Only Four-Year Institutions Required to Report Disaggregated Data to ED
Published November 17, 2025
By AACOM Government Relations
Higher Education
OME Advocate
- In August 2025, the Trump administration issued a directive ordering colleges to submit six years’ worth of application and admissions data disaggregated by student race and sex as part of the 2025-26 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) reporting cycle.
- A notice issued on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, clarified that only four-year institutions would be subjected to the new reporting requirements. Additionally, open-enrollment institutions that only award aid based on financial need do not need to submit this data to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which oversees the IPEDS system.
- Institutions and higher education associations have raised concerns about the directive since its announcement, worrying it may result in administrative burden.
- Read AACOM’s submitted comments to the NCES on the new reporting requirements from October 2025.
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