A code or description associated with one of the mutually-exclusive IPEDS race/ethnicitiy reporting categories.

Interpretation / Usage Notes:

In its central warehouse implementation, Race/Ethnicity – IPEDS Reporting is stored as a single character code. In reporting implementations, the code may be translated and displayed as a corresponding description.

The National Center for Education Statistics, an agency of the U.S. Department of Education, provides definitions for each of the race/ethnicity codes as part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Those definitions may be found at the following web page:

http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/reic/definitions.asp

Potential Values:

Codes and their corresponding descriptions are as follows:

1-White
2-Black/African American
3-Hispanic/Latino
4-Asian
5-American Indian/Alaska Native
6-Unknown
7-Native Hawaiian/Oth Pac Island
M-Two or more races
N-Non-resident alien

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