NCES EDGE Postsecondary School Geocodes

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Postsecondary_School_Locations.zip application/zip 30.7 MB 02/15/2025 02:59:PM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences. National Center for Education Statistics. NCES EDGE Postsecondary School Geocodes. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E219601V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title NCES EDGE Postsecondary School Geocodes
Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset contains geocoded location data for postsecondary schools, produced by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) program. Geocodes for postsecondary schools are based on data collected by the NCES Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), an annual survey of institutional characteristics about colleges and universities. Additional information about the IPEDS collection and data resources for postsecondary schools are available at https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations

Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage National
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2015 – 2024 (School years)
Universe:  View help for Universe Postsecondary schools in the United States

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source NCES Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Postsecondary institution
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Lat/long points

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V1 [2025-02-15]

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