Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
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The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a comprehensive U.S. federal data collection program that gathers and reports information on postsecondary institutions, including enrollment, finances, graduation rates, and institutional characteristics.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System canonical | 2 |
| Higher Education General Information Survey | 1 |
| IPEDS | 1 |
| IPEDS Data Collection System | 1 |
| IPEDS Trend Generator | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4802665 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Context triple: [R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity, dataSource, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System]
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A.
Office of Postsecondary Education
The Office of Postsecondary Education is a division of the U.S. Department of Education responsible for developing policies, administering programs, and providing financial support to promote access to and improvement of higher education.
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B.
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is a U.S. government database that tracks and manages information on international students, exchange visitors, and their dependents for immigration and compliance purposes.
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C.
Education at a Glance
Education at a Glance is the OECD’s flagship annual report that provides comprehensive comparative data and analysis on the performance, structure, and resources of education systems worldwide.
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D.
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education is a federal executive agency responsible for establishing national education policy, administering federal financial aid, and overseeing and accrediting educational institutions across the country.
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E.
BigFuture college planning platform
BigFuture college planning platform is an online tool from the College Board that helps students explore colleges, careers, and financial aid options to plan for life after high school.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Target entity description: The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a comprehensive U.S. federal data collection program that gathers and reports information on postsecondary institutions, including enrollment, finances, graduation rates, and institutional characteristics.
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A.
Office of Postsecondary Education
The Office of Postsecondary Education is a division of the U.S. Department of Education responsible for developing policies, administering programs, and providing financial support to promote access to and improvement of higher education.
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B.
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System
The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) is a U.S. government database that tracks and manages information on international students, exchange visitors, and their dependents for immigration and compliance purposes.
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C.
Education at a Glance
Education at a Glance is the OECD’s flagship annual report that provides comprehensive comparative data and analysis on the performance, structure, and resources of education systems worldwide.
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D.
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education is a federal executive agency responsible for establishing national education policy, administering federal financial aid, and overseeing and accrediting educational institutions across the country.
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E.
BigFuture college planning platform
BigFuture college planning platform is an online tool from the College Board that helps students explore colleges, careers, and financial aid options to plan for life after high school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
education statistics system
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federal data collection program ⓘ postsecondary education database ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IPEDS ⓘ |
| accessMode | online ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Title IV participating institutions
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degree-granting postsecondary institutions ⓘ non-degree-granting postsecondary institutions ⓘ |
| component |
IPEDS Data Center
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IPEDS Data Collection System ⓘ IPEDS Trend Generator ⓘ IPEDS Use the Data tools ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dataCoverage |
U.S. territories
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linked to:
United States territories
national ⓘ |
| dataGranularity | institution level ⓘ |
| dataType |
academic libraries data
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admissions data ⓘ completion data ⓘ distance education data ⓘ enrollment data ⓘ finance data ⓘ graduation rate data ⓘ human resources data ⓘ institution-level data ⓘ institutional characteristics data ⓘ outcome measures data ⓘ program completions data ⓘ revenues and expenditures data ⓘ staffing data ⓘ student financial aid data ⓘ tuition and fees data ⓘ |
| field |
education statistics
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higher education policy ⓘ postsecondary education ⓘ |
| frequency | annual data collection ⓘ |
| inception | 1986 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
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linked to:
United States government
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| language | English ⓘ |
| operator |
National Center for Education Statistics
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linked to:
Institute of Education Sciences
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| parentOrganization |
Institute of Education Sciences
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U.S. Department of Education ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Education
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| predecessor | Higher Education General Information Survey ⓘ |
| provides | official federal statistics on U.S. postsecondary education ⓘ |
| purpose |
to collect data from postsecondary institutions in the United States
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to inform the public about postsecondary education ⓘ to provide comprehensive statistics on postsecondary education ⓘ to support education research and policymaking ⓘ |
| regulatoryBasis | Higher Education Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| supports |
College Navigator
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College Scorecard data infrastructure ⓘ |
| usedBy |
institutional administrators
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journalists ⓘ policy makers ⓘ researchers ⓘ students and families ⓘ |
| website | https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Description of subject: The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a comprehensive U.S. federal data collection program that gathers and reports information on postsecondary institutions, including enrollment, finances, graduation rates, and institutional characteristics.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity
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dataSource
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
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Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
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dataSource
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
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linked to: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
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predecessor
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Higher Education General Information Survey
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linked to: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
linked to: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
linked to: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System