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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a federally required reporting system that includes enrollment, graduation and completion, financial aid, finance, human resources/faculty, library services, and institutional characteristic information. The IPEDS overview provides information from the required reporting system as well as other sources to assist students when comparing colleges.
College Navigator - Current data publicly available through IPEDS
Survey Definitions/Overview
NCES - National Center for Education Statistics "is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education". NCES IPEDS Website
IPEDS Data Feedback Report Year
IPEDS Report Year includes data from the prior academic year and/or corresponding chart years. All IPEDS reporting is titled with the IPEDS year - this is normally the prior year data. Reports are sent out from NCES during the fall after the year has completed generally around November although he report has been delayed until the following February in past years.
Example: 2018 report provides information for the 2016-17 academic year and associated reporting for fall cohorts in 2017 as well as outcome data for fall 2010 cohort.
"Institutional characteristics are collected through two survey components: Institutional Characteristics Header and Institutional Characteristics. Institutional characteristics data are the foundation of the entire IPEDS system.
Data collected include:
2023-24 Header
2022-23 Header
2021-22 Header
2020-21 Header
2019-20 Header2018-19 Header *
2017-18 Header *
2016-17 Header2015-16 Header
2014-15 Header
2013-14 Header
"The primary purpose of the IPEDS Institutional Characteristics Header (IC-H) survey is to collect basic institutional data including control or affiliation, calendar system, and award levels. These data are key to accurate reporting as they are used to determine the reporting for other IPEDS surveys." NCES IPEDS Website
* Contact ir@socc.edu for document details