The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is committed to providing up-to-date, transparent data in the areas of college-going, enrollment, and completion rates. The Commission uses this data to inform strategic partnerships, policies, and programs to support the Commission's priorities.
State of Higher Education in Indiana
Indiana's 2024 State of Higher Education Report serves as a reflection of the progress the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, with support from its partners, has made within each of the agency's goals for the year.
- College-Going Data
Annually produced dashboard and dataset that help local schools and communities understand how their students are performing in college while informing policies that increase college readiness and success.
21st Century Scholar Success Program Dashboard
Indiana's 21st Century Scholar Success Program Dashboard tracks the progress of Scholars as they complete required activities designed to enhance college performance, campus engagement, and career preparation.
- College Completion Data
Annually produced data that provides a clear and comprehensive picture of college completion in order to advance Indiana’s collective efforts and boost educational attainment.
- Enrollment & Degree Data
Enrollment & Degree Data
Annually produced dashboard and datasets on student enrollment and degrees earned at Indiana public institutions.
- Enrollment & Degree Dashboard (March 2025)
- Enrollment & Degree Dataset (March 2025)
- Fall Census Enrollment Summary (September 2025)
- International Student Enrollment Dataset (September 2025)
- Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) Fall Enrollment Dashboard (External Link)
- State Financial Aid
FAFSA filing rates for Indiana's high school seniors at the state, county, corporation and school level.
State Financial Aid Summary
Annually produced data that show financial aid program participation and fiscal summaries. More State Financial Aid Analyses can be found on our Policy Analyses page.
- 2024 State Financial Aid Summary (2025)
- 2023 State Financial Aid Summary (2024)
- 2022 State Financial Aid Summary (2023)
- 2021 State Financial Aid Summary (2022)
- 2020 State Financial Aid Summary (2021)
- 2019 State Financial Aid Summary (Summer 2020)
- 2018 State Financial Aid Summary (February 2019)
- 2017 State Financial Aid Summary (March 2018)
- 2016 State Financial Aid Summary (Winter 2017)
- 2015 State Financial Aid Summary (Winter 2016)
- Data Accountability and Transparency
Reporting on Degrees Dashboard
Pursuant to Indiana Code IC-21-14-15-1, the Commission is required to annually collect and report various metrics related to affordability, student return on investment, workforce and economic alignment, and institutional accountability.
Pursuant to Indiana Code 21-40-6-1, the Commission must make a report available containing student enrollment information at each state educational institution and in each state educational institution’s programs of engineering and computer science with additional disaggregation by residency, citizenship, country of origin, and dual credit / dual enrollment status.
Pursuant to Indiana Code IC-21-18-9-11, the Commission is required to annually collect and report the percentage of resident and non-resident students enrolled at each state educational institution.
Data Requests
If the data you need are not available at the links above, please fill out our data request form to request the data you’re looking for. The agency's Data Governance Committee meets every two weeks to review submitted requests. Upon review and approval, data requests will be prioritized according to alignment with Commission priorities and staff capacity. Requests not requiring a data share agreement may take up to 6 weeks. Data requests requiring a data share agreement may take up to 6 months.
Please submit general requests for CHE data by clicking here.
Public Records Requests
Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (“APRA”), Indiana Code §5-14-3-1 et seq., provides the framework for requesting information from a governmental agency. Moreover, APRA states that, “it is the public policy of the state that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those who represent them as public officials and employees.” (Indiana Code §5-14-3-1) However, some public records may not be disclosed under various circumstances, or may be disclosed at the discretion of the agency.
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education (Commission) responds to APRA requests as they are received. Depending on the scope of the request, the Commission provides a response either to the requestor or for review by the Governor's Office within 30 business days. If the scope of work requires more than 30 business days to provide to the Governor’s Office for review, the Commission will maintain a record documenting the rationale. Upon review from the Governor’s Office, the Commission will release the requested data within 15 business days of the Governor’s Office approval. The Commission is unable to impact the timeline of APRA reviews and approvals by the Governor's Office.
Please submit your Access to Public Records Request through the CHE online portal by clicking here.
FERPA Notice
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) allows for the aggregation and disclosure of statistical information from education records, without consent of either students, so long as the student’s identity is not “easily traceable.” Easily traceable is described under FERPA as “a reasonable person in the school community who does not have personal knowledge of the relevant circumstances” could identify individual students based on available information, including other public information released by an agency. University professors, administrators, coaches, volunteers etc. are presumed to have inside knowledge of relevant circumstances and therefore not considered a reasonable person. Because some agency dashboards and/or reports aggregate enrollment over multiple academic years, the reported number does not disclose actual personally identifiable information (PII) that could be used by a reasonable person to link the information back to a specific student’s protected educational record under FERPA.