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The main aim of this project was to collect, clean, and organize institutional data to publish a high-quality dataset on [Kaggle](https://www.kaggle.com/). The dataset is ideal for data science, machine learning, and statistical analysis projects related to education in the United States.\n\n---\n## Repository Contents\n\n* `U.S._College_information_Real_dataset.csv`\n  → Final processed dataset ready for use\n* `US_College_dataset.ipynb`\n  → Jupyter Notebook used to explore, clean, and prepare the data\n* `README.md`\n  → Project description and dataset documentation\n\n---\n\n##  Dataset Overview\n\n| Column                              | Description                                                                      |\n| ----------------------------------- |\n\n| `zip`                               | ZIP code of the institution                                                      |\n\n| `city`                              | City where the college is located                                                |\n\n| `name`                              | Official name of the college                                                     |\n\n| `alias`                             | Alternate or abbreviated names (if any)                                          |\n\n| `state`                             | U.S. state abbreviation (e.g., NY, CA)                                           |\n\n| `locale`                            | Location classification (urban, suburban, rural)                                 |\n\n| `address`                           | Full street address of the college                                               |\n\n| `dolflag`                           | Department of Labor identifier flag (binary)                                     |\n\n| `branches`                          | Number of branch campuses                                                        |\n\n| `ownership`                         | Type of institution (0 = Public, 1 = Private Non-Profit, 2 = Private For-Profit) |\n\n| `main_campus`                       | Flag for main campus (1 = Yes, 0 = No)                                           |\n\n| `state_fips`                        | FIPS code representing the U.S. state                                            |\n\n| `religious_affiliation`             | Religious affiliation (if any, as a coded value)                                 |\n\n| `tuition_revenue_per_fte`           | Tuition revenue per full-time equivalent student                                 |\n\n| `instructional_expenditure_per_fte` | Instructional cost per full-time equivalent student                              |\n\n| `peps_ownership`                    | PEPS (Postsecondary Education Participants System) ownership label               |\n\n| `faculty_salary`                    | Average faculty salary (USD)                                                     |\n\n| `online_only`                       | Flag indicating if college is fully online (1 = Yes, 0 = No)                     |\n\n\u003e  Total Records: **6,429**\n\u003e  Total Columns: **18**\n\n---\n\n##  Use Cases\n\nThis dataset can be used for:\n\n* Data visualization and statistical summaries\n* Ownership-type impact on tuition, faculty salaries, and online education\n* Clustering colleges based on characteristics (e.g., cost, location)\n* Predictive modeling (e.g., completion rate, tuition forecasting, etc.)\n\n---\n\n##  How This Dataset Was Built\n\nThe dataset was curated through:\n\n* handling categorical codes\n* Normalizing key features for consistency\n* Structuring the dataset for easy use in Kaggle notebooks\n\n\u003e For step-by-step processing and EDA, refer to `US_College_dataset.ipynb`.\n\n---\n\n##  How to Use\n\nYou can either:\n\n* Download the CSV directly from [Kaggle Dataset Page](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/muhammadrahimusman12/u-s-college-information-data-set/data) \n* Or clone this repo and use it locally:\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/Rebelhere/us-college-dataset.git\ncd us-college-dataset\n```\n\nThen open the notebook:\n\n```bash\njupyter notebook US_College_dataset.ipynb\n```\n\n---\n\n## Credits\n\n**Dataset Creation \u0026 Curation**: [Muhammad Rahim Usman](https://github.com/Rebelhere)\n\n---\n\n##  Related Links\n\n*  [Kaggle Dataset Link](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/muhammadrahimusman12/u-s-college-information-data-set/data)\n*  [Rebelhere](https://github.com/Rebelhere)\n\n---\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frebelhere%2Fu.s.-higher-education-dataset","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Frebelhere%2Fu.s.-higher-education-dataset","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frebelhere%2Fu.s.-higher-education-dataset/lists"}