Colleges and Universities

HIFLD (Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data) / Public Environmental Data Partners (PEDP)
The Colleges and Universities dataset is composed of all Post Secondary Education facilities as defined by the Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), US Department of Education for the 2020-2021 school year. Includes Doctoral/Research Universities, Masters Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, Associates Colleges, Theological seminaries, Medical Schools, Schools of engineering and technology, Law schools, Teachers colleges, Tribal colleges, and other specialized institutions. Covers all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories.
Data Format GeoParquet, PMTiles, GeoPackage, Shapefile, GeoJSON
Download Url https://hifld.publicenvirodata.org/storage/colleges-and-u...
Download Url Validated False
Validation Message All URLs failed validation
Alternate Download Urls https://hifld.publicenvirodata.org/collections/hifld/data...
Update Frequency Annual (based on academic year data)
Last Updated 2026-02-15
Geospatial Bounds -170.7432,-14.3232,171.3784,71.3247
Portal Type unknown
Success False
Quality Score
100%
Usable
Yes
Total Rows
6,559
Valid Geometries
6,559 / 6,559

Schema Compliance

Geometry Type Point
CRS {"$schema": "https://proj.org/schemas/v0.7/projjso...
WGS84 Yes
Required Columns Yes

Spatial Bounds

SW: (-170.7432, -14.3232)
NE: (171.3784, 71.3247)

Column Completeness

Column Completeness
id 100.0%
names 100.0%
categories 100.0%
operating_status 100.0%
addresses 100.0%
phones 100.0%
websites 100.0%
socials 100.0%
emails 100.0%
sources 100.0%
source_properties 100.0%

Top Categories

college_university (6,559)

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