VARIABLE NAME:
STATE
DESCRIPTOR: State Code
DEFINITION: The Federal
Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code for the state in which the student was
domiciled at the time of first admission to the institution AND/OR entry into
the CHEMIS database. In other words, this field will contain the first reported
Geographic Origin of the student enrolling at USC.
VALUES: See
CHE Appendix F, FIPS State Codes.
FIELD ATTRIBUTE: A2
NOTE:
Foreign students will be reported with the "XC" code. If the student's state
cannot be determined or is not available, the "XX" UNKNOWN code may be reported.
SOURCE: CHE Enrollment
File
EXAMPLE: To select
students from North Carolina, type STATE='NC' in the WHERE statement. To
select students from Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, type STATE
IN ('GA','NC','SC') in the WHERE statement.