Institutional Research Analyst (Partial remote available)

Airweb; Illinois; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

UIC seeks an Institutional Research Analyst to conduct and coordinate campus-level research in areas of institutional effectiveness and strategic planning. The role develops, conducts, and analyzes data for decision making in retention, enrollment, budgeting, and benchmarking focused on higher education.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's in statistics, psychology, or education with two years’ research experience in higher education and proficiency in SPSS or SAS and database queries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in statistics, psychology, education, or related discipline.
• Two years' experience conducting education or social science research in a higher education setting.
• Proficiency with SPSS or SAS and database query reporting tools.
• Experience in institutional research methodology, needs assessment, strategic planning, data collection and quantitative analysis.

Responsibilities

• Conduct evidence-based research and measurement studies to determine or change policies, curricula, or student support services.
• Design research strategies and gather information using institutional ERPs, databases, the Internet, government agencies, and external sources.
• Organize and execute research projects, improving research design and data validity.
• Develop and carry out sound methods to investigate institutional effectiveness.
• Apply quantitative methods to forecasting and analysis, interpret results, and document findings.
• Increase analytical outputs to support evaluation and adoption of institutional policies.

Skills

SPSS

SAS

Database queries

Education

Bachelor's degree in statistics/psychology/education

Master's degree preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Job Duties

The Office of Institutional Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks an Institutional Research Analyst who performs and coordinates campus-level research in the areas of institutional effectiveness and strategic planning. The incumbent develops, conducts research and analyze data for decision making and policy implementation in areas including (but not limited to) student retention/attrition, student goal attainment, financial aid optimization analysis, enrollment management, modeling and financial forecasting, resource utilization, institutional costs and productivity, access and equity studies, and functional benchmarking specific to higher education.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct evidence-based best practice research and perform measurement studies to determine or change policies, curricula, and or student support services.
• Design effective research strategies and gather relevant information using primary and secondary sources and techniques (e.g., institutional ERPs, on-line databases, the Internet, print sources, government agencies, external research organizations, etc.).
• Organize and execute research projects, identifying ways to improve research design and data validity.
• Develop and carry out sound research method to investigate institutional effectiveness.
• Select and adapt quantitative methods, practices, and theories to perform forecasting and analysis, interpret results, and document findings.
• Increase the quantity and quality of analytical products needed to support the evaluation and adoption of various institutional policies.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Identify and analyze patterns in institutional data, make critical observations of policy impact, and recommend strategies and actions.
• Develop analytical models, identify trends and fluctuations, evaluate limitations of data, and specify the range of results needed for financial management planning, budgeting, and resource decisions
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in statistics, psychology, education, or other related discipline.

Possess two years' experience conducting education or social science research in a higher education setting using data analysis, research methods, and statistics.

Demonstrated ability to: interact with multiple constituents and articulate complex, multifaceted issues contributing to institutional effectiveness; Proficiency with SPSS or SAS and database query reporting tools.

Experience in institutional research methodology, needs assessment, strategic planning, data collection and quantitative analysis is essential to manipulating and analyzing large data sets in support of institutional research, assessment, and planning.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in statistics, psychology, education or other related discipline.

Experience at UIC highly desirable.

Institution Description

About University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago

Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package which offers: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves such as Vacation, Holiday and Sick; tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Application Due Date: 11/17/2026

Job Start Date: 12/16/2026

City: Chicago

Institution: University of Illinois Chicago

Reports To: Director of Institutional Research

Staff # Reporting to Position: 3

Reports In Office: Institutional Research

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