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Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Education
Sub-Agency/Organization	Office of Postsecondary Education
Category	Education
Date Released	05/16/2011
Date Updated	08/01/2011
Time Period	1870-present
Frequency	Quarterly and ad-hoc
Description	The Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs is compiled entirely from publicly available information reported to the U.S. Department of Education by recognized accrediting agencies and state approval agencies that have been asked to provide information for each institution and/or program accredited by that agency. This reported information is not audited. The database is updated to reflect additional information as it is received from recognized accrediting agencies and state approval agencies but the Department makes no guarantee that the database will be updated immediately upon receipt of such information. The U.S. Department of Education cannot, therefore, guarantee that the information contained in the database is accurate, current, or complete.

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Administrative
Keywords	college, university, postsecondary, accreditation
Unique ID	5136

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs, Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Agency Program Page	http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/
Agency Data Series Page	http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/GetDownloadFile.aspx

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	by institution ID, by institution name, by campus ID, by campus name, by accreditation type, by accreditation status, by approving body
Granularity	City, State, ZIP code
Geographic Coverage	United States

Data Description

Collection Mode	Person/computer
Data Collection Instrument
Data Dictionary/Variable List	http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/GetDownloadFile.aspx

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/
Additional Metadata	http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/GetDownloadFile.aspx

OMB Control No. 3090-0284