Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2004 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2003-04. E.D. TAB. NCES 2005-182

This E.D. TAB presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2004 data collection, which included two survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2004-05 academic year, and Completions covering the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004. These data were collected through the IPEDS web-based data collection system. This E.D. TAB report continues a series of E.D. TABs based on the collection of data from over 6,500 postsecondary education institutions that participate in Title IV federal student financial aid programs. It aims to encourage researchers and others to make full use of the IPEDS data for analysis, peer comparisons, or to help answer questions about postsecondary education institutions. Appended are: (1) Survey Methodology; and (2) Glossary of IPEDS Terms. (Contains 11 tables.)