Highlights

Record Level: Entity by year 
Record Count: 9,500 institutions 
Years Covered: 2008-Present 
Population Coverage: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) in the United States

The Postsecondary Entity researcher file contains information about higher education institutions such as physical address, level (two-year or four-year), and control (publicly or privately owned). This includes both Michigan IHEs and out-of-state institutions. Michigan institutions comprise around 3% of the data. Data from the EOY 2008 collection forward are available. Data are collected annually, and are regenerated in entirety annually, merging all previously reported data with the most current reporting year’s data.

Some fields (HIGHER_ED_CODE, OPEN_DATE and physical address) are only provided for Michigan institutions. Data available for out of state institutions include state, IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) code, level, and control. For the 2018-2019 school year, 44% of observations represent four-year institutions.

Data for Michigan entities are sourced from the Educational Entity Master (EEM). Data for out-of-state entities are sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

Codebook

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Category Variable Description
Category: All Variable: COLLECTION Description: Collection Period of the observation.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR Description: NULL
Category: All Variable: RPT_OPT_END_DATE Description: NULL
Category: All Variable: REPORTING_OPTION Description: NULL
Category: All Variable: IPEDS_CODE Description: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems) IHE identification code
Category: All Variable: IHE_NAME Description: NULL
Category: All Variable: CLOSE_DATE Description: The actual closing date of the entity or when it ended business.
Category: All Variable: LATITUDE Description: The latitude coordinate of the physical location of the entity.
Category: All Variable: LONGITUDE Description: The longitude coordinate of the physical location of the entity.
Category: All Variable: OPEN_DATE Description: The actual opening date of the entity or when it begins to do business.
Category: All Variable: SCHOOL_YEAR Description: The academic school year of the collection.
Category: All Variable: START_YEAR Description: Start Year of School Year of Row Record
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IHE_PHYS_ZIP_LINE_ONE Description: The zip code of the physical address for the entity.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: SNAPSHOT_DAY Description: The date in which the snapshot was created
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IS_OPEN Description: A Y or N flag stating the Open Status of most Michigan Institutions.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IPEDS_CODE Description: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems) IHE identification code
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IHE_PHYS_STATE Description: The state of the physical address for the entity.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IHE_PHYS_CITY Description: The city of the physical address for the entity.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IHE_PHYS_ADD_LINE_TWO Description: The second line of the physical address for the entity.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IHE_PHYS_ADD_LINE_ONE Description: The first line of the physical address for the entity.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IHE_NAME Description: The official or legal name of the institution.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IHE_LEVEL Description: Designates whether an IHE is a 2-year or 4-year institution.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: IHE_CONTROL Description: Designates whether an IHE is publicly or privately controlled.
Category: Postsecondary Building Variable: HIGHER_ED_CODE Description: The unique identifier of the IHE entity in the Educational Entity Master (EEM).