Postsecondary Schools in Kentucky

Institutions of Higher Education in Kentucky. This dataset is composed of a subset of postsecondary educational institutions such as: colleges, universities, technical schools, trade schools, business schools, satellite (branch) campuses, etc. that grant First Professional, Associate, Bachelors, Masters, or Doctoral degrees. Text fields in this dataset have been set to propercase to facilitate consistent database engine search results. The currentness of this dataset is indicated by the "date verified" attribute. Based upon this attribute, the most current records are current as of 07/31/2015. 282 point features representing postsecondary educational locations across Kentucky. The dataset includes facilities from 85 unique parent institutions distributed across 75 counties. The locations are classified by type, with Main Campuses (65) and Campuses (107) comprising the majority. Other facility types include Centers (41), Off-site Locations (38), Extensions (7), Farms (9), and specialized facilities such as research stations, laboratories, and a forest research site. The dataset is nearly evenly split between public institutions (152 locations) and private institutions (130 locations). Public institutions include state universities like Murray State, the University of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Private institutions include liberal arts colleges like Lindsey Wilson College and various specialized training programs. Each feature includes the location name, parent institution, facility type, support classification (public/private), street address, city, ZIP code, county name, Area Development District, and geographic coordinates in both decimal degrees (WGS84) and Kentucky State Plane coordinates. Verification metadata indicates locations were confirmed through the Council on Postsecondary Education, institutional websites, or direct sourcing. This layer supports educational planning, workforce development analysis, and accessibility studies for higher education across the Commonwealth. Download Shapefile: https://ky.box.com/v/kymartian-higher-education本数据集为肯塔基州高等教育机构数据集。本数据集涵盖了一批授予第一专业学位、副学士学位、学士学位、硕士学位或博士学位的专上教育机构子集，具体包括学院、大学、技术学校、职业技校、商学院、卫星（分支）校区等。数据集内的文本字段均已设置为首字母大写格式，以确保数据库引擎检索结果的一致性。数据集的时效性由“验证日期”（date verified）属性标注，基于该属性，最新记录的更新截至2015年7月31日。本数据集包含282个点要素，用于表征肯塔基州境内的专上教育办学点位。该数据集涵盖了分布于75个郡的85所独立母体院校的办学设施。办学点位按类型分类，其中主校区（65个）与分校区（107个）占绝大多数。其余设施类型包括中心（41个）、校外点位（38个）、延伸教学点（7个）、农场（9个），以及研究站、实验室、森林研究站点等专项设施。本数据集的办学点位在公立与私立院校间分布近乎均衡：公立院校点位152个，私立院校点位130个。公立院校包括默里州立大学、肯塔基大学等州立大学，以及肯塔基社区与技术学院体系（KCTCS）。私立院校包括林赛·威尔逊学院等文理学院，以及各类专项培训项目。每个点要素均包含办学点位名称、母体院校名称、设施类型、办学属性分类（公立/私立）、街道地址、所在城市、邮政编码、所属郡名、区域发展区信息，以及地理坐标：包含十进制度格式（WGS84）与肯塔基州平面坐标系数据。验证元数据显示，所有办学点位均通过肯塔基州专上教育委员会、院校官网或直接数据源进行了核实确认。该数据集图层可用于肯塔基州全境的高等教育规划、劳动力发展分析以及高等教育可达性研究。下载Shapefile：https://ky.box.com/v/kymartian-higher-education