NACAS Benchmarking

Unlock key findings to move your auxiliary portfolio forward

2021 Executive Summary

Demonstrating the value of our industry

In 2021, NACAS unveiled its first-ever benchmarking program that collects data from all auxiliary services on campuses across the U.S. and Canada. This gave us a snapshot of what services were like before the pandemic. A year later, we can see the impact this global crisis has had, not only on our industry but on higher education as a whole.

This helps us paint a picture of our successes and our losses. It shows how the auxiliary services industry can step up and in to support student success, especially during difficult times. Using this data, you will be able to highlight institutions that found unprecedented resiliency by pivoting their services, identify valuable connections, leverage creative solutions, and make actionable changes on your campus.

2021 Benchmarking Dashboard

The 2021 Benchmarking Dashboards are availble now. Thank you to all participants who helped make Year 2 such a success!

The Benchmarking Dashboard is only available to those members who completed the survey. Didn’t receive a dashboard access email? Please contact raj.white@nacas.org.

Important Details

About: The NACAS Benchmarking program collects data from NACAS members each year to help college service leaders unlock key findings of how industry peers are establishing the mark and learn how their own campuses are trailblazing the industry. We partnered with Vault Consulting to make it easier for college service leaders to interpret, manipulate, and present data.

How It Works: Every NACAS institutional member has an opportunity to participate in the benchmarking survey. Members should look for an email from Vault, which will contain a unique survey link for their institution. Campus colleagues will need to coordinate amongst themselves to determine the best way to collect data and submit the survey on behalf of the institution. By completing a survey, you will have access to the full survey report through an interactive dashboard. All other members that don’t participate in the survey will receive a written executive summary for free.

Dates & Deadlines

  • Next Data Collection Period: February 2023

Questions? Here’s Who to Contact: 

  • Membership Benefit/Program: Contact NACAS
  • Data/Survey/Benchmarking Metrics: Contact Vault

Who is Vault?

About Vault: As a full-service accounting and research firm, Vault manages rigorous business functions that require the highest degrees of accuracy and security. At Vault, we care about our clients’ goals as much as they do and use an integrated partnership model in the delivery of our services. Our professionals fuse seamlessly with client teams to adopt their missions and assess both their strategic and functional needs. Our collaborative approach allows us to partner successfully with our clients so that they can deliver unmatched value to their communities.

Confidentiality: Vault Consulting will be conducting this survey and compiling results for NACAS, ensuring the confidentiality of individual institution data. Vault will publish only aggregated data with a sufficient number of responses to prevent any institution’s data from being exposed and will not share, query or publish any individual survey data with any other entity, including NACAS staff.

Contact: 

Lauren Cox
Analyst
lcox@vaultconsulting.com
703-654-1419