Description
Data from the Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System.
Description
Contains data on Post-Secondary Institution Statistics in 2020 <https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data>. The package allows easy access to a wide variety of information regarding Post-secondary Institutions, its students, faculty, and their demographics, financial aid, educational and recreational offerings, and completions. This package can be used by students, college counselors, or involved parents interested in pursuing higher education, considering their options, and securing admission into their school of choice.
README.md
IPEDS
IPEDS is a package that contains datasets from The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). IPEDS is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS annually gathers information from about 6,400 colleges, universities, and technical & vocational institutions that participate in the federal student aid programs.
Installation
You can install the development version of IPEDS from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("ajhaller/IPEDS")
Load
library(IPEDS)
Available Tables
adm2020: dataset of Admissions and Test Scores for Fall 2020admin2020: dataset of Administration for 2020complete2020: dataset of Completions in 2020conference: dataset of Conferences for sports (fromofferings2020)dir_info2020: dataset of Directory Information for 2020fall_enroll2020: dataset of Fall Enrollment for 2020fin_aid1920: dataset of Financial Aid Statistics for 2019-2020offerings2020: dataset of Institutional Offerings for 2020relig_aff: dataset of Religious Affiliations (fromofferings2020,relig_affcolumn)staff_cat: dataset of Staff Categories based on (fromadmin2020dataset,staff_catcolumn).
Example: Admissions and Test Scores for Fall 2020
head(adm2020)
#> INSTITUTION_ID hs_gpa hs_rank hs_record cprep_program recs competencies adm_tscores test_eng_FL other_test APPLCN APPLCNM APPLCNW ADMSSN ADMSSNM ADMSSNW ENRLT ENRLM ENRLW FT_enroll FT_enroll_M FT_enroll_W PT_enroll PT_enroll_M PT_enroll_W SAT_num SAT_pct ACT_num ACT_pct RW_SAT_25 RW_SAT_75 MTH_SAT_25 MTH_SAT_75 ACT_25 ACT_75 eng_ACT_25 eng_ACT_75 MTH_ACT_25 MTH_ACT_75
#> 1 100654 Required Recommended Required Recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Recommended Required Required Neither_required_nor_recommended 9855 3394 6461 8835 2947 5888 1664 676 988 1622 660 962 42 16 26 22 1 1202 72 430 520 410 500 15 20 14 20 15 18
#> 2 100663 Required Neither_required_nor_recommended Required Required Neither_required_nor_recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Required Neither_required_nor_recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended 10391 3803 6588 8375 3002 5373 2154 765 1389 2102 738 1364 52 27 25 302 14 2120 98 560 668 530 660 22 30 22 33 20 27
#> 3 100706 Required Recommended Required Neither_required_nor_recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Recommended Required Required Neither_required_nor_recommended 5793 3057 2736 4467 2509 1958 1345 847 498 1328 840 488 17 7 10 90 7 1248 93 590 700 580 730 24 31 24 33 23 29
#> 4 100724 Required Neither_required_nor_recommended Recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Required Required Neither_required_nor_recommended 7027 2226 4763 6948 2188 4724 975 347 628 926 322 604 49 25 24 293 30 688 71 438 531 406 518 14 20 14 20 14 20
#> 5 100751 Required Recommended Required Required Neither_required_nor_recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Required Required Neither_required_nor_recommended 39560 14907 24653 31804 12112 19692 6507 2752 3755 6466 2728 3738 41 24 17 1492 23 4986 77 540 660 530 670 23 31 23 33 21 29
#> 6 100830 Required Recommended Required Neither_required_nor_recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Neither_required_nor_recommended Required Required Neither_required_nor_recommended 4606 1553 3053 4401 1473 2928 674 223 451 641 203 438 33 20 13 35 5 561 83 480 575 430 515 18 23 17 24 16 22
Data Visualization
ggplot(adm2020, mapping = aes(x = adm_tscores, fill = adm_tscores)) +
geom_bar() +
labs(title = "Amount of Schools vs. Test Score Requirement",
x = "Test Score Requirement",
y = "Amount of Schools") +
scale_fill_discrete(name = "Test Score Requirement",
labels = c("Considered_but_not_required" = "Considered but not Required",
"Neither_required_nor_recommended" = "Neither Required nor Recommended")) +
theme(axis.text.x=element_blank(),
axis.ticks.x=element_blank())
Example: Directory Information for 2020
head(dir_info2020)
#> INSTITUTION_ID INSTITUTION ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP FIPS BEA_REG AID_ELIG WEBSITE ADMIN_WEB FINAID_WEB APPLICATION NPRICE_CALC VET_TUITION ATH_GRAD_RATE DISABILITY_WEB INT_LEVEL INT_CONTROL UNGRAD_OFFER GRAD_OFFER HD_OFFER HBCU HOSPITAL MEDICAL TRIBAL LOCALE OPENPUBL INT_STATUS CLOSE_DATE POST_SEC RPTMTH CC_U2018 CC_G2018 CC18_U_PROFILE CC18_ENROLL CC18_SIZE_SET C_PROGRAMS INT_SIZE MULT_ORG MULT_ORG_NAME MULT_ORG_CODE COUNTYCD COUNTYNM CONGRESS_DIS_ID LONGITUD LATITUDE
#> 1 100654 Alabama A & M University 4900 Meridian Street Normal AL 35762 1 Southeast 1 www.aamu.edu/ https://www.aamu.edu/admissions-aid/index.html https://www.aamu.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/ https://www.aamu.edu/admissions-aid/undergraduate-admissions/apply-today.html www.aamu.edu/admissions-aid/tuition-fees/net-price-calculator.html https://www.aamu.edu/administrativeoffices/VADS/Pages/Disability-Services.aspx 1 1 1 1 12 1 2 2 2 12 1 A -2 1 1 16 17 10 4 14 16 3 2 -2 -2 1089 Madison County 105 -86.56850 34.78337
#> 2 100663 University of Alabama at Birmingham Administration Bldg Suite 1070 Birmingham AL 35294-0110 1 Southeast 1 https://www.uab.edu/ https://www.uab.edu/students/admissions/ https://www.uab.edu/students/paying-for-college https://ssb.it.uab.edu/pls/sctprod/zsapk003_ug_web_appl.new_user https://uab.studentaidcalculator.com/survey.aspx https://www.uab.edu/students/veterans https://www.uab.edu/registrar/students https://www.uab.edu/students/disability/ 1 1 1 1 11 2 1 1 2 12 1 A -2 1 1 17 17 9 5 15 15 5 1 The University of Alabama System 101050 1073 Jefferson County 107 -86.79935 33.50570
#> 3 100690 Amridge University 1200 Taylor Rd Montgomery AL 36117-3553 1 Southeast 1 www.amridgeuniversity.edu/ www.amridgeuniversity.edu/admissions/ www.amridgeuniversity.edu/financialaid/ https://www2.amridgeuniversity.edu/Amridge/Login.aspx www2.amridgeuniversity.edu:9091/ www.amridgeuniversity.edu/admissions/military/ www.amridgeuniversity.edu/academics/ 1 2 1 1 12 2 2 2 2 12 1 A -2 1 1 19 18 5 5 6 51 1 2 -2 -2 1101 Montgomery County 102 -86.17401 32.36261
#> 4 100706 University of Alabama in Huntsville 301 Sparkman Dr Huntsville AL 35899 1 Southeast 1 www.uah.edu/ https://www.uah.edu/admissions finaid.uah.edu/ register.uah.edu/ finaid.uah.edu/ www.uah.edu/admissions/graduate/financial-aid/veterans www.uah.edu/heoa www.uah.edu/health-and-wellness/disability-support 1 1 1 1 11 2 2 2 2 12 1 A -2 1 1 17 17 15 4 12 16 3 1 The University of Alabama System 101050 1089 Madison County 105 -86.64045 34.72456
#> 5 100724 Alabama State University 915 S Jackson Street Montgomery AL 36104-0271 1 Southeast 1 www.alasu.edu/ www.alasu.edu/admissions/index.aspx www.alasu.edu/undergraduate/expensesandfinancialaid/expenses-and-financial-aid www.alasu.edu/admissions/undergrad-admissions/index.aspx www.alasu.edu/cost-aid/tuition-costs/net-price-calculator www.alasu.edu/cost-aid/consumer-info www.alasu.edu/academics/researchcenters/alabama-alliance-students-disabilities 1 1 1 1 11 1 2 2 2 12 1 A -2 1 1 13 13 10 3 14 21 2 2 -2 -2 1101 Montgomery County 107 -86.29568 32.36432
#> 6 100733 University of Alabama System Office 500 University Blvd. East Tuscaloosa AL 35401 1 Southeast 2 www.uasystem.edu/ www.uasystem.edu/ www.uasystem.edu/ 1 1 1 1 11 2 -2 -2 2 12 1 A -2 1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 1 The University of Alabama System 101050 1125 Tuscaloosa County 107 -87.52959 33.20701
Functionality
admission_reqs # extracts admission requirements for any institution
acceptance_rate # calculates acceptance rate for any institution
school_preferences # provides a dataset of institutions according to your preferences
compare_int # function allows comparison of two institutions and its important qualities
read_data # function for importing raw data from IPEDS
admission_reqs(167835)
#> The Requirements for Smith College are:
#> # A tibble: 9 × 2
#> Requirements Priority
#> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 High School Record Required
#> 2 Completion of College-Prepatory Program Required
#> 3 Recommendations Required
#> 4 High School GPA Recommended
#> 5 High School Rank Recommended
#> 6 Test of English as a Foreign Language Recommended
#> 7 Formal Demonstration of Competencies Neither_required_nor_recommended
#> 8 Admission Test Scores Neither_required_nor_recommended
#> 9 Other Tests Neither_required_nor_recommended
school_preferences(financial_aid = 70, size = 2, region = "New England", diversity_staff = 27)
#> Institution Institution ID % of Students Recieved Aid Institution Size Student Diversity Staff Diversity % of Students Disabled Region Type of Institution Religious Affiliation Calendar System Open Admissions Policy Years Required For Entering Vet Programs Alternative Credit Alternative Tuition Payment Distance Education Counseling Services Employment Services Daycare Services Live On-Campus Room Price Board Price Undergraduate Application Fee Graduate Application Fee
#> 1 Eastern Connecticut State University 129215 79 2 31 34 2 New England 1 -2 1 2 -2 Programs Available Takes alternate credit Takes alternate tuition plans Offers distance education opportunities Offers counseling services Offers employment services Offers no daycare services 2 8270 6164 50 50
#> 2 Clark University 165334 91 2 42 31 2 New England 3 -2 1 2 -2 Programs Available Takes alternate credit Takes alternate tuition plans Offers distance education opportunities Offers counseling services Offers employment services Offers no daycare services 2 5800 4000 0 75
#> 3 Mount Holyoke College 166939 76 2 55 37 2 New England 3 -2 1 2 -2 Programs Available Takes alternate credit Takes alternate tuition plans Offers distance education opportunities Offers counseling services Offers employment services Offers no daycare services 2 7860 8160 60 50
#> 4 Smith College 167835 71 2 51 27 1 New England 3 -2 1 2 -2 Programs Available Takes alternate credit Takes alternate tuition plans Offers no distance education opportunities Offers counseling services Offers employment services Offers no daycare services 2 9400 9360 0 60
acceptance_rate(167835)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 2
#> Institution Acceptance_Rate
#> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 Smith College 37
For further examples and capabilities, please see the vignette