Quality of Data Reported through the Department’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Surveys by Spring Hill College

Section 487(a)(17) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), requires postsecondary schools participating in Title IV programs to annually report data, including data relevant to students’ cost of attendance and financial aid and the schools’ graduation rates, to the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to the satisfaction of the Secretary. The objective of our inspection was to determine whether Spring Hill College (Alabama) reported verifiable data to IPEDS for the 2021–2022 reporting period. We determined that Spring Hill College reported verifiable data to the Department’s IPEDS for the 2021–2022 reporting period. Specifically, all data elements that we selected and reviewed that the school reported through the Graduation Rates, Institutional Characteristics, and Student Financial Aid surveys for the 2021–2022 reporting period were supported by datasets, information system reports, or other records. Because all the data sets that we reviewed were verifiable, we do not make any recommendations in this report. However, our results are limited to the data sets we reviewed, and it is critical that Spring Hill College continue to report verifiable data to IPEDS.