Enrollments by Institution and Demographic Data

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Description

This dataset contains enrollments data by institution, race, gender, and enrollment level. Data is available back to 2003, and through the latest year available from IPEDS. Enrollment level refers to whether the student is a degree/non-degree-seeking student, a graduate or undergraduate student, and whether a first professional degree is sought.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

  • Is enrollment for institutions in our area increasing or declining?
  • Is degree-seeking enrollment for institutions in our area growing or declining?
  • How has the racial makeup of non-degree-seeking students enrolling at institutions in our area changed over time?
  • Where is female degree-seeking enrollment growing the fastest? Where is it declining the fastest?

Metrics

  • Enrollments: The number of students enrolled that match the criteria specified.

Filters

  • Institution
  • Race
  • Gender
  • Enrollment level
  • Year

Core LMI Metadata

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

AttributeDescription
Dataset ID EMSI.us.Enrollments.Demographics
Dataset URLhttps://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Enrollments.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

1234

Level

1NationMetropolitan USNationMetropolitan US
2StateMSAStateMSA
3CountyCountyCountyCounty
4Zip CodeZip CodeCensus TractCensus Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

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

Metrics

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

Dimensions

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

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2003",
"name": "Enrollments.Demographics",
"type": "dataset",
"path": "Enrollments.Demographics",
"maxYearInclusive": "2023",
"description": "# Description\n\nThis dataset contains enrollments data by institution, race, gender, and enrollment level. Data is available back to 2003, and through the latest year available from IPEDS. Enrollment level refers to whether the student is a degree/non-degree-seeking student, a graduate or undergraduate student, and whether a first professional degree is sought.\n\n# Use Cases\n\n#### Questions answered by this dataset:\n\n* Is enrollment for institutions in our area increasing or declining?\n* Is degree-seeking enrollment for institutions in our area growing or declining?\n* How has the racial makeup of non-degree-seeking students enrolling at institutions in our area changed over time?\n* Where is female degree-seeking enrollment growing the fastest? Where is it declining the fastest?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* Enrollments: The number of students enrolled that match the criteria specified.\n\n# Filters\n\n* Institution\n* Race\n* Gender\n* Enrollment level\n* Year\n",
"countryCode": "us",
"displayName": "US Enrollments by Institution and Demographic",
"currentYear": "2023",
"releaseDate": "2025-09-25 19:43:33.7793178Z",
"datarun": "2025.4"
}