Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

The OIEP Dashboard Catalog provides a centralized directory of available dashboards to support data-informed decision making.

From state and federal submissions to ranking surveys, OIEP coordinates many reporting projects each year. Review the annual reporting project list to learn more about reporting timelines and deliverables.

Nuventive is Mason’s assessment planning and reporting tool. OIEP has created video tutorials and quick start navigation guides for users from academic, administrative, and co-curricular units.

Need information quickly? Click here to find out quick snapshots about enrollment, total degrees offered, faculty information, and more!

The Common Data Set is an initiative amongst various higher education publishers to create a common series of questions that allows users to obtain data accurately without increasing workload burden on administrators. Click here for current and past statistical information on admissions, enrollment graduation, faculty demographic, financial aid.

What does the student lifecycle at Mason look like? From where do our applicants come? Where do our admitted students enroll? Once enrolled, how many students are retained to the on the path to graduation? What are the career outcomes? Learn more with these resources.

OIEP offers an array of comprehensive dashboards, interactive reports, and survey results. Use this form to request data that are not readily available on the OIEP website.

Upcoming Events

New OIEP Data Resources
OIEP has two new resources available to the George Mason University community: the Dashboard Catalog and the Annual Reporting Projects List. The Dashboard Catalog provides a centralized directory of available data dashboards to support data-informed decision making at George Mason. From state and federal submissions to ranking surveys, OIEP coordinates …
Join Us at OIEP’s Fall Data Parties
We invite you to join us at OIEP’s upcoming data parties. Data Parties are your opportunity to learn more about Mason’s rich data resources in a participatory, collaborative gathering.  We will review, interpret, and make meaning by providing definitional clarity and identify key themes and stories all while fostering a …
Guide to Blue 9 for SETs
Blue has undergone some changes!  Starting in Fall 2025, the platform used to administer the SETs was upgraded from version 8 to version 9.  There are two major changes all users will see when logging into Blue:
  • New website URL: the Blue website URL has been updated. Please bookmark …