Step 0: Install/Load the package | Step 1: Prep your institutional data | Step 2: Read in your data and produce your IPEDS report | Note about the gender collection updates for 2025-2026 reporting cycle | Notes for specific reports | Step 3: Upload your IPEDS report | Troubleshooting | You need to make a data correction after uploading | IPEDS rejects your upload file or accepts the file but provides an error message | How the package can help you troubleshoot | IPEDS has changed a survey's requirements, but you need to rerun an old report

To use the produce_adm_report function, your student admissions data must be in the format described below

When to use this How-To | General Process | Data prep example: Admissions (old) | Start with institutional data for applicants | Prepare Part A - General Questions (not from sample data) | Prepare Part B - Student Counts (from sample data) | Part C: Test Scores (from sample data) | Use this package to convert those dataframes into a single uploadable txt file | Upload your final txt file to the IPEDS website

To use the produce_e1d_report function, you must provide two (2) dataframes: one with student enrollment data and one with instructional activity data. | The student enrollment data must be in the format described below | The instructional activity data must be in the format described below

To use the produce_com_report function, your student completions data must be in the format described below | If there are any cip code/degree level/major number combinations that are possible for students to obtain but are NOT represented in this year's student completions data, use the format below to incorporate them into the make_com functions.

The produce_ef1_report function requires 2 separate dataframes, one with row-level students and one with pre-aggregated retention counts. | The dataframes must follow the format described below | Student data requirements | Retention data requirements | Student-faculty ratio

To use the produce_gr_report function, your student graduation data must be in the format described below

To use the produce_gr200_report function, your student graduation data must be in the format described below

To use the produce_hr_report function, your data must be in the format described below | Note

To use the produce_om_report function, your data must be in the format described below