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The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)

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Frequently used/Derived variables

Institutions

Institutions

Total cost of attendance

By residency and housing status

Selectivity and admissions yield

Fall enrollment/retention rates

Fall enrollment

12-month enrollment

Degrees/awards

Academic year 2007-08 to current year (new and old degree classification)

Academic year 2003-04 to 2006-07

Graduation rates

Student financial aid of full-time first-time degree or certificate-seeking undergraduate students

Financial indicators

Percent distribution of core revenues, by source

Core revenues per FTE enrollment, by source

Percent distribution of core expenses, by function

Core expenses per FTE enrollment, by function

Expenses for salaries, wages, and benefits as a percent of total expenses, by function

Endowment assets (year end) per FTE enrollment

Equity ratios

Revenues: Fiscal year 2002-03 to 2004-05

Expenses: Fiscal year 2002-03 to 2004-05

Faculty and staff

Full-time equivalent staff by assigned position

Average salaries of full-time instructional staff equated to 9-month contracts, by academic rank

Changes in Patterns of Prices and Financial Aid

Institution types and characteristics

Price of attendance

Financial aid

Net price

Indices

Areas of National Need: Academic years 1996-97 and 2001-02

Academic years 1996-97 and 2001-02

Institutional Characteristics

Institutional Characteristics

Directory information, response status and frequently used variables

Types of educational offerings

Institutional control or affiliation

Award levels offered (new postbaccalaureate degree classification 2009-10)

Award levels offered (both old and new postbaccalaureate degree classification 2008-09)

Award levels offered (1986-87-2007-08)

Non-traditional credits

Special learning opportunities and selected services

Conference associations and other information

Mission statement

Institutional control or affiliation (1987-88 to 1999-00)

Estimated fall enrollment

Fall 2006 to current year

Response status

Student Charges

Price of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate students (academic year programs)

Total price of attendance: 2000-01 to current year

Combined tuition and fees, books and supplies, room, board and other expenses: 1997-98 to current year

Admissions and Test Scores

Admissions and test scores

Considerations

Number of applications, admissions, and enrollees

SAT and ACT test scores

Student Charges

Student charges for undergraduate, graduate and first-professional students (academic year programs)

Tuition and fees for undergraduate and graduate students

Room and board charges

Tuition and fees for first-professional students: Academic year 1999-00 to 2008-09

Combined tuition and fees for undergraduate and graduate students: Academic year 1987-88 to 1998-99

Combined tuition and fees for first-professional students: Academic year 1993-94 to 1998-99

Combined tuition and fees for first-professional students: Academic year 1987-88 to 1992-93

Student charges - Institutions reporting by program

Price of attendance of full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Application fees and tuition plans - all institutions

Application fees

Alternative tuition plans

Fall Enrollment

Gender, attendance status, and level of student

Fall 1980, Fall 1984 to current year

Race/ethnicity, gender, attendance status, and level of student

Race/ethnicity - Fall 1994 to Fall 2007

Age category, gender, attendance status, and level of student

Fall 1987 to current year

Residence and migration of first-time freshmen

Fall 1986 to current year

Total entering class

Fall 2001 to current year

Retention rates

Fall 2003 to current year

Major field of study, attendance status, and level of student (4-year institutions)

Gender - Fall 1996 to current year

Race/ethnicity and gender - Fall 1996 to current year

Estimated enrollment

Fall 2006 to current year

Race/ethnicity, gender, attendance status, level of student, and year of study: Fall 1980 to 1998 (with race/unknown distributed)

Fall 1980,1984,1986,1988 and 1990 to 1998

Gender, attendance status, level of student, and year of study: Fall 1985, 1987 and 1989

Fall 1985, 1987 and 1989

Age category, gender, attendance status, degree-seeking status and level of student: Fall 1987 to 1993

Fall 1987 to 1993

Response status

1987 to current year

12-Month Enrollment

12-month unduplicated headcount by race/ethnicity, gender and level of student

Gender - Academic year 2000-01 to current year

Race/ethnicity (old/new/derived) and gender - Academic year 2007-08 to current year

Race/ethnicity and gender - Academic year 2000-01 to 2006-07

12-month instructional activity and full-time equivalent enrollment: Academic year 2003-04 to current year

Academic year 2003-04 to current year

12-month instructional activity: Academic year 1991-92 to current year

Academic year 1991-92 to current year

12-month unduplicated headcount by level of student: Academic year 1991-92 to 1999-00

Academic years 1991-92 through 1999-00

Response status

2006-07 to current year

Response status - 1990-91 to 2005-06

1990-91 to 2005-06

Completions

Awards/degrees conferred by program (2000 CIP classification), award level, race/ethnicity, and gender - includes new race/ethinicity and award level categories

Gender - Academic year 2002-03 to current year

Race/ethnicity (old/new/derived) and gender - Academic year 2007-08 to current year

Awards/degrees conferred by program (2000 CIP classification), award level, race/ethnicity, and gender: Academic years 2002-03 and 2006-07

Academic year 2002-03 to 2006-07

Awards/degrees conferred by program (1990 CIP classification), award level, race/ethnicity, and gender: Academic years 2000-01 and 2001-02

Academic years 2000-01 and 2001-02

Awards/degrees conferred by program (1990 CIP classification), award level, race/ethnicity, and gender: Academic year 1994-95 to 1999-2000

Academic year 1991-92 to 1999-00

Awards/degrees conferred by program (1990 CIP classification-2-digit only), award level, race/ethnicity, and gender: Academic years 1991-92 to 1993-1994

Academic year 1991-92 to 1993-1994

Awards/degrees conferred by program (1990 CIP classification), award level and gender: Academic year 1991-92 to 1993-94

Academic year 1991-92 to 1993-1994

Awards/degrees conferred by program (1985 CIP classification), award level and gender: Academic year 1986-87 to 1990-91

Academic year 1986-87 to 1990-91

Awards/degrees conferred by program (1985 CIP classification-2-digit only), award level, race/ethnicity and gender: Academic year 1986-87 and 1989-89 to 1990-91

Academic year 1986-87 and 1988-89 to 1990-91

Response status

Response status information: 1986-87 to current year

Graduation Rates

Graduation rate data within 150 percent of normal time - 4-year and 2-year institutions

Gender - 1997 to current year

Race/ethnicity and gender - 1997 to 2007

Graduation rate data within 150 percent of normal time - less-than-2-year institutions

Status as of August 31 (1997 to current year)

Graduation rate data by sport for full-time degree/certificate-seeking students receiving athletically-related student aid

Status as of August 31 (1997 to current year)

Number of full-time undergraduate degree/certificate-seeking students receiving athletically-related student aid

1997 to current year

Response status

Response status information: 1997-98 to current year

Student Financial Aid

Student financial aid

Financial aid to full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students

Student counts, fall cohort

Student counts, full-year cohort

Response status

Finance

Public institutions - GASB 34/35

Assets and liabilities

Plant, property, equipment

Revenues and other additions

Expenses and other deductions

Scholarships and fellowships

Endowment assets

Public institutions - GASB 34/35 (Component units using FASB)

Component units using FASB

Public institutions - GASB 34/35 (Component units using GASB)

Component units using GASB

Private not-for-profit institutions or Public institutions using FASB

Assets and liabilities

Plant, property and equipment

Student grants

Revenues and investment return

Expenses by functional and natural classification: Fiscal year 2002 to current year

Total expenses and salaries wages expenses by function and total expenses by natural classification: Fiscal year 1997 to current year

Endowment assets

Private for-profit institutions

Assets, liabilities and equity

Student grants

Revenues and investment return

Expenses by function

Total expenses and salaries and wages by function: Fiscal years 1998 and 1999

Public institutions - Reporting Standards before (GASB 34/35): Fiscal year 1987 to 2003

Current funds revenues by source

Current fund expenditures by function

Scholarships and fellowship expenditures by source

Indebtedness on physical plant

Details on endowment assets

Hospital revenues

Plant, property, and equipment (end of year values): Fiscal year 1989 to 2003

Plant, property, and equipment: Fiscal year 1989 to 1999

All institutions - Reporting Standards before (GASB 34/35 and FASB): Fiscal year 1987 to 1996

Current funds revenues by source

Current fund expenditures by function

Scholarships and fellowship expenditures by source

Indebtedness on physical plant

Details on endowment assets

Hospital revenues

Plant, property, and equipment

Response status

Fiscal year 1987 to current year

Human Resources

Full- and part-time medical and non-medical staff by faculty status and primary function/occupational activity

Fall 2001 to current year

Salaries of full-time instructional staff

Academic year 1980-81 to current year

Fringe benefits of full-time instructional staff

Academic year 1980-81 to current year

Tenure status of full-time instructional faculty in 4-year institutions, by contract length, gender, and academic rank

Academic year 2006-07 to current year

Full-time instructional staff with less than 9-month contracts, by gender and academic rank

Academic year 2005-06 to current year

Full- and part-time staff by primary function/occupational activity (Degree-granting institutions with 15 or more full-time employees)

Gender - Fall 1993 to current year