Results of a survey of institutional research curricula in 88 U.S. higher education programs are presented. The extent to which institutional research core courses are theoretical or practitioner-oriented was also assessed. Eight of the programs offered an area of concentration in institutional research, and 17 programs had an institutional research core course. The programs are identified and the content of the curriculum is described (e.g., degrees offered, textbooks, course topics). Planning topics received the most emphasis in institutional research courses, while topics related to facilities and research methodology received low emphasis. Most institutional research core courses emphasized theoretical concepts, but the correlation coefficient was significant in only a few cases. As expected, programs with an area of concentration tended to stress theoretical concepts in their core course, while programs within an institutional research concentration were more practitioner-oriented. Included is a list of recommended or required textbooks used in the institutional research core courses, including the publisher and publication date. For 47 institutional research course topics, emphasis scores and orientation scores are provided. 21 references. (Author/SW)