Each month, participating institutions will receive (at no cost) the aggregate calculations for all the data elements and benchmarks for all participating institutions. The detailed institutional data will not be released. The aggregate analysis will also include breakdowns by Carnegie Classification, Institutional Size, and Public/Private classification. Along with the aggregate statistics we will provide a list of the names of all participating institutions.
Any participating institution can request a special analysis for a selected peer group consisting of at least 5 institutions. The analysis will show the aggregate statistics for the peer group along with the detailed data for the requesting institution. Each such peer analysis will cost $100.
A group of five or more institutions may join the COSTS project as a consortium. The cost of a consortium membership is $100 per institution/year. If all the institutions in the consortium provide complete data each institution will receive the consortium analysis at no additional charge.
Additional services are available to members of a consortium if ALL the institutions agree: For an additional $100 fee per institution/year, the members of the consortium will receive, in addition to the aggregate data, the detailed data for all institutions in the consortia along with the names of the institutions identified.