About IPEDS

About IPEDS

Your primary source for information on U.S. colleges, universities, and technical and vocational institutions.

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Use The Data

Access IPEDS data submitted to NCES through our data tools or download the data to conduct your own research and analysis.

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Report Your Data

Report Your Data

Report your institution’s data and access resources that will help with successful submission.

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REPORTING RESOURCES
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Find Your College

Narrow down your college from over 6,000 colleges, and explore resources to plan, prepare, and graduate from college.

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Collaborate With NCES

Collaborate with NCES to learn more about IPEDS activities, outreach, R&D, and federal grants and fellowships

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About IPEDS

Overview
PEDS is the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. It is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

IPEDS Data Tools User Manuals

IPEDS HELP
The IPEDS Data Tools User Manual is designed to help guide you through the various functions, processes, and abundant capabilities of the IPEDS Data Tools.

Survey Components

The 13 Survey Components of IPEDS
Institutions submit data through 13 interrelated survey components about general higher education topics for 3 reporting periods.
Release Schedule
Survey Methodology

Schdeduel of Data Release into the Data tools

Data Tool	Usage
Data Trends (Trend Generator)	Provisional released data are used for the current year. Final data are used where both are available
Survey Data Complete Data Files	Provisional and final data files are included in the zip files for years where both provisional and final have been released.
Survey Data ACCESS Data Base	Provisional released data are used for the current year. Final released data are used when both are available. Historical provisional data bases are not available.
Survey Data Custom Data Files Compare Institutions Statistical Tables Summary Tables	Provisional released data are used for the current year. Final data are used when available, but users are given the option to use provisional data.
Data Feedback Report	Data feedback reports are only created when data are provisionally released. Historic reports are available but are not recreated using final/revised data.
Look Up an Institution (Institution Profile)	Profiles are only based on the most current provisionally released data.
Look Up an Institution (Reported Data)	Historically the reported data tool contained only provisionally released data. Final data have recently been loaded for IPEDS collection years 2014-15 through 2016-17.