New York Scholarship Dataset

Context

This data includes the number of Scholarship award recipients and dollar amounts by TAP(Tuition Assistance Program) college code from academic year 2009 to 2018.(for HESC-administered scholarships only)

Content

1. Academic Year :
   - Academic Year is from July 1 through June 30.
2. TAP College Code :
   - College Code used by the Tuition Assistance Program.
3. Federal School Code :
   - Institution code used by the US Department of Education. Note that there is not always a 1-for-1 correspondence between TAP Code and Federal Code. In some situations, there may be more than one TAP Code for a single Federal School Code. A typical example would be separate TAP Codes for undergraduate and graduate levels of study at the same Federal School Code institution.
4. TAP College Name :
   - Name of Institution used by the Tuition Assistance Program.
5. TAP Sector Group :
   - Sector Group of Institution: 1-CUNY SR = CUNY Senior Colleges 2-CUNY CC = CUNY Community Colleges 3-SUNY SO = SUNY State Operated 4-SUNY CC = SUNY Community Colleges 5-INDEPENDENT = Independent Colleges 6-BUS. DEGREE = Business Degree Granting Institutions 7-BUS. NON-DEG = Non-Degree Business Schools 8-OTHER = All Other Institutions 9-CHAPTER XXII = Chapter XXII TAP Schools VOCATIONAL – VET SCHOOLS ONLY = Vocational schools approved for Veteran Tuition Award only.
6. Scholarship Headcount :
   - Number of recipients as measured by students receiving at least one term award during the academic year.
7. Scholarship FTE :
   - Number of recipients as measured by academic year Full-Time Equivalents: Full Time Equivalent is a unit that indicates the enrollment of a student in credit-bearing courses in a way that makes it comparable across contexts. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to 1 full-time student, while an FTE of 0.5 signals that a student is enrolled half-time.
8. Scholarship Dollars :
   - Value of scholarships given out.

Acknowledgements

https://data.ny.gov