About Institutional Planning and Analysis

UC Merced IPA provides ongoing support for campus planning and decision-making to help advance the educational mission and effectiveness of the institution.

Office functions include:

Supporting campus strategic planning and facilitating decision-making in areas of enrollment management, resource allocation, campus performance/benchmarking and the setting of campus goals and objectives.
Integrating and analyzing campus and external data sources.
Enhancing institutional effectiveness by making information and analysis widely available to the campus community.
Complying with Federal, State, Regional Accreditation (WASC) and UC System reporting requirements.
Serving as the primary source for official campus statistics.
Coordinating internal and external surveys of UC Merced students, alumni, faculty and staff.
Developing and maintaining reporting systems and processes to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and consistency, as well as appropriate and ethical use of campus data.