OIRAA

VARIABLE NAME: INSTCD

DESCRIPTOR: Institution Code (FICE Code)

DEFINITION: Signifies ownership by one of the eight campuses of USC using the six-digit numeric code defined by the Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE) and published by the U.S. Office of Education in the Higher Education Directory. On the CHE enrollment and completions files, institution code is determined by the school code of the student.  On the CHE courses file, institution code is determined by the prefix assigned to the course.

VALUES: See CHE Appendix A, SC FICE Institution Codes, FICE Codes for a complete listing. Listed below are FICE Codes for the University of South Carolina:

• 003448 = Columbia
  003449 = Aiken
  006951 = Upstate
  003450 = Beaufort
  003453 = Lancaster
  003454 = Salkehatchie
  012112 = Sumter
  004927 = Union

FIELD ATTRIBUTE: A6

SOURCE: CHE Enrollment, Completions, and Courses Files

EXAMPLE: To select data for the Beaufort campus, type INSTCD = '003450' in the WHERE statement. To select data for the Beaufort and Sumter campuses, type INSTCD IN ('003450', '012112') in the WHERE statement.