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title: "How Standard IPEDS Filters & Exports are Calculated"
slug: "how-standard-ipeds-filters-exports-are-calculated"
updated: 2023-11-21T10:53:49Z
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# How Standard IPEDS Filters & Exports are Calculated

The standard exports and filters for IPEDS classification are calculated from three Slate-Standard fields and prompts: **Citizenship**, **Race**, and **Hispanic**. Since IPEDS doesn't consider the race or ethnicity of international students, all international students are given an IPEDS classification of *Nonresident Alien*, regardless of race or ethnicity.

Slate uses a SQL statement to calculate an applicant's IPEDS classification. In plain English, the steps of that statement are:

| Field | Calculation |
| --- | --- |
| **Citizenship** | If the Citizenship Status = "FN" (Foreign National), then export "**Nonresident Alien**" |
| **Hispanic** | If the "Hispanic" field is set to "Yes", then export "**Hispanic of any race**" |
| **Race** | 1. If the number of values in the "race" field is >1, then export "**Two or more races**" 2. If they do not have any value for the "race" field then export "**Race/Ethnicity Unknown**" 3. Finally, all that's left over are those applicants that have a single value in the "race" field, in which case just that value is exported. |

> #### Best Practice
> 
> Store raw data (Citizenship, Race, Hispanic), then use standard exports and filters to calculate the IPEDS classification.