Institutional Research

You will be prepared for entry-level employment in institutional research. Completing this certificate along with a Master’s Degree in Quantitative Psychology in Educational Psychology can also increase the range of positions available in higher education institutions – including directors of assessment, assessment analysts, and other data-based decision-making positions in the field.

A few of the positions our alumni have include:

assistant research scientist
associate director of strategic enrollment research
coordinator of data/research analyst
director of institutional research
doctoral student
enrollment analyst
ethnographer
research and planning associate
senior associate director of residential life
student success research analyst

Most classes can be taken online to support working professionals looking to advance their careers.
Develop skills to support analytics with “Big Data” in higher education institutions.
You can take classes toward completion of the program while enrolled in other Ball State graduate degree programs, and you will be able to use several courses from those programs to fulfill the requirements of this certificate program.