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Description & Citation--Study No. 4253

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:4253
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04253
 
Title:Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Earned Degrees, 1990-1991
 
Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics
 
Series:Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. INTEGRATED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM (IPEDS): EARNED DEGREES, 1990-1991 [Computer file]. ICPSR04253-v1. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, National Center for Education Statistics [producer], 1991. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-07-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04253
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection contains information on degrees earned at a sample of postsecondary institutions in the United States. The survey collected data on the number of completions of academic, vocational, and continuing professional educational programs by award category. There are three files in the collection. Part 1, Response Status Information, contains response status information to the completions survey for active institutions in the sample. Part 2, Postsecondary Completions: Awards/Degrees Conferred, contains the number of degrees and other awards granted by the institution in each field of study (CIP code), by level of award/degree, and sex of recipient. Part 3, Postsecondary Completions by Major Discipline (Two-Digit CIP Codes), contains the number of degrees and other awards conferred by major discipline (two-digit CIP code), award level, race/ethnicity, and sex of recipient.
 
Subject Term(s):academic degrees, associates degrees, bachelors degrees, colleges, community colleges, doctoral degrees, earned degrees, ethnicity, higher education, masters degrees, postsecondary education, universities
 
Geographic Coverage:American Samoa, Guam, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, United States, Virgin Islands of the United States, Global
 
Time Period:July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1991
 
Date(s) of Collection:October 1991 - March l992
 
Universe:All postsecondary institutions in operation during 1990-1991 in the United States and its territories.
 
Data Type:survey data
 

Methodology

Weight:None
 
Mode of Data Collection:self-enumerated questionnaires
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2005-07-06
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Response Status Information
  • DS2: Postsecondary Completions: Awards/Degrees Conferred
  • DS3: Postsecondary Completions by Major Discipline (Two-Digit CIP Codes)
 

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