NSSENSSENSSE
Registration for 2023 will open in early March. Contact us with any questions: bcsse@indiana.edu
Only approved contacts can register their institution for BCSSE. Complete this contact request form to be added as a contact for your institution.
The cost of BCSSE participation includes a fixed registration fee and an administration fee determined by number of entering students included in the administration, administration mode (paper, Web, or mixed), and winter administration participation.
Registration fee: $300
Summer/Fall Administration Entering Students
Paper Mode
| Surveys Shipped | Cost |
| Up to 200 | $510 |
| 201 or more | $2.55/survey |
Web Mode
| New/Entering First-year enrollment | Cost |
| up to 500 students | $835 |
| 501 to 1,000 students | $1,115 |
| 1,001 to 2,000 students | $1,670 |
| 2,001 to 3,000 students | $2,780 |
| 3,001 to 4,000 students | $3,890 |
| more than 4,000 students | $4,950 |
Mixed Mode (Paper and Web)
Web mode fee plus discounted paper survey price of $1.00 per shipped survey.
Winter Administration
The cost to survey students who are entering as new students after the holiday break is $760. The survey is available early December to late January only to institutions that participated in the previous Summer/Fall Administration to Entering Students.
COVID Questions
Starting in 2021 and continuing for 2022, BCSSE appended COVID items to the BCSSE survey. Results from these items are included in your dashboards and data downloads.
BCSSE Contacts
BCSSE now allows up to 4 institution contacts. See our BCSSE Contacts page for more information.
Online Advising Reports
Institutions can now view and download student-level reports online. See the Online Advising Reports page for more information.
BCSSE targets three distinct groups of entering students: First-year students who are recent high school graduates, transfer students, and older students who have little or no prior experience in higher education.
You will receive registration instructions by email once your request has been approved.
BCSSE has helped us gain a nuanced understanding of the needs and expectations of our incoming students. We have used the data to enhance our advising, peer mentoring, and persistence efforts for first-years, and to identify the students who might benefit from different kinds of outreach.
— Jay Coleman, Vice President of Data Analytics, University of North Florida
Evidence-Based Improvement in Higher Education
Center for Postsecondary Research
Indiana University School of Education
201 N. Rose Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-1006
Phone: 812.856.5824
Email: nsse@indiana.edu