Institutional Research and Academic Planning
We provide evidence-based analyses and reports that inform and shape strategic planning, institutional policy creation and revision, and decision support.
UC is a leader in advocating for the purpose and importance of public higher education. By providing timely, accurate, consistent and reliable information about UC and the environment in which it operates, Institutional Research and Academic Planning (IRAP) illustrates UC’s progress, challenges and outcomes in support of its mission.

Pamela Brown
Vice President - IRAP
What's new
- Leveraging strategic value of people analytics (pdf)
- Are your Tableau dashboards accessible to everyone? (pdf)
- Disciplinary trends in graduate degree program proposals (pdf)
- Using text analysis of "Most meaningful experiences" to inform policy (pdf)
- Once upon a time, there was an institutional researcher... (pdf)
- From data to action: IR's role in transformational change in higher education (pdf)
- UC excels in national and international rankings (pdf)
- IRAP staff volunteer at Alcatraz
- UC-educated California K-12 teachers (pdf)
What's updated
- updated: Workforce diversity dashboard
- updated: Comparative salaries for research university chancellors (pdf)
- updated: Comparative salaries for public university system leaders (pdf)
- updated: 2019-20 Academic Planning Council roster
- updated: UC alumni graduate degree outcomes dashboard
- updated: UC undergraduate alumni outcomes dashboard
- updated: Fall enrollment at a glance dashboard
- updated: Employee FTE dashboard
Upcoming Events
UC Regents Meeting
January 21-23, 2020
UCSF Mission Bay
Upcoming events
2020 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting
April 17-21, 2020
San Francisco, California
Joseph Van Matre will present: Gender expression and students’ lived experiences on college campuses as part of a panel session titled, Gender in higher and adult education.
CONTACT US
Email: Institutional Research and Academic Planning
Institutional Research and Academic Planning
University of California
Office of the President
1111 Franklin St., 11th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-5200