For selected scholarship programs, this dataset shows recipient and eligible applicant counts using a variety of metric categories. Refer to data dictionary for details.
This dataset has the following 11 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | number | Academic Year is from July 1 through June 30. For scholarship applicants, this is the academic year of first application for the scholarship award. For scholarship recipients, this is the academic year of award. | 2014 view top 100 |
| Scholarship Name | scholarship_name | text | The name of the scholarship program administered by HESC. | NYS Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Incentive Program view top 100 |
| Metric Type | metric_type | text | Valid values for metric type are “College”, “Gender”, “Income”, and “Region”. Note that income data is generally unavailable for applicants during the early stages of processing. Therefore, the "Income" metric is only present for scholarship recipients. | College view top 100 |
| Sector Type | sector_type | text | Used for Metric Type = “College” only. Name of Institution used by the Tuition Assistance Program. | PUBLIC view top 100 |
| TAP Sector Group | tap_sector_group | text | Used for Metric Type = “College” only. 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. | 3-SUNY SO 4-SUNY CC 1-CUNY SR view top 100 |
| TAP College Code | tap_college_code | number | Used for Metric Type = “College” only. Name of Institution used by the Tuition Assistance Program. | 2160 905 1411 1417 2000 view top 100 |
| Federal School Code | federal_school_code | number | Used for Metric Type = “College” only. 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. | 2854 2848 2846 2843 2841 view top 100 |
| TAP College Name | tap_college_name | text | Used for Metric Type = “College” only. Name of Institution used by the Tuition Assistance Program. | SUNY COLLEGE OF TECH AT ALFRED ALFRED UNIVERSITY SUC CORTLAND (UNDERGRAD) SUC ENV SCI&FORESTRY CUNY BROOKLYN COLLEGE view top 100 |
| College Region Name | college_region_name | text | Used for Metric Type = “College” only. The region, as designated by the NYS Department of Labor, where the applicant resides. Capital District: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, and Washington; Central New York: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, and Oswego; Finger Lakes: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates; Hudson Valley: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester; Long Island: Nassau and Suffolk; Mohawk Valley: Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, and Schoharie; New York City: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond; North Country Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence; Southern Tier: Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins; Western New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara; n/a: Not available--Region was unable to be determined. | New York City Western New York Capital District Mohawk Valley Finger Lakes view top 100 |
| Headcount Type | headcount_type | text | Type of headcount is either “Eligible Applicant(s)” or “Recipient(s)”. | Recipient(s) view top 100 |
| Headcount | headcount | number | For Headcount Type = “Eligible Applicant(s)”: The number of applicants determined to be eligible for this scholarship program as of the processing snapshot date. For Headcount Type = “Recipient(s)”: The number of recipients as measured by students receiving at least one term award during the academic year. | 1 3 5 2 4 view top 100 |