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Is Private University or College

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a private university or college. It is part of the vendor site’s type-of-educational-entity information and reflects the specific entity classification stored in the FPDS record.

Family: IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege
Title
Is Private University or College
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isPrivateUniversityOrCollege
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a private university or college. It is part of the vendor site’s type-of-educational-entity information and reflects the specific entity classification stored in the FPDS record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts isolate educational institutions that are private universities or colleges for spend profiling, sector analysis, and compliance review. It can be useful when assessing award distribution across institution types, identifying education-related vendors, or validating set-aside and eligibility-related patterns.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isPrivateUniversityOrCollege
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isPrivateUniversityOrCollege' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards involving private universities or colleges
  • Segment vendor spend by educational institution type
  • Support compliance and eligibility analysis for education-related vendors

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value always means the vendor is definitely not a private university or college when it may also reflect missing or unreported data
  • Using the flag without checking whether the record contains a paired description or other educational-entity fields that clarify the classification

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean filter when the values are normalized, for example `= 1`, `= 'Y'`, or the dataset-specific true code. When writing SQL, inspect actual stored values and combine with `IS NOT NULL` or the paired description field if needed to distinguish false from missing; avoid text matching unless the field is stored as a coded label.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege AS is_private_university_or_college
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.