| File Type | Indicates which record is being reported. |
| FICE College Code | FICE code formerly used to identify American colleges and universities. |
| Academic Term | Academic term refers to the reporting period of student’s attendance, typically the semester. |
| Calendar Year | The Calendar year for the census, end-of-term, or commencement databeing reported for the accompanying record. |
| SSN or Student ID | A student's social security number or student ID most recently provided to the institution. |
| SSN or Student ID Status | Indicates whether the Most Recent Social Security Number (SOCSEC1) is assigned by the institution or is an actual social security number. |
| SSN or Student ID | A student's previously provided social security number or student ID. |
| SSN or Student ID Status | Indicates whether the Second Most Recent Social Security Number (SOCSEC2) was a number originally assigned by the institution or was a social security number originally reported in error or incorrectly. |
| Campus I.D. | Campus student identification number or ten character of a student's last name. |
| Gender | Gender of the student. |
| Date of Birth | Student's date of birth. |
| Class Level | The level of a student's progress toward a degree or certificate in terms of a traditional class designation. For the Fall Enrollment file this should be the student’s status at the beginning of term; for the Term Registration file it is the status at end-of-term. |
| Enrollment Status | The enrollment status of a student with respect to the student level for the period reported. |
| Highest Degree Held | the highest degree a student has been awarded by either the reporting institution or another institution. |
| Degree Level Sought | The highest degree level a student is currently working toward, and is intending to complete. |
| First Major CIP Code | The six-digit CIP code assigned to the declared first major or program of study in which the student is pursuing, or has completed, a degree. |
| Second Major CIP Code | The six-digit CIP code assigned to the declared second major or program of study in which the student is pursuing, or has completed, a degree. |
| Degree-Seeking Status | Status of a student enrolled in courses for credit who is recognized by the institution as seeking, or not seeking, a formal award at the reporting institution. At the undergraduate level, this is intended to include those enrolled in vocational/occupational programs. |
| Total Term Hours | The total number of hours for credit by the student as of the institution's reporting census date for the reported academic term or semester (Fall Enrollment file) or earned by the student by the end of the term being reported enrolled in vocational/occupational programs. |
| Full-time/Part-time Override | This field may be used to over-ride the calculated full-time/ part-time enrollment status of first-professional and graduate level students (but not undergraduate students), for whom full-time enrollment status may vary by program. |
| Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment | This field may be used to assign a full-time equivalent enrollment value to first-professional students (but not undergraduate or graduate students), for whom full-time enrollment status may vary by program. |
| Audited Credit Hours | The total number of audited hours reported in this field are those credit hours associated with courses a student is registered in but for which the student will not be receiving semester credits. |
| Cumulative Credit | Cumulative credit hours a student has earned for all the courses taken during the student's collegiate career as recorded by the institution where student is currently enrolled. Field should include all credit transcripted by the institution, including transfer credit, dual credit, remedial and non-college level credit, while excluding audited credit. |
| Transfer Institution | Federal FICE code or IPEDS UnitID for the most recent institution from which the student transferred. |
| Initial Transfer Hours | Number of initial credit hours a first-time transfer or first-time student receives in transfer from institutions previously attended. |
| Cumulative Transfer Hours | Total number of transferred credit hours a student has received, at any time, from an institution other than the institution in which the student is currently enrolled. |
| MHEC Participant | Identifies students from other states who are attending a Missouri college or university through the Midwest Higher Education Commission Student Exchange Program. |
| Remedial Math | Number of remedial/developmental Math credit hours a student is enrolled or attempted during the term being reported. |
| Remedial English | Number of remedial/developmental English credit hours a student is enrolled or attempted during the term being reported. |
| Remedial Reading | Number of remedial/developmental Reading credit hours a student is enrolled or attempted during the term being reported. |
| Non-College Hours | The number of credit hours enrolled, or attempted in non-college-level courses. These courses may or may not be transcripted (e.g. speed reading, certain vocational/technical, or recreational courses). Developmental (RE* fields) and audited (AUDTRME/R) credit hours should not be reported here. |
| HS Student | Identifies students who are still enrolled in high school and have not received, at the time of reporting, a high school diploma and are enrolled in college-level classes at the reporting institution. |
| High School Code | A 6-digit number that identifies the high school that awards the high school diploma to a student. |
| Year of High School Graduation | “The calendar year and month in which the student completed (or is expected to complete for high school students) their secondary education, high school graduation, General Equivalency Diploma (GED) or Ability to Benefit Test (ABT). |
| High School Class Size | The number of students in the reported student's high school graduating class. |
| High School Class Rank | The ranked position of the student among his or her high school graduating class. This field is required for all first-time undergraduates. |
| HS Percentile Rank | The percentile rank associated with a student's rank within the student's high school graduating class. (Class Size – Class Rank + .5)/Class Size, round up. |
| High School Core | Dichotomous flag to indicate if a student has completed the Coordinating Board for Higher Education-recommended high school core curriculum. |
| HS English Courses | The total number of high school English courses or units the student took which apply to the CBHE-recommended high school curriculum for admission to a Missouri public four-year college or university. One unit equals a year-long course. |
| HS Math Course | The total number of courses, or units, of high school mathematics that the student took which apply to the CBHE-recommended high school curriculum for admission to a Missouri public four-year college or university. |
| HS Social Studies Course | The total number of courses, or units, of high school social studies that the student took which apply to the CBHE-recommended high school curriculum for admission to a Missouri public four-year college or university. |
| HS Science Course | The total number of courses, or units, of high school science that the student took which apply to the CBHE-recommended high school curriculum for admission to a Missouri public four-year college or university. |
| HS Visual/ PA Courses | The total number of courses, or units, of high school visual and performing arts that the student took which apply to the CBHE-recommended high school curriculum for admission to a Missouri public four-year college or university. |
| HS Electives | Total number of courses, or units, of foreign language study, computer science with a prerequisite of algebra I, state or international history, or signing for the hearing impaired, that the student took which apply to the CBHE-recommended high school curriculum for admission to a Missouri public four-year college or university. |
| ACT English | Score an entering student received on the English Subscale portion of the American College Testing (ACT) college entrance examination submitted for admissions consideration or attained by the student as a result of an on-campus administration of the ACT after the student has already enrolled. All subscale scores should be reported from the same test administration as the ACT Composite score reported in the ACTCOM column. |
| ACT Math | Score an entering student received on the Mathematics Subscale portion of the American College Testing (ACT) college entrance examination submitted for admissions consideration or attained by the student as a result of an on-campus administration of the ACT after the student has already enrolled. All subscale scores should be reported from the same test administration as the ACT Composite score reported in the ACTCOM column. |
| ACT Reading | Score an entering student received on the Mathematics Subscale portion of the American College Testing (ACT) college entrance examination submitted for admissions consideration or attained by the student as a result of an on-campus administration of the ACT after the student has already enrolled. All subscale scores should be reported from the same test administration as the ACT Composite score reported in the ACTCOM column. |
| ACT Science | Score an entering student received on the Mathematics Subscale portion of the American College Testing (ACT) college entrance examination submitted for admissions consideration or attained by the student as a result of an on-campus administration of the ACT after the student has already enrolled. All subscale scores should be reported from the same test administration as the ACT Composite score reported in the ACTCOM column. |
| ACT Composite | Composite score an entering student received on the American College Testing (ACT) college entrance examination submitted for admissions consideration or attained by the student as a result of an on-campus administration of the ACT after the student has already enrolled. |
| Equated ACT Composite Score | Identifies students for whom the ACT Composite Score reported in the ACTCOM field has been equated based on SAT Math (SATMAT) and SAT Verbal (SATVER) scores. |
| SAT Verbal | The score an entering student received on the verbal portion of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) submitted for admissions consideration. |
| SAT Math | The score an entering student received on the mathematics portion of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) submitted for admissions consideration. |
| Legal Residence | Student's present legal residence as determined in accordance with the Residency Policy of the Coordinating Board and used as the basis for institutional fee assessment policies. |
| Course Location | Classification of a student as on- or off-campus, or in- or out-of-district, based on the location where the majority of his/her credit hours are taken. |
| HS Foreign Language | The number of courses, or units, of foreign language study, that the student took which apply to the CBHE-recommended high school curriculum for admission to a Missouri public four-year college or university. |
| Last Name | Student's last name. |
| First Name | Student's first name. |
| Middle Initial | Student's middle initial. |
| Suffix | Student's suffix if applicable. |
| MOSIS ID | Unique student identifier assigned to all students in Missouri public schools by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). |
| Hispanic | Student identifies as Hispanic race/ethnicity. |
| NR Alien | Student identifies as a Non-resident Alien race/ethnicity. |
| AIAN | Student identifies as American Indian or Alaska Native race/ethnicity. |
| Asian | Student identifies as Asian race/ethnicity. |
| Black | Student identifies as Black or African American race/ethnicity. |
| Pacific Islander | Student identifies as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander race/ethnicity. |
| White | Student identifies as White or Caucasian race/ethnicity. |
| Other Race | Student identifies as Other race/ethnicity. |
| Other Remedial Hours | Report the total number of credits enrolled for, or attempted in developmental courses not included in REMATHE/R, REENGLE/R, or REREADE/R. |
| Prep Math | Report the total number of credit hours enrolled for, or attempted in mathematics courses not considered developmental but which do not meet the general education requirements for the AA/BA/42-hour-transfer-block. Exclude coursework designed for: 1. specific programs (e.g. math for health sciences, provided students are enrolled in relevant program). 2. non-native English speakers (e.g. English as a Second Language, TOEFL preparation, etc.) |
| Prep English | Report the total number of credit hours enrolled for, or attempted in English courses not considered developmental but which do not meet the general education requirements for the AA/BA/42-hour-transfer-block. Exclude coursework designed for: 1. specific programs (e.g. math for health sciences, provided students are enrolled in relevant program). 2. non-native English speakers (e.g. English as a Second Language, TOEFL preparation, etc.) |
| Prep Reading | Report the total number of credit hours enrolled for, or attempted in Reading courses not considered developmental but which do not meet the general education requirements for the AA/BA/42-hour-transfer-block. Exclude coursework designed for: 1. specific programs (e.g. math for health sciences, provided students are enrolled in relevant program) 2. non-native English speakers (e.g. English as a Second Language, TOEFL preparation, etc.) |
| Geographic Origin | The geographic origin of a student at the time of initial admission to the institution as a first-time student or first-time transfer student. |
| Transfer Institution (IPEDSID) | Federal IPEDS UnitID for the most recent institution from which the student transferred. Eventually this field will replace the TRANSSCH (FICE ID) field. |
| Distance Learning | Number of credit hours enrolled in predominantly distance learning courses. Coursework should be classified as distance learning if the predominance of the instruction takes place through a non-face-to-face modality in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both. Education or training courses are delivered to remote locations via synchronous or asynchronous means of instruction, including written correspondence, text, graphics, audio- and videotape, CD-ROM, online learning, audio- and videoconferencing, interactive TV, and FAX. Predominance should exceed 50% of the time a traditional course would include face-to-face interaction. |
