Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Completions, 2007

<p>IPEDS collects data on postsecondary education in the United States in seven areas: institutional characteristics, institutional prices, enrollment, student financial aid, degrees and certificates conferred, student persistence and success, and institutional human and fiscal resources. IPEDS collects data on the number of students who complete a postsecondary education program by type of program and level of award (certificate or degree). Type of program is categorized according to the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP), a detailed coding system for postsecondary instructional programs. These data provide information on the number and location of completers by field. Business and industry, the military, and other groups that need to recruit individuals with particular skills use these data extensively. The data also help satisfy the mandate in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act for information on completions in postsecondary career and technical education programs</p>

美国高等教育综合数据系统（IPEDS）收集美国高等教育领域七个方面的数据：机构特征、机构收费、入学人数、学生资助、授予的学位与证书、学生留存与学业成就，以及机构人力与财政资源。IPEDS按项目类型和奖项级别（证书或学位）收集完成高等教育项目的学生人数数据。项目类型依据《教学项目分类》（Classification of Instructional Programs，CIP）划分，该分类是一套针对高等教育教学项目的详细编码体系。这些数据提供了各领域完成者的数量与分布信息。工商界、军方及其他需要招募具备特定技能人才的机构广泛使用这些数据。这些数据也有助于满足《卡尔·D·帕金斯职业教育法案》中关于高等职业技术教育项目完成情况信息的法定要求。