Data Element Dictionary Menu
The Commission Data Element Dictionary (DED) defines the basic organization of the Commission database. The DED contains a list of tables, the relationship between the tables, and it lists and defines the names and types of each field (element or column) collected and stored in the Commission database.
Categories
- Student Characteristics
- Postsecondary Institution Characteristics
- K-12 Institutions Characteristics
- Enrollment and Transfer Data
- Degree Data
- Faculty Data
- K-12 Data
- Geographic Data
- Table Descriptions
| Student / Faculty Characteristics | ||
| Ethnicity | Dictionary | Cross-Walk |
| Combined Ethnicity | Dictionary | Cross-Walk |
| Gender | Dictionary | Cross-Walk |
| Age Category | Dictionary | |
| Disability | Dictionary | |
| Disability Group | Dictionary | |
| Student / Faculty Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Enrollment and Transfer Data | ||
| Student Level | Dictionary | |
| Enrollment Status | Dictionary | |
| Full/Part-Time Status | Dictionary | |
| Program Code | Dictionary | |
| Enrollment and Transfer Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Degree Data | ||
| Degree Type | Dictionary | Cross-Walk |
| CIP Code, 2-Digit | Dictionary | |
| CIP Code, 4-Digit | Dictionary | |
| CIP Code, 6-Digit | Dictionary | |
| Degree Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Institution Characteristics | ||
| System | Dictionary | |
| School Type | Dictionary | |
| School Ownership | Dictionary | Cross-Walk |
| District Ownership | Dictionary | |
| School Status | Dictionary | |
| Calendar System | Dictionary | |
| Profit Status | Dictionary | |
| Religious Affiliation | Dictionary | |
| IPEDS Sector | Dictionary | |
| Carnegie Classification (2000) | Dictionary | |
| Carnegie Classification (1994) | Dictionary | |
| Institution Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Geographic Data | ||
| Counties | Dictionary | Cross-Walk |
| Regions | Dictionary | Cross-Walk |
| States | Dictionary | Cross-Walk |
| Area Type | Dictionary | |
| Geographic Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Table Descriptions | ||
| Enrollment and Transfer Tables | Descriptions | |
| Degree Tables | Descriptions | |
| K-12 Data Tables | Descriptions | |
| IPEDS Data Tables | Descriptions | |
| All Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Degree Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Enrollment and Transfer Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Geographic Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Institution Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| IPEDS Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |
| Student / Faculty Supporting Tables | Descriptions | |










