These peer institutions can be determined through use of existing consortia or through selection of peer institutions determined using criteria such as similarity in the size of an institution, academic offerings or other factors.
Peer Comparison Tools
The Education Research and Data Center
The Education Research and Data Center publishes a Statewide Public Four-year Dashboard with student success indicators for Washington's six public baccalaureate institutions. The dashboard displays data on time to degree, credits to degree and success in college math and English. Reports are organized into three categories: student enrollment, student progress and degrees and graduates.
The Education Research and Data Center also publishes an Earnings for Graduates report, which provides earnings data for Washington’s six public baccalaureate institutions. It is organized by degree and field of study.
Consortium for Innovative Environments in Learning
The CIEL is a growing network of distinguished, progressive higher education institutions with a common goal to advance innovations in student learning.
Other Tools
The national IPEDS Data Center.
Colleges That Change Lives
In 1996, acclaimed education writer and former New York Times education editor Loren Pope released the first edition of his book Colleges That Change Lives: Forty Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges to share his insights and observations with students, families and college counselors. The Evergreen State College was featured in multiple editions.
Global Challenge States Peer Comparisons
See how Evergreen compared to the other institutions
Washington Learns, created and led by Governor Chris Gregoire, conducted a top-to-bottom, 18-month review of Washington’s entire education system, its structure and funding. The recommendations developed by Washington Learns will fundamentally change educational expectations, delivery and results.
To measure our ability to stay competitive in the global economy, Washington Learns identified a group of comparison states to use for benchmarks. In 2002, the Progressive Policy Institute published a New Economy Index which ranked states based on indicators of their potential to perform in the new economy. The “Global Challenge States” ultimately selected by the governor are the eight most top-performing states on the Index.
Evergreen’s peer group consisted of the 12 public institutions from Global Challenge States which met the following criteria: Carnegie Classification “Baccalaureate Colleges—Arts & Sciences” or “Master’s Colleges and Universities (medium programs)” or “Master's Colleges and Universities (smaller programs)”; full-time enrollment between 3,000 and 7,999; and highest degree level master‘s, after excluding two schools due to their very different delivery or funding structures.