HIFLD OPEN Colleges and Universities Campuses

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Energy. Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory; United States Department of Homeland Security

Version:  View help for Version V1

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colleges-and-universities-campuses-geojson.zip application/zip 2.1 MB 10/17/2025 01:55:PM
colleges-and-universities-campuses-shapefile.zip application/zip 1.8 MB 10/16/2025 03:10:PM
metadata.xml application/xml 17.2 KB 10/16/2025 03:10:PM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Energy. Office of Science. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and United States Department of Homeland Security. HIFLD OPEN Colleges and Universities Campuses. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/E238998V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title HIFLD OPEN Colleges and Universities Campuses
Summary:  View help for Summary The College and University Campuses feature class/shapefile is composed of all Post Secondary Education facilities as defined by the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) Colleges and Universities and Supplemental Colleges point feature classes/shapefiles with a POPULATION value greater than or equal to 500. Also included is a subset of campuses with a POPULATION value under 500 or equal to -999. Included are Doctoral/Research Universities, Masters Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, Associates Colleges, Theological seminaries, Medical Schools and other health care professions, Schools of engineering and technology, business and management, art, music, design, Law schools, Teachers colleges, Tribal colleges, and other specialized institutions. Excluded are online institutions and administrative records as well as colleges and universities that do not have a verifiable campus map. Overall, this data layer covers all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and other assorted U.S. territories. This feature class/shapefile contains all MEDS/MEDS+ as approved by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Team. Complete field and attribute information is available in the ”Entities and Attributes” metadata section. Geographical coverage is depicted in the thumbnail above and detailed in the "Place Keyword" section of the metadata. This feature class does not have a relationship class but is related to Supplemental Colleges and Colleges and Universities. Note that attribution is derived from the Colleges and Universities and Supplemental Colleges feature classes/shapefiles. Refer to the metadata of those feature classes/shapefiles for further information regarding attribution. This release includes 21 new records and the removal of 88 records that are no longer applicable based on the sourced datasets.


Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://hifld-geoplatform.hub.arcgis.com/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms GIS; HIFLD Open; Colleges; Universities; Campuses
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 6/28/2019 – 7/25/2022
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 6/28/2019 – 7/25/2022
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Archived from the HIFLD Open GIS data repository, which was deactivated on August 26, 2025.


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