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Postsecondary School Locations 2021-22

Published by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | Department of Education | Catalog Last Checked: October 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM | Dataset Last Updated: May 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (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 colleges, universities, and technical and vocational institutions that participate 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 to develop point locations for all institutions reported in IPEDS.  The point locations in this data layer were developed from the 2021-2022 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 92c6473e-4bdd-4aeb-ad9f-81447c1ecf3f
issued 2022-05-05T14:45:05.000Z
keyword 
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]
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language 
[
  "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 2021-22

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