Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey

The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a system of surveys conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). IPEDS survey components are collected over three collection periods (Fall, Winter, and Spring) each year. The completion of all IPEDS survey components is mandatory for all institutions that participate in federal financial assistance programs.

The Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey form in Anthology Student helps you prepare many accrediting agency reports as well as the 12-month Enrollment Survey and the Fall Enrollment Survey.

  • On the Process tab, specify the data selection criteria and queue the job. The job will run in the background.

  • On the Distance Education Criteria tab, configure selection criteria related to distance education. These configurations can be incorporated into the selection criteria on the Process tab.

  • On the History tab, review the result of the background job that was submitted on the Process tab.

Prerequisites

You must have the following authorization:

  • Common - Processes - View

  • Academics - Processes - Generate Population Analysis/IPEDS Enrollment Survey

Regulatory US 25.5.0 introduces campus-level security for the Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey so that the History tab displays only records specific to the logged-in user.

This enhancement requires the following configuration:

  1. In Settings > System > Campuses > Campus Groups, select a Campus Group (or create one) that only has the campus that the user needs permission for.

  2. In Settings > System > Staff, select your Staff member, and on the General tile, ensure the Campus Group for the user is the Campus Group from step 1.

Access Method

Select the Processes tile > expand Academic Records > select Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey.

Procedure to Create a Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey

Process Tab

  1. In the Generate Report By drop-down list, select one of the following options:

    • Program Version (default)
    • Area of Study
  2. In the Low Date field, select the begin date of the reporting period. Typically, this is July 1 of the previous calendar year.

  3. In the High Date field, select the end date of the reporting period. Typically, this is June 30 of the current calendar year.

  4. In the Campus Group field, select a campus group to include in the report. The drop-down list includes all campus groups that you have permission to access.

  5. In the Program Groups field, select one or more program groups to include in the report. All Program Groups within the selected Campus Group are selected by default.

    • If you change the Campus Group selection, the Program Groups field will be cleared.

  6. In the CIP Year field, select 2020 (default) or 2010.

  7. In the <Year> CIP Codes field, select one or more CIP codes to include in the report. The field label reflects the selected CIP Year value. All CIP codes applicable to the selected Campus Group are selected by default.

    • If you change the Campus Group selection, the CIP Codes field will be cleared.

  8. In the Distance Education Criteria field, select an option that was previously configured on the Distance Education Criteria tab.

  9. Select Include NDS Statuses to include students in a Non-Degree Seeking school status. Non-Degree Seeking statuses are used when students are enrolled in Program Versions that are configured as Non-Degree Seeking.

    • If this option is not selected, Non-Degree Seeking program versions and students enrolled in them will not be included in the report.

  10. Select Use the School Status Date Added instead of Effective Date to indicate which date on the student’s status change history records to use when calculating the appropriate population groups for the student.

    • If this option is selected, the Date Added is used to calculate the status of the student.

    • If the option is not selected, the Effective Date (also called the Begin Date) is used to calculate the student status.

  11. Select Count a student only once if they have a connected enrollment to designate that the Population Analysis report should not count students with connected enrollments more than once.

    • If this option is selected, the report will include enrollment-specific information for connected enrollments using the default enrollment only.

  12. Select the Queue Report button to start the background process.

    When the report is queued successfully, the following message is displayed: “The Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey was successfully queued.

Distance Education Criteria Tab

  1. The Distance Education Criteria tab displays a grid listing previously configured distance education criteria and enables you to configure new distance education criteria.

    NameClosed The name of the item (e.g., data set, batch, job, process, task, person, organization, entity, file).

    Offer Distance Education CoursesClosed Indicates whether the institution offers distance education courses (Yes/No).

    Modified ByClosed The name or user ID of the person who changed the item.

    Date ModifiedClosed The date when the item was changed. On some pages, the date also includes the timestamp.

  2. If you want to:

    • Add a new list item, select the New button on the toolbar. Continue with the next step.

    • Edit an existing record, select the link in the Name column, and edit the fields displayed below the grid.

    • Delete an existing record, select the record, and select the Delete button on the toolbar.

  3. In the Criteria Name field, assign a name to the distance education criteria configuration so that it can be selected on the Process tab.

  4. If your Institution does not offer Distance Education courses as outlined in the federal standard, select Institution does not offer Distance Education Courses. All other fields will be disabled.

  5. In the In-State, Out-of-State, Out-of-Country field, select one of the following options to specify how student populations will be gathered:

    • Use Student Master (default)
    • Use IPEDS State from Enrollment
    • Address Type (This option enables the Address Type field.)
  6. If the "In-State, Out-of-State, Out-of-Country" field is set to Address Type, select the Address Type field and select one or more values (e.g., Home, Vacation, Work).

  7. Specify or change values in the Distance Education Definitions section. At least one value is required.

    Enrollment CampusesClosed The campuses at which distance education students are enrolled. Make sure the campus or campuses you select have nothing but distance education students. If you are not sure or if the campus does not qualify, use one of the other selection criteria.

    Course Delivery MethodsClosed Select the Course Delivery Methods. Course delivery methods are listed as Active=True or Inactive=False.

    Enrollment ShiftsClosed Select shifts associated with the students. Only students who are associated with the selected shifts will have statements generated.

    ProgramsClosed The name of the program. Programs are configured by your institution.

    Extra CurricularsClosed The extracurricular activities that interest the student (such as intramural sports and clubs). The label for this field and the values that it contains are configured by your institution.

    Course Registration CampusesClosed Select the campuses where the distance education courses were registered. Make sure the campus or campuses you select have nothing but distance education students. If you are not sure or if the campus does not qualify, use one of the other selection criteria.

    Course TypesClosed The various types of courses available at the institution, for example, lecture, laboratory, internship, and so on.

    Course ShiftsClosed Select shifts associated with the students. Only students who are associated with the selected shifts will have statements generated.

    Program VersionsClosed The program version associated with the student or item.

    The Programs and Program Versions fields support 2010 and 2020 CIP Codes.

    Important: The criteria you select and save affect the accuracy of the IPEDS reports. Student profile information, date ranges, and all other field choices must reflect accurate and timely record keeping. For example, if you select an Enrollment Campus as a distance education campus, all students enrolled in that campus will be gathered as distance education students.

    The hierarchy of student classifications is as follows:

    • Exclusive: If the student is gathered using one of the following criteria, the student is gathered as someone who qualifies for distance education reporting only.

      • Enrollment Campus
      • Enrollment Shift
      • Program
      • Program Version
      • Extra Curriculars
    • Any: If the student is gathered using one of the following criteria and was not gathered using one of the Exclusive criteria, the student is gathered as someone who qualifies with both distance education and non-distance education criteria.

      • Course Registration Method
      • Course Delivery Method
      • Course Type
      • Course Shift
    • None: The student is gathered as someone who qualifies for no distance education criteria.

    When the report is configured and a student is gathered using several different criteria, the student's status is displayed using the criteria shown in the hierarchy above.

    A student may not be gathered if the actions described in the criteria above do not occur during the time frame specified in the tool. For instance, a student could register at an Enrollment Campus but do so either before or after the time frame in the report. This student would not be gathered as Exclusive.

  8. If you want to save and: 

    • Continue making changes, select the Save button.

    • Close, select the Save & Close button.

    If you want to delete a record, select it in the Distance Education Criteria grid and select the Delete button.

If you modified any settings on the Distance Education Criteria tab and want to use the modified criteria to generate a new Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey, continue with the Process tab.

History Tab

Regulatory US 25.5.0 introduces the "Enable Campus Level Security on Batches" feature. When this feature is enabled, the records on the History tab will be filtered based on the logged-in user and the set of campuses from campus groups associated with this user. The filtering of records on the History tab is based on the SyCampusId. Records with a NULL value in the CampusID field will be visible to all users. CampusID = NULL is assigned to records that are not in Succeeded status (e.g., Completed, Enqueued).

A clean-up script ensures that batches on the History tab that were created before the implementation of the campus-level security feature are also filtered based on the new campus-level security. The script runs at the batch level per process and assigns SyCampusId values to the records in the batch.

If the registry key setting "Enable Campus Level Security on Batches" is turned off under Settings > System > General, the History tab will load the records based on the default campus setting (Session Defaults).

The registry key setting is available in Anthology Student 25.1.0 and later.

  1. The History tab displays a grid listing the final batches for the Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey.

    BatchClosed The number/ID assigned by Anthology Student to the batch. Based on the selection criteria, the job processes data and creates batches asynchronously in the background.

    NameClosed The name of the item (e.g., data set, batch, job, process, task, person, organization, entity, file).

    Low DateClosed The begin date of a date range.

    High DateClosed The end date of a date range.

    Campus GroupClosed The group you specified for the campus. Your institution configures the groups for campuses.

    Generate Report ByClosed The report selection criteria selected on the Process tab.

    Distance Education CriteriaClosed Selection criteria related to distance education. The selection criteria are configured on the Distance Education Criteria tab of the Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey form.

    Submitted ByClosed The name of the staff member who submitted the background job or batch for processing.

    StartedClosed The date and time when the first job within the batch started executing.

    DurationClosed The amount of time it took to process the job or batch.

    StatusClosed A status of Preparing indicates that the jobs in the batch are still being created or are waiting on the system resources required to create them. Started indicates that the batch has been started. (At least one job in the batch is Enqueued, Processing, Succeeded, or Deleted.) Succeeded indicates all jobs in the batch have been executed, and ALL job statuses are Succeeded. Completed indicates all jobs in the batch have been executed; some jobs may be in the Succeeded status, but at least one of the jobs is in the Deleted status. Awaiting indicates the batch is awaiting the completion of a dependent job or batch. Deleted indicates that the batch has been canceled.

    ResultsClosed Indicates the processing result for the job. If it was successfully processed, it displays Passed or Succeeded. Otherwise, it displays the reason why it was not processed.

  2. Locate your batch in the grid and check the value in the Status column.

  3. When the batch has a Status of Succeeded, select the Generate Report button in the grid toolbar.

    When the report is available, the following message is displayed: “Population Analysis / IPEDS Enrollment Survey report downloaded.

    The Generate Report functionality requires the latest version of Microsoft Excel.

  4. You will be prompted to open the report in Microsoft Excel. Select OK to open the file or select Save File and open it from the saved location. For security reasons, the Excel file will be in Protected View (read-only mode). You can change the properties of the file to enable editing.

  5. The Excel file has a Data tab and a Pivot tab.

    IPEDS report - Data tab

    For a selective view of the report data, select the Pivot tab and select the Pivot Table Fields you need.

    IPEDS report - Pivot tab

    The Pivot Table Fields include filter dimensions and measures. Each column that supports filtering (e.g., StudentName, StudentNumber) shows a filter box beneath the corresponding header.

    Filter Dimensions

    Program Version (selected by default)

    Age Bracket

    Begin Status

    Campus

    CIP Code

    CIP Year

    Current Status

    Degree Code

    Distance Education (Yes/No)

    Distance Education Location

    End Status

    Enroll Status

    Ethnicity

    Gender

    Grade Level

    Hispanic

    High School Graduation Date

    High School Graduation Year

    InitialEnrollStatus

    IPEDS State

    IPEDS Transfer

    Lead Source

    Original Graduation Date

    Previous Education

    Program

    Reason Code

    Rep Code

    Shift

    SSN

    Start Date

    State

    Student Name

    Student Number

    ZIP

    Measures

    Begin Population    

    New Start

    Re-entry

    Transfer In

    Transfer Out

    Incomplete

    Dropped

    Complete

    SPN (Standard Period of Non-Enrollment)

    Graduation

    End Population

  6. You can drag Pivot Table Fields into the Filter, Columns, Rows, and Values controls to arrange the data as needed.

    IPEDS report - Pivot tab - Filters

  7. Save the Excel file after you have designed your report.

  8. To remove a batch, select a record and select the Cancel Batch button in the grid toolbar.

  9. If the job status is Completed, select the Retry Batch button in the grid toolbar to resubmit the job.

 

This feature applies to U.S. compliance only.