VARIABLE NAME: DEGLEV
DESCRIPTOR:
Degree Level
DEFINITION:
Defines the level of the degree a student is seeking on the CHEMIS
Enrollment File. Defines the level of the degree a student has earned on
the CHEMIS Completions file.
VALUES:
01 = Certificate less than one year
02 = One year but less
than two year certificate
03 = Two year but less
than four year certificate
04 = Associate I
creditable
05 = Associate II
non-creditable (Inactive as of 10-18-94)
06 = Four or five year
Baccalaureate
07 = Post-Baccalaureate
08 = First-Professional
09 = Masters
10 = Post-Masters
Certificate
11 = Beyond Masters but
less than Doctorate (Specialist)
12 = Doctorate
14 = Non-degree seeking
FIELD ATTRIBUTE:
A2
NOTES:
The following correlations apply to the Student Level and the Degree Level data
elements:
If DEGLEV = 01, 02, 03, or
04, STULVL must be 01, 02, 03, or 04
If DEGLEV = 06, STULVL must
be 01, 02, 03, or 04
If DEGLEV = 07, STULVL must
be 07
If DEGLEV = 08, STULVL must
be 06
If DEGLEV = 09, STULVL must
be 07
If DEGLEV = 10, STULVL must
be 07
If DEGLEV = 11, STULVL must
be 07
If DEGLEV = 12, STULVL must
be 08
If DEGLEV = 14, STULVL must
be 05 or 09
- Associate I, Creditable:
An award that normally requires at least two, but less than four
years of full time equivalent college work that can be used as a credit towards
the award of a four-year degree.
- Associate II,
Non-Creditable: An award that normally requires at least two, but less than
four years of full time equivalent college work that cannot be used as credit
toward the award of a four-year degree (inactive as of 10-18-94).
- Four or Five Year
Baccalaureate: An award that normally requires at least four, but not
more than five years of full time equivalent college-level work. This includes ALL
bachelors degrees conferred in a cooperative or work-study plan or program. Also
includes bachelors degrees in which the normal four years of work are completed
in three years.
- First Professional:
An award that requires completion of a program that meets all of the
following criteria: (1) completion of the academic requirements to begin practice in
the profession; (2) at least two years of college work prior to entrance into the
program; and (3) a total of at least six academic years of college work to complete
the degree or program, including prior required college work plus the
length of the professional program itself. First professional degrees may be
awarded in the following fields: Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Medicine (M.D.), and Law (L.L.B. or J.D.).
- Masters: An award that requires the successful completion of a program of study of at
least the full-time equivalent of one, but not more than two years of work beyond
the bachelors degree.
- Post-Masters Certificate: An award that requires completion of an organized program
of study of 24 credit hours beyond the masters degree, but does not meet the
requirements of an academic degree at the doctors level.
- Beyond Masters But Less Than Doctorate (Specialist): Requires the completion of an
organized program of study that awards the specialist degree, but does not meet
the requirements of an academic degree at the doctors level.
- Doctorate: An award that requires work at the graduate level and terminates in a doctors degree.
- Non-degree seeking:
Students enrolled in courses for credit who have not been recognized by the institution as seeking a degree or formal award. At the undergraduate level, this is not intended to include students enrolled in vocational or occupational programs.
SOURCE:
CHE Enrollment and Completions Files
EXAMPLE:
To select baccalaureate degree level students, type DEGLEV='06' in the
WHERE statement. To select master or post-baccalaureate certificate degree level
students, type DEGLEV IN ('07','09') in the WHERE statement.