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Postsecondary Student Awards

Highlights

Record Level: Student by award by institution
Record Count: 186,208 observations/year beginning in 2010
Years Covered: 2010-present*
Population Coverage: Students enrolled in or receiving an award from a Michigan public institution (see base file for details)

The awards dataset includes one record per student, for each award granted at all institutions. The dataset includes the reporting category of the award, such as Bachelor’s degree. Additionally, it includes award date, description, and CIP-code.

* Years covered includes any year for which there is data available in this file. However, researchers should note that these data encompass the academic histories of any student receiving an award beginning with the 2010 school year. As such, the base file “years covered” encompasses 2010, but all other files may include earlier records as well.

At the broadest level, student award levels are broken down into the following categories:

Award Level Category Total observations/year
Associate Degree 35,692
Bachelor's Degree 80,380
Certificate 11,552
Doctoral Degree 6,936
Graduate Certificate 556
Intermediate Graduate Degree 91
Master's Degree 25,845
Other 17,328
Post-Master's Certificate 228
Postbaccalaureate Certificate 1,136
Postsecondary award, certificate 5,352
Professional Degree 1,002
Professional or Technical Credential 110

Researchers should note the following about the datafile: During one or two of the earliest reporting years, the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) reported an inordinate quantity of awards with the award date 01/01/2000. For many cases, there is an identical award in the file with a more legitimate date in a later academic year, but for some students the erroneous 01/01/2000 date remains. For this reason, the number of awards in 2000 can be inaccurate.

CEPI conducts some deduplication of award records, as follows:
- Award Levels of Bachelor's Degree and Baccalaureate Degree are treated the same, kept as Bachelor's Degree, and deduplicated if all other key fields are identical. From 2017-18 on, all Baccalaureate Award Levels are recoded to Bachelor's Degree in the source data for these files.
- For awards with an award level that is not equal to 'Other': Drop records with a null award CIP code if there is a corresponding record with matching IPEDS code, award date and award level, and an award CIP code value is present.
- For awards with an award level that is equal to 'Other': Drop records with a null award CIP code if there is a corresponding record with matching IPEDS code, award date, award level and award description, and an award CIP code value is present.

Codebook

Category Variable Description
All IHE_NAME

Institution of Higher Education (IHE) Official Name.

All IPEDS_CODE

IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems) IHE identification code.

All RIC

The unique student identifier--Research Identification Code.

Awards AWARD_CIP_CATEGORY

The highest-level category description of the discipline or field of study of the student's program, as defined in the 2-digit Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) by the US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Awards SCHOOL_START_YEAR_AWARDED

The numeric start year of the school year during which the award was conferred. Example: 2016

Awards IS_STARR_AWARD

Designates if the award record came from the STARR collection.

Awards AWARD_DATE

The year, month and day in which the academic award was conferred.

Awards AWARD_LEVEL

The level of achievement the student has received upon graduation/completion.

Awards AWARD_CIP_DESCRIPTION

The description of the discipline or field of study of the student's program, as defined in the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) by the US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Awards AWARD_DESCRIPTION

The descriptive title for the academic award, as submitted by the IHE.

Awards SCHOOL_YEAR_AWARDED

The academic school year during which the award was conferred. Example: 2016-2017

Awards AWARD_LEVEL_CATEGORY

The reporting category of the level of achievement the student has received upon graduation/completion.

Awards AWARD_CIP_CODE

The code indicating the discipline or field of study for which the award was conferred. As submitted by the IHE, sourced from the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), by the US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Demographics IS_LEP

Indicator of whether or not a student has limited ability in speaking, reading, writing or understanding English. A Perkins IV Special Population.

Demographics IS_DISPLACED_HOMEMAKER

Indicator of whether or not a student who has worked primarily in the home or for family, without compensation and has diminished marketable skills. A Perkins IV Special Population.

Demographics IS_NON_TRADITIONAL

Indicator of whether or not a student's gender comprises fewer than 25 percent of individuals employed in the occupation or field of work the student is studying. A Perkins IV Special Population.

Demographics IS_OUT_OF_WORKFORCE

A. An individual who is a displaced homemaker, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)B. An individual who; (i)(I) has worked primarily without remuneration to care for a home and family, and for that reason has diminished marketable skills; or (II) is a parent whose youngest dependent child will become ineligible to receive assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) not later than 2 years after the date on which the parent applies for assistance under such title; and (ii) is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment.

Demographics IS_SPECIAL_POP_UNKNOWN

Indicator of whether or not the Perkins IV specific Special Population is unknown for the current session.

Demographics IHE_AGE_AS_OF_SEP_30

The student's age as of September 30th of the enrollment year.

Demographics IS_INDIV_W_DISABILITY

Indicator of whether or not a student is an individual with a disability according to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. A Perkins IV Special Population.

Demographics IS_HOMELESS

Individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence (within the meaning of section 103(a)(1))

Demographics IS_FOSTER

“Age Out” - the time frame after which a foster care child is eligible for state services. Eligibility for state services varies depending on the state in which the child resides. Transitioning out of the child welfare system may occur as early as 18 or as late as age 23.

Demographics IS_ECO_DIS

Indicator of whether or not a student has economic or academic disadvantages requiring special services or assistance. A Perkins IV Special Population.

Demographics IS_SINGLE_PARENT

Indicator of whether or not a student is either an unmarried pregnant female, or a student of any gender who is unmarried or separated and has one or more minor children. A Perkins IV Special Population.

Demographics IS_STABLE_RACE_ETHNIC_CONFLICT

Indicates whether conflicting racial/ethnic values have ever been reported for the student.

Demographics IS_STABLE_GENDER_CONFLICT

Indicates whether conflicting gender values have ever been reported for the student.

Demographics IS_STABLE_DATE_BIRTH_CONFLICT

Indicates whether conflicting date of birth values have ever been reported for the student.

Demographics STABLE_RACE_ETHNIC

The latest reported race/ethnicity for a student across all IHEs. Values are stabilized to one per student, favoring the most recently submitted data; then a known value over an unknown. In the event there is still a conflict, then the most likely of the reported values is chosen. CEPI does not receive race/ethnicity data from NSC, so all values reflected here are sourced from STARR.

Demographics STABLE_MONTH_YEAR_BIRTH

The latest reported date of birth (month and year only for research data) for the student for all time. Values are stabilized to one per student, favoring the most recently submitted data, then a present value over a missing value.

Demographics STABLE_GENDER

The latest reported gender for a student across all IHEs. Values are stabilized to one per student, favoring the most recently submitted data. CEPI does not receive gender data from NSC, so all values reflected here are sourced from STARR.

Demographics RACE_ETHNICITY_RAW

The student's race/ethnicity as submitted by the IHE for the academic session.

Demographics MONTH_YEAR_BIRTH_RAW

The student's date of birth as submitted by the IHE (month and year only for research data) for the academic session.

Demographics GENDER_RAW

The student's gender as submitted by the IHE for the academic session.

Demographics COHORT_EXCLUSION

Indicator for those persons who may be removed (deleted) from a cohort (or subcohort). Allowed enumerations are:DeathTotal and Permanent DisabilityService in the Armed ForcesService with a foreign aid service of the federal governmentService on official church missions