This article is published in the March 2021 issue.

Thank you, Data Buddies! (Fall 2020)


CRA and CERP wish to thank the institutions and departments that distributed the 2020 annual Data Buddies Survey! A total of 145 institutions worked with CERP for the 2020 survey year, with 62 departments receiving “elite” status by obtaining a response rate of 20% or more.

The collective efforts of Data Buddies institutions enable CERP to provide resources to the computing community through research and evaluation focused on students’ experiences in computing degree programs. For example, CERP publishes monthly infographics and conducts research using Data Buddies data.

Is your institution listed below? If not, help the computing community by becoming a Data Buddy today! Joining is free and easy, and your department will receive a report every year you participate in the project. Check out our sample report here!

Click here to learn more about Data Buddies and click here to sign up!

Special thanks to the 62 Elite Data Buddies, who had at least a 20% response rate from their students!

Allegheny College
Alma College
Arizona State University*
Barnard College*
Case Western Reserve University*
Colgate University*
Columbia University*
Creighton University
Davidson College
Drew University
Duke University*
Eastern Washington University
Farmingdale State College
Gallaudet University
George Mason University*
Harvey Mudd College*
Illinois Wesleyan University
Kean University*
Landmark College
Lehigh University*
Middlebury College
Montana State University*
Mount Holyoke College*
Northern Kentucky University*
Pacific Lutheran University
Pomona College*
Southern Connecticut State University
Southwestern University
Stony Brook University*
Tufts University*
University of Alabama at Birmingham*
University of British Columbia*
University of California-Santa Barbara*
University of Cincinnati*
University of Hawaii-Hilo
University of Houston*
University of Illinois-Chicago (CS)*
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign*
University of Maine*
University of Mount Union
University of Nevada-Reno*
University of North Carolina-Charlotte (CS)
University of North Carolina-Charlotte (SIS)
University of Notre Dame*
University of Oregon*
University of Pittsburgh (DINS)
University of Pittsburgh (CS)*
University of Puget Sound*
University of Rochester*
University of San Diego
University of South Florida-Main Campus*
University of Texas-Austin (CS)*
University of Texas-San Antonio (CS)
University of Washington*
University of Wisconsin-Madison*
Valdosta State University
Washington University-St Louis*
Wayne State University*
Western Washington University
Whitman College*
Winston Salem State University
Worcester State University

And a big thank you to the rest of the actively engaged Data Buddies who contributed to the project this year!

Augustana College
Baldwin Wallace University
Boston University (Bioinformatics)
Boston University (CS)*
Brown University*
California State University-Long Beach
Calvin University
Carleton College*
Carnegie Mellon University*
Clovis Community College
CodeCrew Code School
Colorado State University*
Connecticut College
Cornell University*
DePaul University*
Drexel University*
Georgia Institute of Technology*
Grinnell College*
Harvard University*
Johns Hopkins University*
Kansas State University*
Miami University-Oxford*
New Jersey Institute of Technology*
New Mexico State University-Main Campus*
NYU Tandon School of Engineering*
North Carolina State University (CS)
Northeastern University*
Princeton University*
Purdue University*
Radford University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*
Rochester Institute of Technology*
Rutgers University-New Brunswick Campus
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Simmons University
Smith College
SUNY College-Plattsburgh
Swarthmore College*
Temple University*
Texas A&M University*
Texas Southern University
Texas State University*
The Ohio State University*
Union College*
University of Alabama*
University of California-Riverside*
University of California-San Diego*
University of Central Florida*
University of Chicago*
University of Colorado-Boulder*
University of Delaware*
University of Florida*
University of Hawaii-Manoa*
University of Illinois-Chicago (ECE)
University of Illinois-Springfield
University of Maryland-Baltimore County*
University of Maryland-College Park (CS)*
University of Maryland-College Park (IS)*
University of Massachusetts-Amherst*
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor*
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*
University of Nebraska-Kearney
University of Nebraska-Lincoln*
University of New Mexico*
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill*
University of North Carolina-Charlotte (BiG)
University of Northern Iowa
University of Pennsylvania*
University of Pittsburgh (ICDS)
University of San Francisco
University of South Carolina-Columbia*
University of Southern Mississippi*
University of Texas-Austin (ECE)
University of Texas-Dallas*
University of Texas-El Paso*
University of Toronto*
University of Utah*
University of Virginia*
Virginia Tech*
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute*
Yale University*

* Indicates CRA member departments. In cases where a CRA member department is embedded in a larger college, the college was marked as a member.


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The Data Buddies Project is currently supported through National Science Foundation (NSF) awards CNS-1840724, CNS-2036717, DUE-1821136, sub-awards and contracts, and direct CRA contributions. Previous NSF awards that supported the project include CNS-1246649 and DUE-1431112. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.