Package index • hercipeds

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

utilties for any kinds of IPEDS data

fetch_annual_database(): Download an Access-formatted database of IPEDs data for one year

read_directory(): Identity and overall characteristics of institutions of higher education

Postsecondary completion

gather and summarize information about who has earned credentials

read_completers(): Read data about college completers from one zipped file

read_graduation_rates(): Load IPEDS data about graduation rates.

read_outcomes(): Load IPEDS data about 4-, 6-, and 8-year completion rates.

unzip_completers(): Read a zipped file of completion data

wrangle_completers(): Render IPEDS college completion data into a long, tidy tibble.

AWLEVEL: Higher Education Award Levels in IPEDS

GR_VARIABLES: Definitions of columns found in data that describes postsecondary completers

GRTYPE: Mapping details about credentials and success from a complex field in the table of graduation rates.

OMCHRT: Cohort details for counting 4-, 6-, and 8-year completion dates

Subject areas

Information about who studied different subjects.

read_cip_codes(): Load a table of definitions for IPEDS CIP codes.

CIP_FAMILIES: Very broad categories of subject areas for post-secondary credentials.

CIP_PROGRAMS: Narrow categories of subject areas for post-secondary credentials.

Example datasets

subsets of a full IPEDS data download

CORNELLS: IPEDS data from 2022 for schools with "Cornell" in their names.