Strategic Data Analyst

Quinnipiac University • Hamden, CT

14h

About The Position

Quinnipiac University invites applications for a Strategic Data Analyst to join the Provost’s Office and play a critical role in shaping the university’s academic and financial future. In this highly collaborative role, you will transform complex data into meaningful insights that guide enrollment strategy, budget planning, and institutional decision-making. Working closely with deans and partners across admissions, enrollment, finance, and academic leadership, you will lead the analysis and forecasting of enrollment, retention, and financial aid trends to support both immediate priorities and long-term strategy. You will build sophisticated, multi-year models to project enrollment and tuition revenue and design intuitive tools and reports that help schools and academic programs manage resources effectively. This is an opportunity to influence strategic decisions at the institutional level, collaborate with senior leaders, and make a measurable impact on student success and the university’s financial sustainability. Quinnipiac University is a private, coeducational institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university currently has an enrollment of 9,700 students in more than 100 degree programs through its Schools of Business, Communications, Education, Computing & Engineering, Health Sciences, Law, Medicine, Nursing and the College of Arts & Sciences. Our 21 Division I teams have achieved remarkable success, boasting multiple conference titles. This includes a 2023 NCAA National Championship win in ice hockey, a three-time defending national champion women's rugby team, and a trip to the Sweet 16 for our women's basketball team. The Quinnipiac University Poll is nationally recognized as a leader in public opinion research, and the university is consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review. The Wall Street Journal ranked Quinnipiac #51 among the best colleges in the nation, and second in Connecticut, for our exceptional graduation rate, salary impact, learning facilities, career preparation and learning opportunities. The university is in the midst of program expansion and renewal for both traditional and adult learners, the development of innovative strategic partnerships, and just opened a South Quad with three new buildings. For more information, please visit qu.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and X.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in higher education enrollment and/or data management
• Comprehensive understanding of student behaviors in higher education, including retention, transfer, change of major, graduation, and other enrollment patterns
• Skilled in the use of data to develop analytics dashboards and user-friendly reports, related to student flow at QU (retention, transfer, change of major, graduation, and other enrollment patterns)
• Ability to collaborate and communicate with Deans, department/chairs, and others to identify and resolve data projections for classes for each major/program of study
• Adept at building queries to extract, aggregate, and clean data and to ensure reporting accuracy
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with individuals from varied backgrounds

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in higher education and/or data analysis/statistics preferred

Responsibilities

• Forecast tuition revenue based on enrollment trends to inform institutional leadership decision-making regarding budgets and resource allocations.
• Assist the schools with managing their budgets by providing tools to forecast enrollment and revenue at the program level.
• Create and maintain models of actual student flow through the institution and use the models to simulate the effect of proposed changes on budget and enrollment practices, project future enrollment, retention and graduation rates.
• Prepare standardized reports and dashboards for regularly monitoring student enrollment data against goals and detect anomalies that could indicate need for tactical changes.
• Develop tools and reports for schools and academic programs to assist with managing expense budgets.
• Participate in design and implementation of enrollment models in a planning system.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time faculty and staff which includes tuition remission and a culture that is inclusive and driven by excellence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level