Data Dictionary

 

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Performance Variables


ACT Composite Score (ACTCOMP)
Age (AGE)
High School GPA (HSGPA)
High School Position (HSPOS)
High School Size (HSSIZE)
Pre-Semester USC Cumulative GPA (PRECGPA)
Post-Semester USC Cumulative GPA (POSTCGPA)
SAT Math Score (SATM)
SAT Verbal Score (SATV)
SAT Total Score (SATT)
Semester Hours Carried (CREDHRS)
USC Total Hours Earned (POSTCHRS)

Row/Column Variables


First Concentration (First_Concentration)
Campus (CAMPUS)
Citizenship (Y/N) (CITZ)
Class Level (Student_Classification)
Country of Citizenship (COUNTRY)
County (SC) (CNTYID)
Degree Level (DEGLEV)
Degree Sought (DEGREE)
Fee Residency (RESCLASS)
Full or Part Time Enrollment Status (ENROLL)
Gender (M/F) (GENDER)
High School Code (HSCH)
High School Graduation Year (HSGYR)
High School Rank (%) (HSRANK)
Institution Code (INSTCD)
Legal Residency (LEGRES)
Major (MAJOR)
New/Continuing Enrollment Status (REGSTAT)
Prerequisite 1 English (Before Fall 2001) (PREQ1)
Prerequisite 1 English (Revised Fall 2001) (PREQ1)
Prerequisite 2 Math (PREQ2)
Prerequisite 3 Lab Science (Before Fall 2001) (PREQ3)
Prerequisite 3 Lab Science (Revised Fall 2001) (PREQ3)
Prerequisite 4 Foreign Language (PREQ4)
Prerequisite 5 Defined Elective (Before Fall 2001) (PREQ5)
Prerequisite 5 Social Science (Revised Fall 2001) (PREQ5)
Prerequisite 6 U.S. History (Before Fall 2001) (PREQ6)
Prerequisite 6 Electives (Revised Fall 2001) (PREQ6)
Prerequisite 7 Social Studies (Before Fall 2001) (PREQ7)
Prerequisite 7 (Revised Fall 2001) (PREQ7)
Prerequisite 8 Physical Education (PREQ8)
Program Code (CIP) (PROGCD)
Program Code Suffix (CIP Suffix) (SUF)
Race/Ethnicity (IPEDS)
State of Origin (STATE)
Student Category (Undergrad/Grad/First Prof) (STUCATE)
Student Level (STULVL)
Undergraduate Degree (Graduate Students) (UGDEG)



To find more variables used in University datasets, see the USC Codebook.