Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
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2025
Full Details
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Title
Supplemental Colleges [Pennsylvania]
Description
This feature class/shapefile captures supplemental college locations (locations not recorded by NCES IPEDS data) for the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) database. (https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/) The Supplemental Colleges feature class/shapefile contains additional postsecondary education features that are not included in the National Center for Education (NCES) Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS). 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. Any results or conclusions based on the POPULATION, TOT_ENROLL, and TOT_EMP values contained in this layer should be verified. This feature class contains all MEDS/MEDS+ as approved by NGA. Complete feature class information is available in the "Entities and Attributes" metadata section for these and other field details. Geographical coverage is detailed in the Place Keyword section of the metadata and the thumbnail graphic above. This feature class does not have a relationship class but is related to Colleges and Universities by the IPEDS ID. This release includes 48 new records and updates to the TYPE and STATUS fields based on the current release of IPEDS on 2747 records. Thirteen (13) were removed as their parent records are no longer in the IPEDS data or IPEDS now accounts for that institution.
Creator
Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level Data HIFLD
Publisher
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
Date Issued
2025
Access Rights
Public
Format
File
Language
English
Date Added
November 16, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from PASDA on 2025-11-16.