Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2024-25 through 2026-27

Throughout these forms, the type of data reported or provided in each field is indicated with an abbreviation. The table below provides information about these abbreviations.

CF	Carried forward. Values are carried forward from other parts of the survey form.
CV	Calculated value. IPEDS calculates the information based on the data provided.
PL	Preloaded value. IPEDS preloads the information for the institution (when available).
PY	Prior year value. IPEDS preloads the information for the institution (when available).
RB	Radio button option. Only one of the options can be selected.
RV	Reported value. All reported values in IPEDS are numerical.

Questions with varied applicability

Some questions are not applicable to all institutions. Please see the table below for information. In the materials below, variability is indicated with [gold].

CIP Data	Institutions complete this screen for each CIP code they select
Completers by level	Institutions complete this page for each award level they report

Years that change across the 3 years of clearance

Dates change for some elements depending on the collection year. Please see the table below for information. In the materials below, variability is indicated with [green].

Reporting period

Reporting period is loaded based on data collection cycle.

Collection Year 2024-25: between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024

Collection Year 2025-26: between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025

Collection Year 2026-27: between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026

Completions Screens 2024-25 through 2026-27 Data Collections

Completions Overview

Welcome to the IPEDS Completions survey component. The Completions component is one of several IPEDS components that is conducted during the Fall data collection period. It collects the number of degrees and certificates awarded by field of study, level of award, race/ethnicity, and gender. The reporting period for the Completions component is during the 12-month time period beginning July 1 of the previous calendar year and ending June 30 of the current calendar year; therefore, for this year’s Completions component, the reporting period is between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. The Completions component is also collecting the number of students (e.g., completers) who earned awards between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

Data Reporting Reminder:

Report data to accurately reflect the time period corresponding with the IPEDS survey component, even if such reporting is seemingly inconsistent with prior-year reporting.

Changes in reporting

The following changes were implemented for the 2024-25 data collection:

Added a question on whether institutions had zero students that were conferred an award between July l, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

Use the 2020 CIP codes for this year’s data collection.

The CIP 2020 website includes a list of new CIP codes, a list of deleted CIP codes, a list of moved CIP Codes, and an online crosswalk of the 2010 CIP and 2020 CIP.

Some common Completions component errors include the following:

Including award levels on your current year Completions that were not reported on your previous year's (PY) Institutional Characteristics (IC). [Award levels in the PY IC component cannot be changed; therefore, contact the IPEDS Help Desk at 1-877-225-2568 if you need assistance.]
Forgetting to select CIP codes for new programs of study that are offered by the institution, but do not have completions for the reporting period.
Forgetting to enter in zero in at least one of the cells for CIP codes that do not have completions.
Even though Teacher Preparation certificate programs may require a bachelor's degree for admission, they are considered subbaccalaureate undergraduate programs, and students in these programs are undergraduate students.

Keep in mind that some information provided by institutions on the Completions component appear in the College Navigator, which is a major tool used by consumers searching for information about postsecondary education. It is therefore vitally important that you include accurate information about your institution.

Survey materials can be downloaded using the following link: Survey Materials.

CIP Data

CIP Data [Institutions complete this screen for each CIP code they select]

Institutions must report, by award level, whether programs are offered as distance education programs. If a program has a traditional offering and a distance education option, completions should be reported regardless of whether or not the program was completed through distance education.

Awards conferred between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024

Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino
Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only

Check the box below only if there were zero students that were conferred an award between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

CB	No awards were conferred between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

	Men	Men (PY)	Women	Women (PY)	Total (Men + Women)
U.S. Nonresident	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
Hispanic/Latino	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
American Indian or Alaska Native	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
Asian	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
Black or African American	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
White	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
Two or More Races	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
Race and Ethnicity Unknown	RV	PY	RV	PY	CV
TOTAL AWARDS	CV	PY	CV	PY	CV

Is at least one program within this CIP code offered as a distance education program?
RB	All programs in this CIP code in this award level can be completed entirely via distance education.
RB	Some programs in this CIP code in this award level can be completed entirely via distance education.
RB	None of the programs in this CIP code in this award level can be completed entirely via distance education.

All Completers

All Completers

Institutions must report the following information. (Some data will be pre-populated from the completions by CIP code data.)

Number of students by gender and race and ethnicity earning an award between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Count each student only once, regardless of how many awards he/she earned. The intent of this screen is to collect an unduplicated count of total numbers of completers.

Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino
Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only

	Men		Women
	Number of students	Total Awards	Number of students	Total Awards	Total Students
U.S. Nonresident	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
Hispanic/Latino	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
American Indian or Alaska Native	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
Asian	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
Black or African American	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
White	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
Two or More Races	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
Race and Ethnicity Unknown	RV	PL	RV	PL	CV
TOTAL AWARDS	CV	PL	CV	PL	CV

Gender Unknown or Another Gender than Provided Categories

The purpose of this supplemental section is to determine whether institutions are able to report the number of students for whom gender is unknown and the number of students for whom gender does not align with the ‘Men’ and ‘Women’ categories. Note that these students must still be allocated into the ‘Men’ and ‘Women’ categories in all other sections of the survey component.
Institutions should not ask students that do not select a binary gender to allocate themselves to a binary gender category; it is up to the institution to allocate unknown students and students that indicate another gender into the binary categories throughout the forms where required. One method commonly used by institutions is to allocate these students to the binary categories required in other parts of the form using the proportion of men to women reported.
The ‘gender unknown’ category is to report students for whom the institution does not know a gender.

Is your institution able to report another gender for the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 reporting period? If you indicate ‘No, my institution is not able to report another gender,’ leave the cells in the rows for ‘Another gender’ blank (i.e., do not report 0). If you indicate ‘No, some cells will have a value of less than 5 students,’ your institution collects data on another gender, but some cells have a value of less than 5 students, do not report the data and leave the cells in the rows for ‘Another gender’ blank. If you indicate ‘Yes’, but no students identified as another gender, please enter ‘0’.

Undergraduate students:

RB	No, my institution is not able to report another gender (do not report)
RB	No, some cells will have a value of less than 5 students (do not report)
RB	Yes

Graduate students:

RB	No, my institution is not able to report another gender (do not report)
RB	No, some cells will have a value of less than 5 students (do not report)
RB	Yes

Of the total students reported, how many students did you allocate to a binary gender category (Men/Women) because their gender was unknown or another gender than the provided categories?

	Number of students
	Undergraduate students	Graduate students [Applicable to institutions with graduate students only]
Grand total [Carried forward]	CF	CF
Gender unknown (i.e., gender information is not known or not collected).	RV	RV
Another gender (i.e., gender information is known but does not fall into either of the mutually exclusive binary categories provided [Men/Women]).	RV	RV
Total of Gender unknown + Another gender [CV]	CV	CV
Total of Students for whom gender is known and falls into one of the mutually exclusive binary categories provided [Men/Women] [CV]	CV	CV

You may use the box below to provide additional context for the data you have reported above. Context notes will be posted on the College Navigator website. Therefore, you should write all context notes using proper grammar (e.g., complete sentences with punctuation) and common language that can be easily understood by students and parents (e.g., spell out acronyms).

OPEN ENTRY CONTEXT BOX

Completers by Level

Completers by Level [Institutions complete this page for each award level they report]

Institutions must report the number of students who earned an award by level. This screen will be shown for each of the following consolidated award levels for which there is a reported completion:

Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of:
- Less than 300 clock hours, or
- Less than 9 SEMESTER or TRIMESTER credit hours, or
- Less than 13 QUARTER credit hours
Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of:
- 300-899 clock hours, or
- 9-29 SEMESTER or TRIMESTER credit hours, or
- 13-44 QUARTER credit hours
Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of:
- 900 or more clock hours, or
- 30 or more SEMESTER or TRIMESTER credit hours, or
- 45 or more QUARTER credit hours
Associate's degrees
Bachelor's degrees
Master's degrees
Doctor's degrees
Postbaccalaureate and post-master's certificates

[Award Level]

Number of students by gender, by race and ethnicity, and by age earning this award between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Each student should be counted once per award level. For example, if a student earned a master's degree and a doctor's degree, he/she should be counted once in master's and once in doctor's. A student earning two master's degrees should be counted only once.

Report Hispanic/Latino individuals of any race as Hispanic/Latino
Report race for non-Hispanic/Latino individuals only

By Gender

	Number of Students	Total Awards
Men	RV	CV
Women	RV	CV
TOTAL	RV	CV
PY TOTAL	PL	PL

By Race/Ethnicity

	Number of Students	Total Awards
U.S. Nonresident	RV	CV
Hispanic/Latino	RV	CV
American Indian or Alaska Native	RV	CV
Asian	RV	CV
Black or African American	RV	CV
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	RV	CV
White	RV	CV
Two or More Races	RV	CV
Race and Ethnicity Unknown	RV	CV
TOTAL	CV	CV

By Age

	Number of Students	Total Awards
Under 18	RV	CV
18-24	RV	CV
25-39	RV	CV
40 and Above	RV	CV
Age Unknown	RV	CV
TOTAL	CV	CV

Completions Instructions 2024-25 through 2026-27 Data Collections

Purpose of Component

Changes in Reporting

General Instructions

Reporting Period Covered

Context Boxes

Coverage

Where to Get Help

Where the Data Will Appear

Detailed Instructions

Reporting Persons by Racial/Ethnic Category

Program Selection Screen

Crosswalk between the IPEDS Award Levels (used on CIP data screens) and the Consolidated Award Levels (used on Completers by Level screens)

Award Levels

I. "CIP Data" Screens

II. "Completers" screens

II.a. "All Completers" screen

II.b. "Completers by Level" screen

II.b.1. "Completers by Level - Award Level" screen

Purpose of Component

The purpose of the Completions component of IPEDS is to collect data on the number of awards conferred by postsecondary institutions during the 12-month time period beginning July 1 of the previous calendar year and ending June 30 of the current calendar year. The awards reported range from subbaccalaureate certificates to doctor's degrees and must be recognized postsecondary credentials conferred by the postsecondary institution as the result of completion of an academic or occupational/vocational program of study. The program's instructional activity can be measured in credit hours, clock hours, or some other unit of measurement. Postsecondary credentials must be recognized by the institution’s appropriate governing body. Data are collected by race/ethnicity and gender for each award level within each program (as defined by 6-digit CIP codes). Data are collected for both first and second major fields of study. A new purpose involves collecting data on whether a program is offered as a distance education program.

This survey component also collects the number of students (e.g., completers) by gender and race/ethnicity who earned an award during the 12-month time period beginning July 1 of the previous calendar year and ending June 30 of the current calendar year. (The intent of this new item is to collect an unduplicated count of total numbers of completers.)

Also, the Completions component collects the number of completers by award level for the same reporting period previously mentioned.

Changes in reporting

The following changes were implemented for the 2024-25 data collection:

Added a question on whether institutions had zero students that were conferred an award between July l, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

Institutions should use 2020 CIP codes for the 2024-25 data collection. The CIP 2020 website includes a list of new CIP codes, a list of deleted CIP codes, a list of moved CIP Codes, and an online crosswalk of the 2010 CIP and 2020 CIP.

General Instructions

Reporting Period Covered

Report all degrees and other recognized postsecondary credentials conferred by your institution between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Also, report students (e.g., completers) who earned the related degrees and other recognized postsecondary credentials from your institution between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

Context Boxes

Context boxes are provided to allow institutions to provide more information regarding survey component items. Note that some context boxes are posted on the College Navigator website, which is the college search tool offered by NCES. NCES will review entries in these context boxes for applicability and appropriateness before posting them on the College Navigator website; institutions should check grammar and spelling of their entries.

Coverage

What to Include

Recognized postsecondary credentials conferred as the result of completion of an academic or occupational/vocational program of study. (Note that only CIP codes describing academic or occupational/vocational programs of study are valid CIP codes on the Completions component.) The instructional activity completed as part of the program of study must be credit-bearing, but can be measured in credit hours, clock hours, or some other unit of measurement.
Awards conferred by the postsecondary institution.
Awards conferred between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
Multiple awards conferred to a single student.

What to Exclude

Recognized postsecondary credentials earned, but not yet conferred.
Recognized postsecondary credentials conferred by branches of your institution located in foreign countries.
Honorary degrees.
Recognized postsecondary credentials conferred by an entity other than the postsecondary institution (such as the state, or an industry certificate).
Recognized postsecondary credentials earned as the result of an avocational, basic skills, residency, or other program not recognized by IPEDS as academic or occupational/vocational.
Examples of recognized postsecondary credentials to exclude:

Merit
Completion
Attendance
ESL
Developmental/college preparatory
Noncredit

Where to Get Help with Reporting

IPEDS Help Desk

Phone: (877) 225-2568

E-mail: [email protected]

Web Tutorials

You can consult the IPEDS website's Trainings & Outreach page which contains several tutorials on IPEDS data collection, a self-paced overview of IPEDS tools, and other valuable resources.

IPEDS Resource Page

The IPEDS website's Reporting Tools page contains frequently asked questions, a link to data tip sheets, tutorials, taxonomies, information centers (e.g., academic libraries, average net price, human resources, race/ethnicity, etc.), and other valuable information.

Where the Reported Data Will Appear

Data collected through IPEDS will be accessible at the institution and aggregate levels.

At the institution-level, data will appear in the:

College Navigator website
IPEDS Use the Data portal
IPEDS Data Feedback Reports
College Affordability and Transparency Center website

At the aggregate-level, data will appear in:

IPEDS Data Explorer
IPEDS Data Feedback Reports
The Digest of Education Statistics
The Condition of Education

Detailed Instructions

Reporting Persons by Racial/Ethnic Category (1997 OMB)

This information is being collected in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Sec. 421(a)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. These instructions correspond with the Final Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting, and Reporting Racial and Ethnic Data to the U.S. Department of Education, published in the Federal Register on October 19, 2007.

Method of collection - Institutions must collect race and ethnicity information using a 2-question format. The first question is whether the respondent is Hispanic/Latino. The second question is whether the respondent is from one or more races from the following list: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White. Institutions should allow students and staff to self-identify their race and ethnicity. For further details on the guidance for collecting these data, please see the full Federal Register notice.

Method of reporting aggregate data - Institutions must report aggregate data to the U.S. Department of Education using the NINE Method of reporting aggregate data - Institutions must report aggregate data to the U.S. Department of Education using the NINE categories below. Racial/ethnic designations are requested only for United States citizens, residents, and other eligible non-citizens. Eligible noncitizens includes all students who completed high school or a GED equivalency within the United States (including DACA and undocumented students) and who were not on an F-1 non-immigrant student visa at the time of high school graduation. More information about other eligible (for financial aid purposes) non-citizens is available at https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements/non-us-citizens.

Hispanic or Latino, regardless of race

For Non-Hispanic/Latino individuals:

American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Two or more races

In addition, the following categories may be used:

U.S. Nonresident
Race and ethnicity unknown

Racial/ethnic descriptions - Racial/ethnic designations as used in this survey do not denote scientific definitions of anthropological origins. The categories are:

Hispanic or Latino- A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
American Indian or Alaska Native- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment.
Asian- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Black or African American- A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander- A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
White - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.

Other descriptive categories

U.S. Nonresident - A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely. Do not include DACA, undocumented, or other eligible noncitizens in this category. NOTE - U.S. Nonresidents are to be reported separately, in the boxes provided, rather than included in any of the seven racial/ethnic categories.
Race and ethnicity unknown - This category is used only if the person did not select EITHER a racial or ethnic designation.

Program Selection Screen

This list represents all the programs, by 6-digit CIP code and award levels, reported on your institution's previous submission. From this screen you may add or delete 6-digit programs, double majors, and award levels.

NOTE: Program reporters need to check to be sure that the CIP codes that you listed in your responses to the 2023-24 IC questions D7 and D8 are included in the July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 IPEDS Completions CIP List.

Adding new programs - To add a new program, click the 'Search/Add Program' button at the top of your list of programs. You then have several ways to proceed:

Enter all or parts of the program name and click the 'Search' key. This will bring up all the fields and programs with the text in the title. Make your selection from this list.
As an alternative, you can click the first letter of the name of the program from the menu of letters. For example, if you want to add Philosophy, click the 'P'. This brings up a list of all fields beginning with 'P'; then select the field name. After this, you may add programs within the field.
If you know the 2-digit or 4-digit CIP for the broad group of programs, enter the portion of CIP code and click 'Search' key. This will bring up a list of all the programs within the selected group.

After selecting the program, designate the appropriate award level(s).

If you cannot find a CIP code to describe your program:

Select the general category (xx.xx01 or xx.0000) if the program follows an unspecialized, broad program of study within the area described by the 4-digit or 2-digit CIP Code.
Select the "Other" code (xx.9999 or xx.xx99) if your program of study is specialized within the area described by the two digit CIP code, but there is not a specific 6-digit CIP code which adequately describes the instructional program.

DO NOT develop any new CIP codes.

Deleting a program - If your institution no longer offers a specific program at any award level, click on the 'Delete program' icon. A field or program should NOT be deleted if you expect to report completions for it in future years. See "CIP Data" for programs with no completions for the reporting year.

You will have to confirm any deletions.

Adding/deleting award level or 2nd major - If you need to add or delete one or more award levels or 2nd majors for a given program, click on the 'Add/Delete Award Levels' icon. This activates a pop-up window with all the possible award levels and two columns of boxes, one for 1st majors and the other for 2nd majors. The initial check marks reflect what was reported the previous year. If awards were conferred in this program for the current collection at an award level not indicated, click the corresponding box (either 1st or 2nd major). If your institution no longer awards degrees/certificates at an award level and expects not to award at that level in the future, or no longer awards a 2nd major at the level, un-click the box. NOTE: If a 1st major is deleted for an award level that also had 2nd major checked, the 2nd major will be automatically deleted also. This also removes any degree counts already entered.

Once you have made all the necessary changes, click the 'Save' button and the changes will be reflected on the selection screen.

In addition, users may enter context on this page. These are intended to provide users a place to indicate characteristics of the institution which may make applying IPEDS definitions and instructions problematic. The context should not be used for explanations of edit reports, as there are other locations specifically for that purpose.

After completing this page, click "Save".

In order to begin entering completions data, click on the award level number for the appropriate 1st or 2nd major and award level. This will bring up a CIP Data page.

Classification of degrees according to major field of study

Remember: 2020 CIP Codes are now being used to describe field of study. Please consult the 2020 CIP website to assist you in selecting relevant new fields of study.

Specific Classification - Classify degrees and awards as specifically as the list of CIP programs permits. Thus, report a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a business economics major in Business/Managerial Economics (52.0601), not in Business/Commerce, General (52.0101).
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy - Classify the Doctor of Philosophy degree according to the student's major field of study. Thus, a Ph.D. in chemistry should be reported as a degree in chemistry, not as one in philosophy.
Majors of Students Prepared to Teach - The general rule is to classify degrees according to the major area of specialization. This means that degrees to students who may be qualified to teach an academic subject (such as English, biology, or foreign languages) but did not pursue a program solely for the purpose of teaching, should be reported in English Language and Literature/Letters (23.xxxx), Biological and Biomedical Sciences (26.xxxx), and Foreign Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (16.xxxx) respectively, not in Education (13.xxxx). On the other hand, the degrees of students who have completed a program that is specifically preparing them to teach special subjects (such as agriculture, art, music, etc.) should be reported in Agricultural Teacher Education (Vocational) (13.1301), Art Teacher Education (13.1302), Music Teacher Education (13.1312), etc.
Split Majors - When a student graduates with a split major, report the award in the area of greater specialization, if possible. Otherwise, the award should be reported in the program closest to the combination. If neither of these approaches can be used, the award should be reported as follows:
- If the split major involves two program specialties within the same program category, use the "General" or "Multiple emphasis" program specialty. For example, a split major involving two languages should be reported in Foreign Languages and Literatures, General (16.0101); a major in sociology and political science should be reported under Social Sciences, General (45.0101).
- If the split major involves program specialties from different program categories, the award should be reported under the one of greater specialization.
Double Majors - When a student receives a single degree with majors in two (or more) program specialties, report the degree in one program (1st major); you should report the second program specialty as a "second major." As with the other degrees/awards, those programs for which your institution reported 2nd majors the previous year will already be indicated on the selection screen. To make changes in second majors for a program, click the 'Add/Delete Award Levels' icon.

NOTE: Second majors may only be reported for associate's, bachelor's, master's, and/or doctor's degrees.

Two Degrees - If a student actually receives two degrees based on two independent courses of study, (e.g., one in Business and Management and one in Foreign Languages), report each degree under the appropriate program category.
Arts and Sciences or General Programs Not Organized in Occupational Curriculums - These are certificates or degrees based on less than four years of work in the arts and sciences or general programs not organized in occupational curriculums. Such awards should be reported under one of the Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (24.01xx) programs.
General Majors - The term "general major" is used to designate general, unspecialized curriculums within an area of study. Ordinarily, degrees based on a general major should be reported in one of the "general" programs.
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies - These refer to fields of study that represent two or more broad program categories which are found in different 2-digit CIP Code Series; e.g., Mathematics and Computer Science (30.0801). These are found within the 2-digit CIP "30". If reporting awards under similar fields of study that are not in the current CIP listing, use "30.9999", making sure to specify the exact name of the multi/interdisciplinary study.

Crosswalk between the IPEDS Award Levels (used on CIP data screens) and the Consolidated Award Levels (used on Completers by Level screens)

IPEDS Award Levels

(used on CIP data screens)

Consolidated Award Levels

(used on Completers by Level screen)

1a - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

less than 300 clock hours, or
less than 9 semester or trimester credit hours, or
less than 13 quarter credit hours

Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

less than 300 clock hours, or
less than 9 semester or trimester credit hours, or
less than 13 quarter credit hours

1b - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

300-899 clock hours, or
9-29 semester or trimester credit hours, or
13-44 quarter credit hours

Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

300-899 clock hours, or
9-29 semester or trimester credit hours, or
13-44 quarter credit hours

2 - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

at least 900 but less than 1,800 clock hours, or
at least 30 but less than 60 semester or trimester credit hours, or
at least 45 but less than 90 quarter credit hours

4 - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

1,800 or more clock hours, or
60 or more semester or trimester credit hours, or
90 or more quarter credit hours

Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

900 or more clock hours, or
30 or more semester or trimester credit hours, or
45 or more quarter credit hours

3 - Associate's degree

Associate's degrees

5 - Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degrees

7 - Master's degree

Master's degrees

17 - Doctor's degree - research/scholarship;

18 - Doctor's degree - professional practice;

19 - Doctor's degree - other

Doctor's degrees

6 - Postbaccalaureate certificate;

8 - Post-master's certificate

Postbaccalaureate and post-master's certificates

Definitions of the award levels listed above in the left column can be found in the IPEDS Glossary (https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary).

Award levels

The twelve award levels under which completions can be reported are:

1a - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

Less than 300 clock hours, or
Less than 9 SEMESTER or TRIMESTER credit hours, or
Less than 13 QUARTER credit hours

1b - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

300-899 clock hours, or
9-29 SEMESTER or TRIMESTER credit hours, or
13-44 QUARTER credit hours

2 - Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma of

At least 900, but less than 1800 clock hours, or
At least 30, but less than 60 SEMESTER OR TRIMESTER HOURS
At least 45, but less than 90 QUARTER HOURS

3 - Associate's degree

4 - Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma of

1800 or more clock hours, or
60 or more SEMESTER OR TRIMESTER credit hours, or
90 or more QUARTER credit hours

5 - Bachelor's degree

6 - Postbaccalaureate certificate

7 - Master's degree

8 - Post-master's certificate

17 - Doctor's degree - research/scholarship

18 - Doctor's degree - professional practice

19 - Doctor's degree - other

I. CIP Data Screens

Each program/award level on the Program Selection screen (including 1st and 2nd majors where selected) has a corresponding CIP Data screen. At the top are the CIP code and name of the program, followed by the award level and 1st/2nd major of the current screen on the next line.

Be sure to include every program offered at your institution, regardless of whether it currently has students enrolled, or if students in the program are eligible to receive Title IV federal aid.

When reporting distance education offerings, do not include remote learning implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic unless the program anticipates maintaining this modality permanently. Allowing program completion via distance education is not the same as having planned full distance education programs.

Programs with completions - Enter the number of awards conferred during the reporting period in the appropriate boxes and refer to the section called, "Reporting Persons by Racial/Ethnic Category," as necessary. To the right of each data entry cell, the corresponding number from your institution's previous submission is displayed in red.

Programs with no completions - If there were zero students that were conferred an award in a particular program/award level during July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, but your institution still offers the program at that level, check box ‘No awards were conferred between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024’ on the data page. Do not delete a program/award level if you expect to have completions in future years.

NOTE: All awards must be reported as whole numbers. Do not report fractions of an award.

Distance Education

For each 6-digit CIP code and program level/length combination at your institution, please select one of the following three options (it is possible that one or more programs may be reported under the same CIP):

All programs in the CIP can be completed entirely online.
At least one program in the CIP can be completed entirely online.
None of the programs in this CIP can be completed entirely online.

NOTE: Requirements for coming to campus for orientation, testing, or academic support services do not exclude a program from being classified as exclusively distance education. Similarly, if instructional portions of the program are entirely online, but there is a requirement to complete a practicum, residency, or internship, the program is still considered entirely distance education.

You may click the 'Next Screen' button, and the system will bring up the next screen in the following order: (1) the 2nd major for the current CIP/award level if one was designated; (2) the next award level for this program; or (3) the next program in the list of CIP codes on the left.
You may go directly to another program or field by clicking on the appropriate CIP code on the left. In this case, the first award level for that CIP will appear.
You may click on the 'Selection screen' at the top of the list of CIP codes. This will return you to the Selection Screen page.
On the last program/award level screen (based on CIP code and award level) after entering and saving the data, you may browse and/or print the totals by gender, award level, and race/ethnicity by clicking the 'Summary Report' button. When you are satisfied, click the 'Proceed' button which will return you to the CIP Selection screen.

II. "Completers" screens

II.a. "All Completers" screen

Enter the number of students who earned an award between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 by gender and race and ethnicity. Count each student only once for each award level, regardless of how many awards he/she earned. The intent of this screen is to collect an unduplicated count of total numbers of completers.(Students counted on the "All Completers" screen should be the students who earned the awards.)

For the ‘All Completers’ screen that is collected by gender and race/ethnicity, allocate students for whom gender is unknown or another gender than the binary gender categories provided. After that screen, you will be asked to report how many students you had to allocate to a binary gender category (Men/Women) because their gender was unknown or another gender than the provided categories (Men/Women). If your institution is not able to report another gender, please select ‘No, my institution is not able to report another gender’ to the question and leave the cells in the ‘Another gender’ row blank (do not input 0s). If you institution collects data on another gender, but some cells will have a value of less than 5 students, please select ‘No, some cells will have a value of less than 5 students,’ do not report the data and leave the cells in the rows for ‘Another gender’ blank. If you indicate ‘Yes’, but no students identified as another gender, please enter ‘0’ in the appropriate row(s).

II.b. "Completers by Level" screen

For each award level for which you have reported completions, enter the number of students represented by those completions. The number of students who earned this award between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 should be entered by gender, by race and ethnicity, and by age. The date should be the student's age at the time the award was conferred.

Each student should be counted only once per award level. For example, if a student earned a master's and doctor's degree, he/she should be counted once in master's and once in doctor's. A student who earned two master's degrees should be counted only once.

The total number of students reported by gender must equal the total number of students reported by race and ethnicity. Each of the two previously mentioned totals must equal the total number of students reported by age.

II.b.1. "Completers by Level" screen - Award Levels

The following eight award levels are applicable to the "Completers by Level" screen:

Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma of: less than 300 clock hours, less than 9 semester or trimester credit hours, or less than 13 quarter credit hours
Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma of: 300-899 clock hours, 9-29 semester or trimester credit hours, or 13-44 quarter credit hours
Postsecondary award, certificate, or diploma of: 900 or more clock hours, 30 or more semester or trimester credit hours, or 45 or more quarter credit hours
Associate's degrees
Bachelor's degrees
Master's degrees
Doctor's degrees
Postbaccalaureate and post-master's certificates

While there are eight award levels applicable to the "Completers by Level" screen (e.g., number of students) in this section (II), there are 12 award levels applicable to the "CIP Data" screen (e.g., number of awards) in section I. Some of the award levels associated with the "CIP Data" screen have been combined to form the eight award levels for the "Completers by Level" screen. Consequently, in the "Completers by Level" section, screens will be displayed based on the award levels for which completions have been reported in the "CIP Data" section. [Refer to the "Crosswalk between the IPEDS Award Levels (used on CIP data screens) and the Consolidated Award Levels (used on Completers by Level screens)" for additional information.]

Completions FAQs 2024-25 through 2026-27 Data Collections

General

What certificates should be included?

All certificates that are recognized postsecondary credentials should be included. This typically means any certificates that are eligible to be recorded on students’ transcripts.

Should recognized postsecondary credentials awarded to incarcerated students be reported in the Completions survey component?

Yes, all recognized postsecondary credentials awarded by your institution should be reported, including those conferred to incarcerated students.

Should my institution, which is participating as a U.S. Department of Education experimental site, include experimental site participants in IPEDS Completions?

No, exclude experimental site participants from reporting.

When did the 2020 Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) become effective?

IPEDS Keyholders and Coordinators were required to use the 2020 CIP beginning with the 2020-21 IPEDS data collection. Questions regarding the 2020 CIP can be sent to [email protected] or to the IPEDS Help Desk at [email protected].

Where can I obtain a copy of the 2020 CIP?

Copies of the 2020 CIP are available in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel from the "Resources Page" of the 2020 CIP website at the following link: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56.

If I decide to use file upload, will it accept the 2000 CIP, the 2010 CIP and the 2020 CIP?

You can no longer use the 2000 CIP and the 2010 CIP. The 2020 CIP is now mandatory and that is the only import record layout that is available.

I have no CIP codes listed on my Completions survey. Do I still need to report data?

Yes, you must report any degrees, certificates, or other recognized postsecondary credentials conferred between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. If you have no codes listed, then you must create a list by adding programs. Please review the survey instructions carefully before doing this.

If a student was awarded two degrees during the collection period, should I report only one degree on the "CIP Data" screen, in order to avoid double-counting the student? Also, how do I select which CIP to report?

If the student actually receives two degrees based on two independent courses of study, then each degree should be reported under the appropriate level and CIP. Remember, the "CIP Data" screen is collecting the number of degrees/certificates, not the number of students receiving them.

In reporting completions during the 2024-25 fall data collection, should I include degrees and certificates awarded in the summer 2024 term?

Your 2024-25 Completions data reporting should include degrees and awards conferred between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Unless they were conferred before June 30, they should be reported the next year.

I cannot find any CIP code that matches one of our programs, and the system will only let me select one of the standard codes. What should I do?

If the program covers parts of several CIP codes and there is a “General” CIP (normally xx.yy01) for the 2-digit CIP area, use that. If not, use the “Other” code (either xx.9999 or in some cases xx.yy99).

Using the new postbaccalaureate award levels, how should I code awards formerly known as first professional degrees and first professional certificates?

The following CIP codes, which were formerly reported as first professional degrees should now be coded as doctor's degree-research/scholarship; doctor's degree-professional practice; or doctor's degree-other: Chiropractic (D.C., D.C.M)(51.0101); Dentistry (D.D.S, D.M.D) (51.0401); Medicine (M.D.) (51.1201); Optometry (O.D.) (51.1701); Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy (D.O) (51.1202); Pharmacy (Pharm.D) (51.2001); Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry (D.P.M., D.P., Pod D) (51.1203); Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M) (01.8001); and Law (L.L.B, J.D.) (22.0101). First professional certificates in these fields should be reported as post-master's certificates.

Previously, Master's of Divinity/Ministry (M.Div) and Master's of Rabbinical Studies (M.H.L./Rav, B.D. or Ordination) were coded as first-professional degrees. How should they be reported using the postbaccalaureate award levels?

Using the new postbaccalaureate award levels, Master's of Divinity/Ministry (39.0602) and Master's of Rabbinical Studies (39.0605) should be reported as master's degrees.

Using the new postbaccalaureate award levels, how should the Ed.D. degree be classified?

It is at the discretion of the individual postsecondary institution, whether an Ed.D should be classified in one the following three categories: Doctor's Degree-Research and Scholarship (Award Level=17); Doctor's Degree-Professional Practice (Award Level=18); and Doctor's Degree-Other (Award Level=19). IPEDS users are encouraged to consult the IPEDS Glossary (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/glossary/), which provides detailed definitions of each of the award levels. Please note that in each of these definitions, examples of degrees are provided. These examples are intended to be illustrative and are not prescriptive. It is ultimately up to the individual postsecondary institution to decide which of the new award levels best describes their Ed.D. program.

My institution awards Specialized Associate Degrees (SAD), which do not require the minimum Liberal Studies hours that other associate's degrees do. Should these be reported as level 3 (associate's degree) or level 4 (1,800 or more clock hours, 60 or more semester or trimester credit hours, or 90 or more quarter credit hours)?

As long as these awards are considered associate's degrees by your controlling authority, they should be reported as level 3. This also applies to Occupational Associate Degrees (OAD). In the same way, BA and BS degrees are both reported as bachelor's degrees (level 5) in IPEDS.

What is the difference between degrees with double majors and those with split majors?

Both of these apply when only one degree has been conferred. If the recipient earned sufficient credits for the degree level separately in two fields, it would be a double major. If the recipient earned total credits between the two fields for the degree but not sufficient credits in either individually, it would be a split major.

What is the difference between the CIP data screen and the Completers screens in the Completions survey?

The "CIP Data" screen collects data on the number of awards conferred by postsecondary institutions between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 while the "Completers" screens collect data on the number of students who earned an award between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

Also, there are 12 award levels associated with the "CIP Data" screen (e.g., number of awards) and eight award levels associated with the "Completers by Level" screen (e.g., number of students). Some of the award levels associated with the "CIP Data" screen have been combined to form a total of eight award levels for the "Completers by Level" screen.

How are the two different sets of award levels in the Completions survey related?

Refer to the following crosswalk.

IPEDS Award Levels

(used on CIP data screens)

Consolidated Award Levels

(used on Completers by Level screen)

1a - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

less than 300 clock hours, or
less than 9 semester or trimester credit hours, or
less than 13 quarter credit hours

Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

less than 300 clock hours, or
less than 9 semester or trimester credit hours, or
less than 13 quarter credit hours

1b - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

300-899 clock hours, or
9-29 semester or trimester credit hours, or
13-44 quarter credit hours

Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

300-899 clock hours, or
9-29 semester or trimester credit hours, or
13-44 quarter credit hours

2 - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

at least 900 but less than 1,800 clock hours, or
at least 30 but less than 60 semester or trimester credit hours, or
at least 45 but less than 90 quarter credit hours

4 - Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

1,800 or more clock hours, or
60 or more semester or trimester credit hours, or
90 or more quarter credit hours

Postsecondary awards, certificates, or diplomas of

900 or more clock hours, or
30 or more semester or trimester credit hours, or
45 or more quarter credit hours

3 - Associate's degree

Associate's degrees

5 - Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degrees

7 - Master's degree

Master's degrees

17 - Doctor's degree - research/scholarship;

18 - Doctor's degree - professional practice;

19 - Doctor's degree - other

Doctor's degrees

6 - Postbaccalaureate certificate;

8 - Post-master's certificate

Postbaccalaureate and post-master's certificates

Definitions of the award levels listed above in the left column can be found in the IPEDS Glossary (https://surveys.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/public/glossary).

In what award level category should Teachers Preparation certificates be reported?

Even though Teacher Preparation certificate programs may require a bachelor's degree for admission, they are considered subbaccalaureate undergraduate programs, and students in these programs are undergraduate students.

What types of credentials should be included in IPEDS?

Institutions are required to report both Title IV eligible and non-Title IV eligible degrees, certificates, and other recognized postsecondary credentials to the IPEDS.

Any credential that is eligible for Title IV federal student aid needs to be included in IPEDS reporting.
Credentials that are awarded to recognize an individual's attainment of measurable technical or industry/occupational skills necessary to obtain employment or advance within an industry/occupation (generally based on standards developed or endorsed by employers or industry associations).

Should I include credentials earned by dual enrolled high school students?

Yes, recognized postsecondary credentials earned by dual enrolled students prior to graduating high school should be included.

My institution has students for which gender does not align with the ‘Men’ and ‘Women’ categories in IPEDS (e.g., non-binary, unknown). Since there is no place to report another gender category on the IPEDS data collection screens, how should we report these individuals?

These individuals are still to be reported to IPEDS. It is up to the institution to decide how best to handle reporting individuals whose gender does not align with the ‘Men’ and ‘Women’ categories. However, a common method used is to allocate these students based on the known proportion of men to women.

After the ‘All Completers’ screen, you will be asked to report how many students you had to allocate to a binary gender category (Men/Women) because their gender was unknown or another gender than the provided categories (Men/Women). This will be reported only at the ‘All Completers’ level by undergraduate and graduate levels.

In which race/ethnicity category do I report undocumented and DACA students?

Undocumented and DACA students who completed high school or a GED equivalency within the United States are considered eligible non-citizens and their race/ethnicity should be reported using the seven race/ethnicity categories provided:

Hispanic or Latino, regardless of race

For Non-Hispanic/Latino individuals:

American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Two or more races

If a student’s race/ethnicity is unknown, you can include them in the race/ethnicity unknown category.

Completions - Distance Education

What is a distance education program?

A "distance education program" is "a program for which all the required coursework for program completion is able to be completed via distance education courses.

Completers

Why was the "All Completers" screen, which collects data on the number of students by gender and race/ethnicity, added to the IPEDS Completions survey component?

The intent of this screen was to collect an unduplicated count of total numbers of completers. Each student is counted only ONCE, regardless of how many awards he/she earned.

On the "Completers by Level" screen, how should the number of students who earned an award between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 by award level, by gender, by race and ethnicity, and by age be counted?

Each student should be counted once per award level. For example, if a student earned a master's degree and a doctor's degree, he/she should be counted once in master's and once in doctor's. A student who earned two master's degrees should be counted only once.

On the "Completers by Level" screen, which collects the number of students who earned awards by age, is there a particular date that should be used to track the age?

The date should be the student's age at the time the award was conferred.

Which students should be included in ‘another gender’?

Students who self-identify as having a single binary gender identity (i.e., men or woman) should be reported in the appropriate binary gender category. Students who self-identify as having a gender identity that does not fall into either of the mutually exclusive binary categories provided (i.e., men or women) should be reported in the “another gender” category. Institutions are not limited to the options available for IPEDS reporting purposes and should determine the best way for their institution to collect and aggregate this information.

For some students, it may be challenging to place them in either a binary category or another gender. For example, for students that indicate they are transgender and provide a binary gender, institutions may ask the student whether they identify as transgender or as the binary gender they selected. If they identify as transgender, they would be reported in another gender. If they identify as a binary gender, they should be placed in the appropriate binary gender category.

Which students should be included in ‘gender unknown’?

Institutions should report all students who do not self-report a gender (i.e., missing data) as ‘gender unknown’.

Students that selected a binary gender or another gender than the binary ‘men’ and ‘women’ category should not be included in gender unknown.

Should our institution resurvey students if we previously only collected binary gender categories?

Institutions should resurvey students so that they can report an accurate number of students in the ‘another gender’ category. Institutions that cannot report the ‘another gender’ category can indicate they are not able to report these students using the radio buttons at the top of the screen. It is expected that institutions should be able to provide a count of ‘gender unknown’.

Our institution uses the Common App to identify student gender, and the Common App only collected male and female. How should we report gender?

Currently, the Common App only allows students to select male or female. Starting with the 2023-24 application cycle, the Common App will also allow ‘Gender X or another legal sex’ (more information can be found at https://www.commonapp.org/blog/common-app-update-gender-identity-questions-college-application). Institutions can resurvey students or indicate that they cannot currently report ‘another gender’.

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