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Colleges and Universities: The colleges and university dataset is composed of all Post Secondary Education facilities as defined by the Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS), National Center for Education Statistics, US Department of Education. Included are Doctoral/Research Universities, Masters Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, Associates Colleges, Theological seminaries, Medical Schools and other health care professions, Schools of engineering and technology, business and management, art, music, design, Law schools, Teachers colleges, Tribal colleges, and other specialized institutions. Overall, this data layer covers all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and other assorted U.S. territories.This feature class contains all MEDS/MEDS+ as approved by NGA. For each field the 'Not available' and 'NULL' designations are used to indicate that the data for the particular record and field is currently unavailable and will be populated when and if that data becomes available. |