What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Universities and colleges (published tuition/fee schedules), national statistical agencies, comparison sites and college-search vendors | Per programme per academic year, by residency/nationality and study mode | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National higher-education regulators and accreditation bodies (e.g. US Dept of Education IPEDS/accreditors, UK OfS, national ministries)… | Per institution and per accredited programme, annual renewal cycle | public |
| employment & workforce | Institutions' HR offices, national agencies (IPEDS HR component, HESA staff record), faculty union contracts, salary-survey bodies… | Per staff post internally; published institution-level counts and average… | public |
| financial filings | Public universities' state reporting, private non-profits' Form 990/audited statements, UK charity/OfS returns, endowment surveys (NACUBO) | Per institution per fiscal year; revenue, expenditure, endowment, research… | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Campus security/police departments, regulators requiring crime disclosure (US Clery Act reporting), lab safety offices, insurers | Per incident report; institution-level annual crime and fire safety statistics | public |
| waste & emissions | Sustainability offices, carbon reporting frameworks (SECR, STARS, EAUC), national HE estates returns | Per institution per year, scope 1/2/3 tonnes CO2e and waste tonnage by stream | public |
| customer demographics | Institutional research offices, national statistical/education agencies (IPEDS, HESA/Jisc, Eurostat, UNESCO UIS), admissions services… | Per student record internally; published as institution-level annual aggregates… | public |
| quality & compliance testing | Accreditation and quality-assurance agencies (QAA, regional accreditors, ENQA members), ranking bodies (THE, QS, ARWU), national student… | Per institution/programme review cycle; per-question survey aggregates annually | public |
| geospatial/movement | Institutions (campus estate footprints), municipal planners, mobility/foot-traffic data vendors, student housing analysts | Per campus site polygon; aggregated device-level footfall around campuses, daily | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Student review platforms (RateMyProfessors, StudentCrowd, Niche, Whatuni), social media, internal course-evaluation systems | Per review, per instructor/course/institution; internal per-course-section… | purchasable |
| production output | Institutions, national degree-award registries, research output databases (Scopus, Web of Science, OpenAlex, Crossref), tech-transfer… | Degrees conferred per programme per year; publications, citations, patents… | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | University procurement consortia (e.g. E&I, APUC, LUPC), library acquisition systems, laboratory supply vendors | Per purchase order/contract award; per library title holding | partnership |
| energy consumption | University estates/sustainability offices, campus BMS vendors, national reporting schemes (UK Estates Management Record, US STARS/AASHE) | Per building per meter interval internally; institution-level annual kWh in… | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | University registrars and estates/facilities offices, timetabling and room-booking vendors (Syllabus Plus/Scientia, CollegeNET 25Live)… | Per room per timeslot; per course-section enrolment vs capacity; per bed per… | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | University estates departments, CAFM/asset-management vendors (Planon, Archibus), national estates condition surveys | Per building/asset condition grade, deferred maintenance backlog value; work… | partnership |
| transactional/sales | University finance offices, student information systems (Ellucian, Oracle PeopleSoft, Workday Student), payment processors (Flywire… | Per student per tuition/fee transaction, per term | exclusive |
| sensor/IoT | Campus facilities teams, occupancy-sensor and access-control vendors, campus Wi-Fi network operators | Per sensor/door/AP per event or per 5-15 minute interval | exclusive |
| communications/marketing performance | University marketing/recruitment offices, CRM vendors (Salesforce Education Cloud, Slate), digital ad platforms, agent networks for… | Per campaign, per enquiry-to-application funnel stage, per channel monthly | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.