CUPA-HR has been collecting data on higher ed professionals since 1998. The data collection period for CUPA-HR’s Professionals in Higher Education Survey ran from November 1, 2023, to January 18, 2024. The survey was conducted through Surveys Online.[1]
The survey collected data on 409 positions grouped into the following professional areas:[2]
This year’s survey includes data for 293,790 professionals. For each professional reported, the following data were collected:
Participants could either enter this data manually online for each professional or upload a file containing this data.
Basic data on institutional characteristics were collected from all participants:
Basic information on total expenses as well as student, faculty, and staff size were required questions. All other questions were optional.
Respondents were largely human resources professionals from higher education institutions in the U.S. There were 986 institutions that completed the survey.[3]
CUPA-HR. (2024). Professionals in Higher Education Survey, 2023-24 [Data set].
1 Surveys Online is a product of Peerfocus.
2 See the Professionals Survey Participation and Information Template for a complete list of all professional positions surveyed, instructions to participants, and more information on how data were collected.
3 Special focus institutions include medical institutions, law institutions, art design schools, tribal colleges, and others. Institutions not classified include international institutions, higher ed affiliates, and any other institution not listed with a basic Carnegie classification. Higher ed affiliates include research foundations, research laboratories, preparatory academies, and other institutions that CUPA-HR has deemed to have similar enough workforces to higher ed institutions that they may participate in CUPA-HR surveys and benchmark their positions using CUPA-HR data. For-profit institutions, higher ed affiliates, and non-classified institutions are generally not included in overall analyses of CUPA-HR data unless otherwise specified.
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