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Postsecondary School Locations 2016-17

Published by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | Department of Education | Catalog Last Checked: November 11, 2026 at 06:06 PM | Dataset Last Updated: May 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE) program develops annually updated point locations  (latitude and longitude)  for postsecondary institutions included in the NCES  Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) . The IPEDS program annually collects information about enrollments, program completions, graduation rates, faculty and staff, finances, institutional prices, and student financial aid from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in federal student financial aid programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (as amended).  The NCES EDGE program uses address information reported in the annually updated IPEDS directory file and collaborates with the U.S. Census Bureau’s Education Demographic, Geographic, and Economic Statistics (EDGE) Branch to develop point locations for all institutions reported in IPEDS. The point locations in this data layer were developed from the 2016-2017 IPEDS collection. For more information about NCES school point data, see:   https://nces.ed.gov/programs/edge/Geographic/SchoolLocations . All information contained in this file is in the public domain. Data users are advised to review NCES program documentation and feature class metadata to understand the limitations and appropriate use of these data.

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identifier 8b81b72f-916e-4fac-8ea3-d90763e9e0ec
issued 2020-03-20T21:08:00.000Z
keyword 
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language 
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  "en"
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license https://resources.data.gov/open-licenses/
modified 2026-05-12T00:00:00Z
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  "name": "National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)",
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spatial United States
theme 
[
  "Birth to Grade 12 Education"
]
title Postsecondary School Locations 2016-17

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