Follow the steps below to query the IPEDS database for institutions that have named IU Campuses as peers:

  1. Go to https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data
  2. From the drop down menu under ‘Survey Data’, select ‘Custom data files’

Step 1 and 2
  1. Be sure to use final release data, then click ‘Continue’
  2. Hover over ‘By Groups’ and select ‘EZ Group’

Step 3 and 4
  1. Under the ‘Select’ parameters, click the ‘U.S. only’ box. Then click the ‘Search’ button

Step 5
  1. Click ‘Continue’
  2. When selecting variables, open the heading ‘Institutional Characteristics’
  3. Open the subheading ‘Institutional Characteristics’
  4. Open the sub-subheading ‘Custom comparison group submitted by institution: 2019 Data Feedback Report’
  5. Select all three options, then click the ‘Continue’ button

Step 6 to 10
  1. In the ‘Institutional Characteristics/Institutional Characteristics’ box, click the ‘CSV’ option

Step 11
  1. This will initiate the download of a zipped folder. Unzip the downloaded folder to open the CSV document.
  2. The CSV file contains a list of institutions and their peers. Column B is the selecting institution, while Column E is a list of the selecting institution’s peers. For instance, if you filtered column B by ‘Indiana University – Bloomington’, you will see a list of all IUBLA’s peers in Column E. Conversely, filtering column E by ‘Indiana University – Bloomington’ will reveal a list of institutions in column B which selected IUBLA as a peer.