| Topic | Category | Variable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: RIC | Description: The unique student identifier--Research Identification Code. |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: RPT_OPT_END_DATE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: SCHOOL_START_YEAR_ENROLLED | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR_ENROLLED | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: SESSION_BEGIN_DATE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: SESSION_END_DATE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: SESSION_NAME | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: All | Variable: YEAR_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: AWARD_CIP_CATEGORY | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: AWARD_CIP_CODE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: AWARD_CIP_DESCRIPTION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: AWARD_DATE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: AWARD_DESCRIPTION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: AWARD_LEVEL | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: AWARD_LEVEL_CATEGORY | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: IS_STARR_AWARD | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: SCHOOL_START_YEAR_AWARDED | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Awards | Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR_AWARDED | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: CONTACT_HOURS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: COURSE_CIP_CODE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: COURSE_NUMBER | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: COURSE_SECTION_NUMBER | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: COURSE_SUBJECT | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: COURSE_TITLE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: GRADE_SCALE_CODE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: GRADE_STATUS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: IS_OCCUPATIONAL_COURSE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_ESL | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_MATH | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_READING | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_SCIENCE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_WRITING | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: IS_STARR_RECORD | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: LETTER_GRADE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_ATTEMPTED | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: NUMERIC_GRADE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: STARR_CREDITS_ATTEMPTED | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Course Taking | Variable: STARR_CREDITS_EARNED | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: COHORT_EXCLUSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: GENDER_RAW | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IHE_AGE_AS_OF_SEP_30 | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_DISPLACED_HOMEMAKER | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_ECO_DIS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_FOSTER | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_HOMELESS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_INDIV_W_DISABILITY | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_LEP | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_NON_TRADITIONAL | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_OUT_OF_WORKFORCE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_SINGLE_PARENT | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_SPECIAL_POP_UNKNOWN | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_STABLE_DATE_BIRTH_CONFLICT | Description: indicates if conflicting DOB values have ever been repoted for the student |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_STABLE_GENDER_CONFLICT | Description: indicates if conflicting gender values have been reported for the student |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: IS_STABLE_RACE_ETHNIC_CONFLICT | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: MONTH_YEAR_BIRTH_RAW | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: RACE_ETHNICITY_RAW | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: STABLE_GENDER | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: STABLE_MONTH_YEAR_BIRTH | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Demographics | Variable: STABLE_RACE_ETHNIC | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: DEGREE_SEEKING | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: ENROLLED_IN_AWARD_LEVEL | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: ENROLLMENT_LEVEL | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: ENROLLMENT_TYPE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_CONTROL | Description: Designates whether an IHE is publicly or privately controlled. |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_CTE_STATUS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_ENTRY_DATE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_GPA_CUM | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_GPA_TERM | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_HIGH_SCHOOL_STUDENT | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_INSTATE_OUTSTATE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_LEVEL | Description: Designates whether an IHE is a 2-year or 4-year institution. |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_MILITARY_STATUS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_PELL_STATUS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_RESIDENCY_STATUS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_TOTAL_CREDITS | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IHE_UNDER_OVER_AGE_25 | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_CC_SEEKING_TRNSFR_TO_4YR | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_FOR_PROFIT_IHE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_FULL_TIME_24 | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_FULL_TIME_30 | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_LEAVE_OF_ABSENCE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_ESL_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_MATH_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_READING_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_SCIENCE_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_WRITING_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_STARR_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: IS_TRANSFER_NOGRADE | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_ATTEMPTED_SESSION | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_2YR_CUM | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_4YR_CUM | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_CUM | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_INSTATE_CUM | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_OUTSTATE_CUM | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_PRIVATE_CUM | Description: NULL |
| Topic: Postsecondary | Category: Enrollment and Attendance | Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_PUBLIC_CUM | Description: NULL |
Codebook
The MEDC codebook contains a comprehensive listing of variables available to researchers with approved projects. During the research application process, you will select groups of variables as identified in the Category column. It is also available as a CSV Download.