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Performance Measurement Report

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Key Insights Equity Lens National Comparisons

The Performance Measurement Reporting System (PMRS) is designed to fill the DHE’s statutory obligation to “promote accountability for effective management and stewardship of public funds and to achieve and demonstrate measurable educational outcomes” (MGL, Chapter 15a, Section 7). PMRS provides a comprehensive examination of the performance of each of Massachusetts’ community colleges and state universities on a set of key indicators focused on Access & Affordability, Student Success & Completion, Economic Mobility and Fiscal Stewardship. This tool is intended to prompt constructive conversations about performance, equity and accountability between and among DHE/BHE, the campuses, boards of trustees, legislators and others, ultimately leading to to a better public higher education system for the Commonwealth.

Key Insights

Use the tabs to navigate to the dashboards focused on key insights in each of the PMRS outcome areas: Access & Affordability, Student Success & Completion, Economic Mobility and Fiscal Stewardship. Be sure to roll over the icons and graphs on each dashboard to discover more information about the metrics and the institution’s performance.

Access & Affordability
Student Success & Completion
Economic Mobility—coming in June 2025

Formerly called Workforce Alignment, the new Economic Mobility dashboard will return in June 2025 with metrics on:

  • Degree Production in Fields Associated with High-Need Occupations,
  • Post-Enrollment Earnings of Students Enrolling Immediately After High School, and
  • Post-Enrollment Earnings of Students Enrolling at Age 25 or Older
Fiscal Stewardship

Equity Lens

Use the dropdown menu in the dashboard to select a demographic group and view current outcomes and trends for the group, as well as comparison of these outcomes to targets, where available. Be sure to roll over the icons and graphs on the dashboard to discover more information about the metrics and the institution’s performance.

Equity in Student Success & Completion

National Comparisons

MGL, Chapter 15a, Section 7 requires that PMRS include comparison of each institution’s performance to that of a group of national peer institutions. Making such comparisons in student success outcomes requires use of metrics from the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). These metrics report on similar outcome areas as other PMRS metrics, but they differ in mostly focusing on narrower student cohorts and sets of outcomes.

IPEDS Student Success & Completion