What data is available in IPEDS?

IPEDS collects data on postsecondary education in the United States in eight areas: institutional characteristics; institutional prices; admissions; enrollment; student financial aid; degrees and certificates conferred; student persistence and success; and academic libraries, institutional, and human fiscal resources.

What is IPEDS data used for?

IPEDS provides basic data needed to describe — and analyze trends in — postsecondary education in the United States, in terms of the numbers of students enrolled, financial aid used, staff employed, dollars expended, and degrees and certificates earned.

Is IPEDS accurate?

Accurate IPEDS reporting benefits both your institution and postsecondary education as a whole. Your institution will avoid fines and reprimands while maintaining the ability to accept federal financial aid. You’ll also get an accurate sense of how you compare to similar institutions across the country.

Where does IPEDS data come from?

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is an annual data collection distributed by the Postsecondary Branch of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a non-partisan center within the Institute of Education Sciences under the U.S. Department of Education.

Who has to report to IPEDS?

Institutions with 15 or more full-time employees are required to report annually (prior to 2016–17, data was collected biennially, for odd-numbered years). Between 1987 and 1991, the Fall Staff data were collected in cooperation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

When was IPEDS created?

The IPEDS program department of NCES was created in 1992 and began collecting data in 1993.

How old is IPEDS data?

What is IPEDS race?

There are 9 categories for data reporting to IPEDS. The categories for reporting are: Hispanic (regardless of race); and for non-Hispanics: American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; Black or African American; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; White; Two or more races.

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What is an IPEDS coordinator?

The Coordinator is responsible for IPEDS-related coordination activities for a specified group of schools within a state or system. They are typically able to review the survey after it has been locked by the Keyholder. Additional users are designated by the Keyholder or Coordinator to help with data entry.

What are the Ipeds categories?