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Federal School Code List for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Education
Sub-Agency/Organization	Federal Student Aid
Category	Education
Date Released	08/01/2011
Date Updated	08/01/2011
Time Period	2011
Frequency	Updated first of February, May, August, and November of each calendar year
Description	The Federal School Code List contains the unique codes assigned by the Department of Education for schools participating in the Title IV federal student aid programs. Students can enter these codes on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to indicate which postsecondary schools they want to receive their financial application results. The Federal School Code List is a searchable document in PDF and Excel format. The list will be updated on the first of February, May, August, and November of each calendar year.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	FAFSA, student loans, college, university
Unique ID	5177

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Federal School Code List, Federal Student Aid (FSA), U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Agency Program Page	http://ifap.ed.gov/ifap/fedSchoolCodeList.jsp
Agency Data Series Page	http://ifap.ed.gov/ifap/fedSchoolCodeList.jsp

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	by School Name, Address, City, State, ZIP
Granularity	State, ZIP Code (U.S.); Province, Country, Postal Code (World)
Geographic Coverage	World

Data Description

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Data Collection Instrument
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://ifap.ed.gov/fedschcodelist/attachments/UsingFedSchoolCodeList.doc

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://ifap.ed.gov/fedschcodelist/attachments/UsingFedSchoolCodeList.doc
Additional Metadata

OMB Control No. 3090-0284