IBHE’s Enrollments & Degrees System

The year for which data was collected.

• Fall Enrollment - Fall Year
• Degrees Conferred - Academic/Fiscal Year

One of nine institutional categories resulting from dividing the universe according to control and level. Control categories are public, private not-for-profit, and private for-profit. Level categories are 4-year and higher (4 year), 2-but-less-than 4-year (2 year), and less than 2-year.

The institutional categories (and their codes) used by IBHE are:

• Public Universities (1)
• Community Colleges (2)
• Independent Not-For-Profit Institutions (3)
• Independent For-Profit Institutions (5)
• Out-of-State Institutions* (7)

* Out-of-State institutions approved to offer degree programs in Illinois.

An award conferred by a college, university, or other postsecondary education institution as official recognition for the successful completion of a program of studies.

Degree levels and their IPEDS/IBHE codes are:

• Less Than One-Year Certificate (1)
• 1-2 Year Certificate (2)
• Associate (3)
• 2-4 Year Certificate (4)
• Bachelors (5)
• Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (6)
• Masters (7)
• Post Master's Certificate (8)
• Doctoral Research (17)
• Doctoral Professional Practice (18)
• Doctoral Other (19)

May 8, 2013 - During the FY2012 data collection it was discovered that non-credit enrollments such as English as a Second Language (ESL) and Adult Basic Education (ABE) had been included in the ICCB enrollment reporting in prior years.

Starting with the Fall 2011 enrollment report we will now separate these enrollments and have assigned a new level number, 100, to clearly differentiate these enrollments from the traditional IPED levels ranging from 1 to 19 for credit-bearing enrollments.

We are not able to identify these same enrollments in the prior years so there will not be any revisions to the Fall 2010 and older enrollment data. Non-credit enrollments are not collected from private institutions or the public universities.

2007-2008 and prior certificate data for the community colleges is not accurate. Level 1 (less than one-year) and level 2 (one to two-year) certificates were added together and labeled as Level 2 until this error was fixed in the fall 2009 enrollment data and the 2008-2009 awards data. If you are seeking data on certificates granted by community colleges prior to fall 2009, please use ICCB or IPEDS for this data.

Level 1 data was not collected from private institutions and is not reflected in the enrollment and degrees system or the IBHE data book.

Please contact us if you have any questions about this data.

A taxonomic coding scheme for secondary and postsecondary instructional programs. It is intended to facilitate the organization, collection, and reporting of program data using classifications that capture the majority of reportable data. The CIP is the accepted federal government statistical standard on instructional program classifications and is used in a variety of education information surveys and databases.

CIP Code is a six-digit code in the form xx.xxxx that identifies instructional program specialties within educational institutions.

More information: IPEDS CIP 2010