Archived Changes

Changes to IPEDS Data Collections, 2010-11

IC Header

Several items will be moved from the Institutional Characteristics component to a separate component called IC Header. IC Header will be available for institutions to complete starting with the opening of the Registration period, 8/4/10, through the end of the Fall collection. The IC Header must be completed and locked before the Fall surveys can be started.

The following items comprise IC Header:

A1 - Educational Offerings
B1 - Institutional Control
B2 - Award Levels Offered
B3 - Calendar System
B4 - Enrollment Levels Offered (excluding Estimated Fall Enrollment)
B5 - Graduation Rate Cohort

These items determine applicability and version for the remaining IPEDS survey components, and it is helpful to have that information in the data collection system as early as possible.

• Selected Professional Tuitions
  • Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.)
  • Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.)
  • Medicine (M.D.)
  • Optometry (O.D.)
  • Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
  • Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
  • Podiatry (Pod.D., D.P., or D.P.M.)
  • Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)
  • Law (L.L.B. or J.D.)

• In Part A, Fall Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, for public 2-year and less than 2-year nondegree-granting institutions only, the column for non-certificate-seeking students will be reinstated. This is necessary in order to distinguish between certificate-seeking students and the large numbers of dual enrolled students (non-certificate-seeking students) reported by these sectors.

• Use of the new CIP 2010 will be mandatory for all IPEDS reporting in 2010-11 as follows:
  • Completions, awarded between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010
  • 2010 Fall Enrollment for Selected Fields of Study (4-yr institutions only)
  • 2010 Price of Attendance by Program (for program reporters only)

  Additional information can be found at the CIP user site

• Reporting using the new race and ethnicity categories will be mandatory in 2010-11 for the following components:
  • Fall Enrollment
  • Human Resources (the Fall Staff section collecting race and ethnicity is optional in 2010-11)

  Old and mixed categories may be used for one additional year of reporting for Completions, 12-month Enrollment, and Graduation Rates.

  Additional information can be found at the race/ethnicity information center and here, see (4) Change race/ethnicity

• Use of the new postbaccalaureate degree categories will be mandatory in 2010-11. This means that the First-professional Degree and Certificate categories will disappear completely from IPEDS reporting. This affects the following components, for 4-year institutions only:
  • Institutional Characteristics
  • Completions
  • 12-month Enrollment
  • Fall Enrollment

  Additional information can be found here, see (2) Eliminate first-professional degree category.

• Use of the aligned Finance forms for GASB and FASB reporters will be mandatory in 2010-11 for reporting on the 2010 fiscal year. Additional information can be found here, see (3) Revise IPEDS Finance.