Derivative Insights: the full picture beyond the brochure

Choosing an educational opportunity shouldn’t be based on marketing materials alone. Derivative Insights reveals the deeper data patterns and trends that help you understand what a program or institution is really like — from student demographics and outcomes to employment patterns and growth trajectories.

Think of it as seeing the complete story behind the headlines. While official statistics tell you what happened, Derivative Insights shows you why it matters and what it means for someone like you.

Derivative Insights are analytical visualizations that transform raw institutional data into clear, meaningful patterns. Rather than simply listing facts and figures, this feature presents data in ways that reveal trends, distributions, and relationships that matter for your decision-making.

Whether you’re looking at student body composition, employment outcomes, salary distributions, or program growth patterns, Derivative Insights takes complex datasets and presents them as intuitive visualizations that tell the real story behind the numbers.

Official program descriptions often focus on best-case scenarios and highlight statistics. But understanding whether an opportunity is right for you requires seeing the complete picture — the distribution of outcomes, not just the averages; the variety of paths, not just the most common ones.

Derivative Insights help you:

• See beyond the averages. Understand the full range of outcomes, not just the median statistics that institutions typically highlight.
• Spot meaningful patterns. Identify trends in employment, student satisfaction, or program evolution that might impact your experience.
• Make informed comparisons. Compare programs based on comprehensive data patterns rather than isolated statistics.
• Understand fit. See how students with backgrounds similar to yours have fared, helping you assess potential fit and success.