There are 13 IPEDS Premium Data Reference Sources available in Openprise. You will find the details of each below:
12-month instructional activity: 2020-21
This table contains data on instructional activity measured in total credit and/or contact hours delivered by institutions during the 12-month period, July 1 2020 - June 30, 2021. The credit hour and contact hour activity data are used to derive 12-month full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments for both undergraduate and graduate levels. The graduate level does not include credit hours for doctoral professional practice students. Institutions can choose to accept the derived FTE or report their own FTE. Both reported and estimated/derived FTE are available in this data table. In addition, the reported FTE of Doctoral Professional practice students are also included.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/EFIA2021_Dict.zip
12-month unduplicated headcount by distance education status and student level: 2020-21
This file contains the unduplicated head count of students enrolled over the 12-month period (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021) by distance education status and level of student. These enrollment data are particularly valuable for institutions that use non-traditional calendar systems and offer short-term programs. Because this enrollment measure encompasses an entire year, it provides a more complete picture of the number of students these schools serve. Records are uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and level of student (EFFYDLEV). Each record will contain the total students enrolled, students enrolled exclusively in distance education courses, students enrolled in some education distance education courses and students not enrolled in any distance education courses.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/EFFY2021_DIST_Dict.zip
12-month unduplicated headcount by race/ethnicity, gender and level of student: 2020-21
This file contains the unduplicated head count of students enrolled over the 12-month period (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021) for both undergraduate and graduate levels. Beginning with the 2019-20 data collected in 2020-21, undergraduate level headcounts are available by attendance status (full- and part-time) for both degree/certificate-seeking and nondegree/certificate-seeking students. Degree/certificate-seeking headcounts are further disaggregated by first-time, transfer-ins, and continuing student categories. These enrollment data are particularly valuable for institutions that use non-traditional calendar systems and offer short-term programs. Because this enrollment measure encompasses an entire year, it provides a more complete picture of the number of students these schools serve. Each record is uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the level and degree/certificate-seeking status of student (EFFYALEV). Each record will contain the total head count for men and women, and the total headcount for men and women for all nine race/ethnicity categories.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/EFFY2021_Dict.zip
Fall Enrollment - Age category, gender, attendance status, and level of student: Fall 2021
This file contains the number of students enrolled in the fall, by age categories, gender, attendance (full- or part-time) status and level of student. Institutions with traditional academic year calendar systems (semester, quarter, trimester or 4-1-4) report their enrollment as of October 15 or the official fall reporting date of the institution. Institutions with calendar systems that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment report students that are enrolled at any time between August 1 and October 31. This file has multiple records per institution. Records are uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), age categories (EFBAGE) and level of student (LSTUDY). Each record will contain the total enrollment, enrollment for men and women, and the total enrollment and enrollment for men and women for full- and part-time students.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/EF2021B_Dict.zip
Fall Enrollment - Distance education status and level of student: Fall 2021
This file contains the number of students enrolled in the fall, by distance education status and level of student. Institutions with traditional academic year calendar systems (semester, quarter, trimester or 4-1-4) report their enrollment as of October 15 or the official fall reporting date of the institution. Institutions with calendar systems that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment report students that are enrolled at any time between August 1 and October 31. This file has multiple records per institution. Records are uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and level of student (EFDELEV). Each record will contain the total students enrolled, students enrolled exclusively in distance education courses, students enrolled in some education distance education courses and students not enrolled in any distance education courses. The number of students enrolled in exclusively distance education courses are also reported by the following location categories: located in the same state/jurisdiction as the institution; in a different state/jurisdiction than the institution; in the U.S. but the state/jurisdiction is unknown; and residing outside the U.S..
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/EF2021A_DIST_Dict.zip
Fall Enrollment - Race/ethnicity, gender, attendance status, and level of student: Fall 2021
This file contains the number of students enrolled in the fall, by race/ethnicity, gender, attendance (full- or part-time) status and level of student. Institutions with traditional academic year calendar systems (semester, quarter, trimester or 4-1-4) report their enrollment as of October 15 or the official fall reporting date of the institution. Institutions with calendar systems that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment report students that are enrolled at any time between August 1 and October 31. This file has multiple records per institution. Records are uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the attendance status and level of student (EFALEVEL). Each record will contain the total enrollment, enrollment for men and women, and the total enrollment and enrollment for men and women for all nine race/ethnicity categories.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/EF2021A_Dict.zip
Residence and migration of first-time freshman: Fall 2021
This file contains the number of first-time freshmen by state of residence, along with data on the number who graduated from high school the previous year. Institutions with traditional academic year calendar systems (semester, quarter, trimester or 4-1-4) report their enrollment as of October 15 or the official fall reporting date of the institution. Institutions with calendar systems that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment report students that are enrolled at any time between August 1 and October 31. This file has multiple records per institution. Records are uniquely defined by the variables IPEDS ID (UNITID), and the state of residence (EFCSTATE).
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/EF2021C_Dict.zip
Fall Enrollment - Total entering class, retention rates, and student-to-faculty ratio: Fall 2021
This file contains data on the total entering class, first-year retention rates and the student-to-faculty ratio. The total entering class is the number of incoming students (students enrolling for the first time in a postsecondary institution versus students transferring in from another postsecondary institution) at an institution. This measure permits the calculation of the graduation rate cohort as a proportion of the total entering student body.
The first-year retention rate data measure the percentage of first-year students who had persisted in or completed their educational program a year later (began in fall 2020 and persisted or completed in fall 2021). Institutions can exclude the number of students from the first-time cohort who left the institution for any of the following reasons: died or were totally and permanently disabled; to serve in the armed forces (including those called to active duty); to serve with a foreign aid service of the Federal Government (e.g. Peace Corps); or to serve on official church missions. Beginning with the fall 2016 data, instititions can include first-time bachelor’s-seeking (or equivalent) study abroad students who were excluded from the first-time cohort but who have re-enrolled at the institution their second year.
Student-to-faculty ratio is defined as total FTE students (not in graduate or professional programs) divided by total FTE instructional staff (not teaching in graduate or professional programs). All data on this file is applicable only to institutions with undergraduate students.
Institutions with traditional academic year calendar systems (semester, quarter, trimester or 4-1-4) report their enrollment as of October 15 or the official fall reporting date of the institution (academic year). Institutions with calendar systems that differ by program or allow continuous enrollment report students that are enrolled at any time between August 1 and October 31 (program year). Only academic year institutions report entering class data. Institutions with short programs (less-than-one-year) will not have data on retention.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/EF2021D_Dict.zip
Institutional Characteristics - Directory information
This file contains directory information for every institution in the 2021-22 IPEDS universe. Includes name, address, city, state, zip code and various URL links to the institution's home page, admissions, financial aid offices and the net price calculator. Identifies institutions as currently active, institutions that participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs for which IPEDS is mandatory. It also includes variables derived from the 2021-22 Institutional Characteristics survey, such as control and level of institution, highest level and highest degree offered and Carnegie classifications.
Release 2 include the automatic comparison group and custom group identification variables for the 2022 IPEDS Data Feedback reports; updates to the hospital and institution size indicators based on data collected in the IPEDS spring 2022 collection.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2021_Dict.zip
Institutional Characteristics - Educational offerings, organization, services and athletic associations
This file contains data on program and award level offerings, control and affiliation of institution. It also contains information on special learning opportunities, student services, disability services, tuition plans and athletic conference associations. Services and programs for service members and veterans are also included. Beginning in 2020-21, the less-than-1-year certificate award level is divided into the following two award levels: certificates of less-than-12-weeks and certificates of at least 12 weeks but less than 1 year.
Several variables in this release, including open admissions policy, distance education offerings and library services were updated based on admissions data collected in the winter collection, distance education fall enrollments and academic library data collected in the spring of the IPEDS survey year.
Admissions and test score data, which has been part of the Institutional Characteristics survey component since 2001-02, was moved to the new ADM survey component in 2014 and will be released with other survey components of the IPEDS winter collection module.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/IC2021_Dict.zip
Institutional Characteristics - Student charges by program (vocational programs)
This file contains data on student charges by program. Institutions that measure programs in clock hours or have primarily occupational programs measured in credit hours report student charges data by the full length PROGRAM. This file contains the number of programs offered and the price of attendance for entering students that are made available to the public on College Navigator; Price of attendance includes amounts for published tuition and required fees, books and supplies, room and board and other expenses for the largest program. Estimates for books and supplies, room and board and other expenses are those from the Cost of Attendance report used by the financial aid office in determining financial need. In addition to the price of attendance for the largest program, tuition and fees and books and supplies are also included for up to an additional five programs.
Programs are categorized according to the 2020 Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), a detailed coding system for postsecondary instructional programs. The 2010 CIP was used to categorize programs for cost data collected from 2010-11 through 2019-20. Information on the CIP classification taxonomy, including a crosswalk between CIP 2010 and 2020 is available at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56
Data Dictionary : https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/IC2021_PY_Dict.zip
Institutional Characteristics - Student charges for academic year programs
This file contains data on student charges for a full academic year. Institutions that offer primarily academic programs measured in credit hours have a predominant calendar system of semester, quarter, trimester, or 4-1-4 or other academic calendar system report student charges for the full academic year. Student charges on this data file include: average tuition and required fees for both full-time undergraduate and graduate students; per credit hour charges for both part-time undergraduate and graduate students; Typical tuition and required fees for a full-time Doctor's - professional practice student in Chiropractic (D.C. or D.C.M.), Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), Law (L.L.B. or J.D.), Medicine (M.D.), Optometry (O.D.), Osteopathic Medicine (D.O), Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Podiatry (D.P.M., Pod.D., D.P.), or, Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), and Law (J.D.).
The price of attendance of full-time first-time undergraduates that are made available to the public on College Navigator is included on this file. Price of attendance includes amounts for published tuition and required fees, books and supplies, room and board and other expenses. Estimates for books and supplies, room and board and other expenses are those from the Cost of Attendance report used by the financial aid office in determining financial need.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/IC2021_AY_Dict.zip
Response status for all survey components
This file contains response status information for every institution in the 2021-22 IPEDS universe. This file will determine institutions that have responded; institutions that did not respond and have imputed data; and survey applicability. It will also identify institutions whose data represents multiple campuses (parent/child reporting).
Provisional release 1 includes information from the provisional release for the fall survey components: Institutional Characteristics 2021-22, Completions and 12-month enrollment 2020-21.
Provisional release 2 updates release 1 with the provisional release of the winter survey components: Admissions Fall 2021, Graduation Rates 150, Graduation Rates 200 and Outcome Measures, Status date: August 31, 2021 and Student Financial Aid 2020-21.
Provisional release3 updates release 2 with the provisional release of the spring survey components: Fall enrollment 2021-22, Human Resources 2021-22, Finance and Academic Libraries Fiscal year 2021.
Data Dictionary: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/FLAGS2021_Dict.zip