Completions by Institution and Demographic Data

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Description

This dataset shows college completions data as reported to the NCES IPEDS program. Data is available from 2003 through the latest year available, and is reported by institution, program, award level, race, and gender.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

How many degrees and certificates did Stanford confer in 2016?
Is the number of bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering increasing in our institution over time?
Which program is producing the most graduates in the state of Alabama? Which program is producing the fewest graduates?
Is the share of female graduates in mathematical programs increasing at our institution?
Is the share of graduates of racial minority at our institution increasing?

Metrics

Completions: The number of degrees and certificates conferred.
Completers (deprecated): The number of degrees and certificates conferred.

Filters

Institution
Program (2, 4, or 6-digit CIP)
Award Level
Race
Gender
Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

Attribute	Description
Dataset ID	`EMSI.us.Completers.Demographics`
Dataset URL	`https://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Completers.Demographics/{version}`

Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

		Aggregation Path
		1	2	3	4
Level	1	Nation	Metropolitan US	Nation	Metropolitan US
	2	State	MSA	State	MSA
	3	County	County	County	County
	4	Zip Code	Zip Code	Census Tract	Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Completers.Demographics/2025.4

Metrics

[
{
  "name": "Completers.2003"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2004"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2005"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2006"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2007"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2008"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2009"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2010"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2011"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2012"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2013"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2014"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2015"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2016"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2017"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2018"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2019"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2020"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2021"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2022"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2023"
},
{
  "name": "Completers.2024"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2003"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2004"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2005"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2006"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2007"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2008"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2009"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2010"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2011"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2012"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2013"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2014"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2015"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2016"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2017"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2018"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2019"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2020"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2021"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2022"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2023"
},
{
  "name": "Completions.2024"
}
]

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Unit",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "0"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Program",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2",
     "3"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "AwardLevel",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "2",
     "1"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Race",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Gender",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2003",
"name": "Completers.Demographics",
"type": "dataset",
"path": "Completers.Demographics",
"maxYearInclusive": "2024",
"description": "# Description\n\nThis dataset shows college completions data as reported to the NCES IPEDS program. Data is available from 2003 through the latest year available, and is reported by institution, program, award level, race, and gender.\n\n# Use Cases\n\n#### Questions answered by this dataset:\n\n* How many degrees and certificates did Stanford confer in 2016?\n* Is the number of bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering increasing in our institution over time?\n* Which program is producing the most graduates in the state of Alabama? Which program is producing the fewest graduates?\n* Is the share of female graduates in mathematical programs increasing at our institution?\n* Is the share of graduates of racial minority at our institution increasing?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Completions: The number of degrees and certificates conferred.\n* Completers (deprecated): The number of degrees and certificates conferred.\n\n# Filters\n\n* Institution\n* Program (2, 4, or 6-digit CIP)\n* Award Level\n* Race\n* Gender\n* Year\n",
"countryCode": "us",
"displayName": "US Completions by Institution and Demographic",
"currentYear": "2024",
"releaseDate": "2025-09-25 20:30:04.8666262Z",
"datarun": "2025.4"
}

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