Institutional Research Analyst (Remote Options)

Airweb; Boone (NC); Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Appalachian State University seeks an Institutional Research Analyst to join the Strategic Analytics & Institutional Research team within IRAP. The role focuses on managing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting data for internal and external stakeholders, including UNC System Office DataMart, IPEDS, and external surveys.

You will collaborate with university contacts, system offices, and external partners to ensure data accuracy, timely submissions, and successful data projects across campus.

Responsibilities

• Develop knowledge of reporting requirements, institutional data, data definitions, processes, and key stakeholders to support data and reporting needs and deliver accurate, reliable data analysis.
• Serve as primary data coordinator for UNC System Office Student DataMart, external reporting, and rankings, ensuring timely submission of data while maintaining accuracy.
• Support reporting and analysis needs of IRAP and campus stakeholders, including routine and ad-hoc data requests and related summaries/reports.
• Conduct data analysis and produce reports that accurately aggregate, summarize, and convey student, curriculum, employee, and other institutional data.
• Respond to federal/state reporting, rankings, and other study needs throughout the year.

Job description

Job Duties

The Institutional Research Analyst position is part of the Strategic Analytics & Institutional Research team in Institutional Research, Assessment & Planning (IRAP) at Appalachian State University. The Institutional Research Analyst is responsible for managing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting data for internal and external stakeholders. Data reporting responsibilities include student, course and financial aid snapshots for the UNC System Office Student DataMart, IPEDS, the Common Data Set, and a variety of external surveys and rankings. This position will work collaboratively with many key contacts across the university, at the UNC System Office and externally to ensure data and reporting needs are met. This position also works closely with other analysts in IRAP for various data & reporting projects.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Develop working knowledge of reporting requirements, institutional data, data definitions, processes, and key stakeholders to effectively support data and reporting needs and deliver accurate, consistent, and reliable data analysis.
• Serve as the primary data coordinator for the UNC System Office Student DataMart, external reporting, and rankings, coordinating the preparation, validation, review, and timely submission of data while ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Support the reporting and analysis needs of IRAP and campus stakeholders, which includes routine and ad-hoc data requests and preparation of related summaries and reports.
• Conduct data analysis and produce reports for internal and external stakeholders that accurately aggregate, summarize, and convey student, curriculum, employee, and other institutional data.
• Respond to federal and state reporting, rankings, and other study needs throughout the year.
• Collaborate with key contacts across the university, at the UNC System Office, and externally to ensure data and reporting needs are met.
• Work closely with other analysts in IRAP on various data & reporting projects.
• Create documentation for all programs, processes, datasets, reports, and other related functions.
• Conduct routine and ad-hoc data validation and data quality reviews of reports and institutional data.
• Represent IRAP at various internal and external user groups and monthly meetings.

Job Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities include:

• Demonstrated proficiency in retrieving data from ERP Systems (i.e., Banner or PeopleSoft) using programming languages or other data tools (such as SQL, Tableau, SAS).
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with faculty, staff, administrators, and external stakeholders
• Ability to operate with a high level of independence, routinely exercising sound judgment and proactively managing responsibilities and priorities
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with querying, transforming, and analyzing data to produce usable information
• Ability to understand and work with complex, cross-functional data, to ensure accuracy, quality, and integrity
• Ability to collaborate with others and to work in a team environment

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities include:

• Demonstrated proficiency in retrieving data from ERP Systems (i.e., Banner or PeopleSoft) using programming languages or other data tools (such as SQL, Tableau, SAS).
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with faculty, staff, administrators, and external stakeholders
• Ability to operate with a high level of independence, routinely exercising sound judgment and proactively managing responsibilities and priorities
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with querying, transforming, and analyzing data to produce usable information
• Ability to understand and work with complex, cross-functional data, to ensure accuracy, quality, and integrity
• Ability to collaborate with others and to work in a team environment

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities include:

• At least one to two years of professional experience working with data to produce reports, dashboards, or perform data analysis
• At least one to two years of professional experience with analytics-related languages (such as SQL, SAS)
• Experience with data visualization tools (such as Tableau, Power BI, SAS Viya)
• Experience in higher education in a professional role utilizing or handling university data
• Project management experience

Institution Description

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, cost-effective education for all. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online.

Appalachian provides a full range of benefit programs and services which support and enhance the employment relationship of faculty and staff.

Comprehensive benefit programs are an essential part of one's total compensation and are designed to provide income security for future needs, assist with meeting the costs of health care, and provide a generous program of paid time off to help balance the demands of work and family.

Application Due Date: 10/30/2026

Job Start Date: 01/04/2027

Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience.

City: Boone

State/Province/Region: North Carolina

Reports To: Associate Director, Strategic Analytics & Institutional Research

Staff # Reporting to Position: 0

Reports In Office: Institutional Research, Assessment & Planning (IRAP)