VARIABLE NAME: 
CNTYID 
DESCRIPTOR: County 
DEFINITION: The South 
Carolina county in which the student resided at the time of the first admission 
to USC.
 
VALUES: See
CHE Appendix E, SC County Codes. 
FIELD ATTRIBUTE: A2 
NOTE: 
Out-of-state students will be reported with the "96" code. Foreign students will 
be reported with the "97" code. South Carolina students for which the county 
identifier is unknown will be reported with the "98" code. 
SOURCE: CHE Enrollment 
and Completions Files - Calculated using the geographic code on the USC INFO and 
Degrees Awarded files
EXAMPLE: To select 
students from Beaufort County, type CNTYID='07' in the WHERE statement. 
To select students from Beaufort and Lexington counties, type CNTYID IN 
('07','32') in the WHERE statement.