over time for the past four three year cohorts of Master's and Doctoral students. It includes breakdown by sex, citizenship status, and minority status, as well as filtering by degree level, division, school/college, plan, named option, and academic year/cohort. 

Provides access sorted by school/college, department, plan code, or subject.

Academic programs on this list meet the requirements for and were approved for service-based pricing under UW System Administrative Policy 130. See https://www.wisconsin.edu/uw-policies/uw-system-administrative-policies/programming-for-the-non-traditional-market-in-the-uw-system/

This workbook provides a list of students enrolled in programs (plan/subplan) with non-pooled tuition. Before extending offers for positions with graduate fee remissions, departments should consult this listing to make sure the candidate is not on this list. Searchable fields include name, SIS emplid, and campus id.

This workbook provides information about the mathematics requirements for UW-Madison bachelor's degree majors. This workbook is intended to compare degree majors to each other and illustrate general mathematics requirements. Specific mathematics requirements for each major can be found in the Guide (https://guide.wisc.edu/undergraduate/) under the requirements tab for each degree major.

This workbook shows the full tuition schedule and tuition structures used by UW-Madison programs. The tuition structure and rates depend on the degree-level of the program, it's school/college, and several other factors. Because of this complexity users are able to select an academic program and see the tuition structure it uses and the rates associated with it.

This workbook includes two tables showing the completion status of curricular requirements at different levels. The third tab is an exporter that includes additional data.

This IDE provides a list of advisees, courses, grades any academic actions for the prior two terms based on user-set filters. Accessible data span the prior two terms for students who were active/enrolled in the defined terms.

A filterable list of students enrolled within the current term, two future terms, and two past terms, who have had an academic action taken on their student record.

This data visualization reports student metrics over the past ten years for degree programs in the graduate career. It provides information on student admissions, enrollment, funding, degrees, program completion, and career outcomes.

A summary of aggregate historical course demographic information.

This workbook exports an Excel file of student assistant appointments held by students enrolled in UW-Madison graduate programs over the past ten academic years. Data are derived from annual October and March payroll snapshots and therefore only represent student assistant appointments active in those months.