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Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier

Alternate Name

OPEID

Definition

Identification number used by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) to identify schools that have Program Participation Agreements (PPA) so that its students are eligible to participate in Federal Student Financial Assistance programs under Title IV regulations. This is a 6-digit number followed by a 2-digit suffix used to identify branches, additional locations, and other entities that are part of the eligible institution.

Format

Integer - exactly 8 digits

Related Domains, Entities and Categories

Postsecondary -> PS Institution -> Directory (Data Model ID = 42809) 
Postsecondary -> PS Student -> Institution Enrollment -> Prior Academic Award (Data Model ID = 45984) 

Related Topics

Early Learning -> Program Quality 

Global ID

000203

Term ID

15203

Element Technical Name

OPEID

XML
URL

https://ceds.ed.gov/element/000203    (Email this link)

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