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IPEDS IC ADMISSIONS CONSIDER

IPEDS institution characteristics on admissions consideration for undergraduate selection. This table contains information regarding each institution's undergraduate admissions policies and selection process for a survey year.


Field Name Description Data Type Length
ACADEMIC_YEAR_KEY Use this field to join the ACADEMIC YEAR table to a fact table for time dimension information. VARCHAR2 4
ADMCON_COLLEGE_PREP_PROG_CODE Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Completion of college-preparatory program (code) Value - Label 1 - Required 2 - Recommended 3 - Neither required nor recommended 4-- Dont Know -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
ADMCON_COLLEGE_PREP_PROG_DESC Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Completion of college-preparatory program (description) VARCHAR2 75
ADMCON_DEMO_COMPETENCE_CODE Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments) (code) Value - Label 1 - Required 2 - Recommended 3 - Neither required nor recommended 4 - Dont Know -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
ADMCON_DEMO_COMPETENCE_DESC Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolios, certificates of mastery, assessment instruments) (description) VARCHAR2 75
ADMCON_RECOMMENDATION_CODE Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Recommendations (code) Value - Label 1 - Required 2 - Recommended 3 - Neither required nor recommended 4 - Dont Know -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
ADMCON_RECOMMENDATION_DESC Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Recommendations (description) VARCHAR2 75
ADMCON_SEC_GPA_CODE Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Secondary school GPA (code) Value - Label 1 - Required 2 - Recommended 3 - Neither required nor recommended 4 - Dont Know -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
ADMCON_SEC_GPA_DESC Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Secondary school GPA (description) VARCHAR2 75
ADMCON_SEC_SCHOOL_RANK_CODE Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Secondary class standing (code) Value - Label 1 - Required 2 - Recommended 3 - Neither required nor recommended 4 - Dont know -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
ADMCON_SEC_SCHOOL_RANK_DESC Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Secondary class standing (description) VARCHAR2 75
ADMCON_SEC_SCHOOL_RECORD_CODE Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Secondary school record (code) Value - Label 1 - Required 2 - Recommended 3 - Neither required nor recommended 4 - Dont Know -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
ADMCON_SEC_SCHOOL_RECORD_DESC Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Secondary school record (description) VARCHAR2 75
ADMCON_TEST_SCORE_CODE Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Admission test scores (SAT, ACT, etc.) (code) Value - Label 1 - Required 2 - Recommended 3 - Neither required nor recommended 4 - Dont Know -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
ADMCON_TEST_SCORE_DESC Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - Admission test scores (SAT, ACT, etc.) (description) VARCHAR2 75
ADMCON_TOEFL_CODE Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) test scores (code) Value - Label 1 - Required 2 - Recommended 3 - Neither required nor recommended 4 - Dont Know -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
ADMCON_TOEFL_DESC Admission consideration for undergraduate selection - TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) test scores (description) VARCHAR2 75
INSTITUTION_KEY Use this field to join to another table with the same-name field (ie. INSTITUTION_KEY). VARCHAR2 6
INSTITUTION_NAME Name of an institution. VARCHAR2 60
IPEDS_IC_KEY Use this field to join between two IPEDS Institution Characteristics tables. VARCHAR2 10
OPEN_ADMISSION_POLICY_CODE Open admission policy for all or most entering first-year undergraduate-level students (code) Value - Label 1 - Yes 2 - No 3 - Institution does not admit first-year undergraduate level students -1 - {Not reported} -2 - {Item not applicable} -3 - {Item not available} VARCHAR2 2
OPEN_ADMISSION_POLICY_DESC Open admission policy for all or most entering first-year undergraduate-level students (description) VARCHAR2 75
SURVEY_YEAR Year the survey was issued (e.g. 1999 for Fall 1999) VARCHAR2 4
UNIT_ID Unique identification number of each AAUDE institution VARCHAR2 6
WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE The date the records were last loaded/updated in this table in the Data Warehouse DATE 7

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