Data, explained
Where every
number comes from.
OnPar is built on public federal reporting and your own reviewed filing. Here’s what’s loaded, what every analysis computes, and how filing data is handled.
EADAEquity in Athletics Disclosure Act reports, 2009–2025—roughly 2,300 schools and 34,000+ school-years.
IPEDSFive NCES surveys—directory, fall enrollment, cost, graduation rates, and derived data—used as the primary source for a school’s true enrollment denominator.
Refresh cadenceUpdated annually as each fall’s public source data becomes available.
Every analysis run computes three things, always:
ParticipationPercentage-point gap and raw opportunity gap under Title IX Prong 1, measured against IPEDS fall enrollment first, EADA-derived enrollment as a fallback.
Athletic aidProportionality of athletic financial aid by gender, against a configurable unexplained-disparity tolerance.
Revenue shareModeled two ways every run—excluded, and folded in as athletic aid—so the choice stays a visible scenario toggle, not a hidden assumption.
How filing data is handled
Carry-forwardFigures copied from a prior filing or published federal data are always flagged as needing review, and the source filing is never modified.
EvidenceEach upload is kept as its own version. Documents from a prior year stay labeled as historical references and never count as current-period evidence.
Frozen versionsMarking a filing ready freezes that version. Any change means reopening it, so the version you publish is the version on record.
Activity logEvery save, review, and status change is recorded with who made it and when.
How the financial reports are built
One ledger, two reportsYour general-ledger rows are mapped once, by rule, to EADA lines and NCAA categories. Both reports are computed from those rules, and a tie-out confirms every row is mapped or deliberately excluded before anything is exported.
The bridgeThe EADA and the NCAA financial report treat some items differently, such as facilities debt service. The bridge lists each difference with the rule and the reason behind it.
Review rulesYear-over-year changes, materiality (categories at 4% or more of a total need procedures, over 10% are major accounts), and aid equivalency checks follow the NCAA agreed-upon-procedures guide. Where a check is OnPar’s own heuristic, it says so.
DatesThe calendar shows a date only when it has a source: the EADA public-report date and the NCAA reporting window. Anything else is left for you to enter.
Sign-offsA sign-off records who confirmed which snapshot of the figures. It is a record of review, not a certification.
OnPar is a modeling and preparation tool, not a compliance certification or an official submission channel. This public data is for research and planning—not a compliance finding, legal interpretation, or institutional audit.
OnPar also tracks pending legislation that affects these numbers. Read the Protect College Sports Act breakdown →
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