Introduction Welcome to the home page of the Web-based data collection system for the Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This system enables you to provide NCES
with the required statistical data for your institution. The registration and collection schedule for the 2008-09 academic year is as
follows:
Registration - Registration for the entire 2008-09 collection cycle will begin August 1, 2008. All keyholders are
requested to register prior to August 27. After that date, the Help Desk will be contacting CEOs to ask to have a keyholder appointed.
Institutions will be given one UserID and password for the entire year (all 3 collection periods). Institutions may change keyholders at
any time during the year. Please refer to the FAQs or the Registration Help for instructions.
Fall 2008 - The Fall 2008 collection includes the Institutional Characteristics, Completions, and 12-month Enrollment components. The Fall
collection opens September 3 and closes October 15, 2008.
Winter 2008-09 - The Winter 2008-09 collection includes the Human Resources component. In addition, institutions have the opportunity to provide Fall Enrollment data
and Finance data at this time. The Winter collection opens December 3, 2008 and closes January 21, 2009.
Spring 2009 - The Spring 2009 collection includes Graduation Rates and Student Financial Aid, as well as Fall Enrollment
and Finance (for those institutions that did not lock in Winter). The Spring collection period extends from March 4 through April 15, 2009.
The completion of all IPEDS surveys, in a timely and accurate manner, is mandatory for all institutions that participate or are applicants for participation in any Federal financial assistance program authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. The completion of the surveys is mandated by 20 U.S.C. 1094, Section 487(a)(17).
The collection and reporting of racial/ethnic data are mandatory for all institutions that receive, are applicants for, or expect to be applicants for Federal financial assistance as defined in the Department of Education (ED) regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (34 CFR 100.13), or defined in any ED regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The collection of racial/ethnic data in vocational programs is mandated by Section 421(a)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act.
The Fall Staff section of the Human Resources component is also mandated by P.L. 88-352, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 (29 CFR 1602, subparts O, P, and Q), in odd-numbered years (i.e., 2007-08, 2009-10, etc.), for institutions with fifteen (15) or more full-time employees.
For those institutions not required to complete this survey on the basis of the above requirements, completion is voluntary and authorized by P.L. 103-382, National Education Statistics Act of 1994, Sec. 404(a).
IPEDS data are not collected under a pledge of confidentiality. However, NCES takes
steps to protect potentially individually identifiable data in the IPEDS Human Resources,
Graduation Rates, and Student Financial Aid data files. Thus these data files are
subject to perturbation. Perturbation of the data is performed in such a manner
that the totals and averages at the institutional level are not affected. The data
files for the surveys noted above that are included in the Peer Analysis System
are perturbed.
Institution Reporting Status -- 2008-09 Collection Year
Click here to check the reporting status of any institution.
Purpose and Uses of the Survey Data
The primary purposes of the surveys are to collect the basic data that identify and describe the universe of postsecondary education institutions; to maintain counts of the number of students enrolled by level of program; to monitor changes in the demographics of postsecondary students; and to provide policymakers with information on financial statistics from postsecondary institutions. The data can be used for peer analysis, sampling postsecondary institutions and decision-making. Information on students is used extensively by federal and state government agencies for workforce planning and by business, industry, and other groups. The data will be made available as consumer information to aid students in choosing a postsecondary institution (see College Opportunities Online Locator (IPEDS College Navigator) at College Navigator)
Institutional Burden
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1850-0582. The time required to complete the Fall information collection is estimated to vary from 2.0 hours to 5.0 hours per response, with an average of 4.3 hours, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. Similarly, the time required to complete the Winter information collection is estimated to vary from 2.5 hours to 6.2 hours, with an average of 4.8 hours; and the time required to complete the Spring information collection is estimated to vary from 7.6 hours to 18.2 hours, with an average of 13.5 hours. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the burden hour estimate of 25,586,105 hours for institutions to implement the U.S. Department of Education Guidance on the Collection and Reporting of Racial and Ethnic Data about Students, Teachers, and Education Staff. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, Information Management Team, Washington, DC 20202-4652. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission, please direct them to ipedshelp@rti.org
NCES Privacy Policy and Use of Cookies by the IPEDS Survey
This notice is to assure respondents that NCES does not use cookies to collect personal information. This system was developed using Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP). This technology (and competing technologies) requires the web server to remember users as they move from page to page during their data entry session. The web server accomplishes this task by assigning a unique "session ID" to users when they log on. In order to support multiple users accessing the system at the same time, the web server uses a “cookie” to track the session ID. The web server sends a cookie to the user’s browser when a new session is created. This cookie contains the session ID and no personal data about the user. No information besides the session ID is written to the user’s hard drive. The cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser.
The most recent versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator allow for rejecting all cookies other than those required for session tracking.
NOTE: Session ID cookies are required to run this application.
The complete NCES Privacy Policy is available on the NCES website at NCES Privacy Policy.
Tutorial
The self-guided tutorials will help get you started using the IPEDS Web-Based Data Collection System.
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