Tools & Services
Click the links below for institutional users, journalists, and others interested in working with NSSE data.
Participating Institutions
Search for institutions participating in NSSE and its affiliated projects.
Work with NSSE Data
Develop and view samples of specialized, customized analyses and reports of NSSE data.
NSSE Report Builder
Create displays of NSSE results with your selection of student and institutional characteristics. In two versions: Public and Institution
Data Analysis Resources
Access tools for analyzing data, recoding, and combining variables, and for completing the VSA College Portrait template, including the associated SPSS syntax.
Sample Analyses
View demonstration calculations for a variety of analyses using sample NSSE data. Download SPSS syntax for reproducing each.
Custom Analyses
Ask NSSE to conduct analyses beyond those in your Institutional Report.
How Institutions Use NSSE
Explore publications, a searchable database, topical compilations, websites, and other resources illustrating a variety of ways participating institutions use their NSSE data.
Data and Results Guides
Access guides for conducting multi-year analysis, facilitating discussions about NSSE results on campus, using NSSE results for accreditation, conducting cognitive interviews and focus groups, sharing NSSE results within functional areas on campus, and more.
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Data Use Teams
Get more traction from your NSSE results by adopting a team approach in promoting the survey, interpreting data, and acting on results.
Workshops, Webinars, Publications, & Presentations
Learn from NSSE experts and each other via user workshops and webinars. Search our extensive database for scholarly publications and conference presentations by NSSE staff members.