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Is Private University or College

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor’s site is identified as a private university or college in the Other Transaction Award record. A value such as 1/true means the site is classified as a private higher-education institution; 0/false means it is not. This is a coded indicator, not the institution’s name or full organizational type.

Family: Other Transaction Award
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__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege
Title
Is Private University or College
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isPrivateUniversityOrCollege
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor’s site is identified as a private university or college in the Other Transaction Award record. A value such as 1/true means the site is classified as a private higher-education institution; 0/false means it is not. This is a coded indicator, not the institution’s name or full organizational type.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards flowing to private higher-education entities, which can be important for sector analysis, research-related procurement patterns, and compliance reviews. It supports segmentation of awards by recipient type when evaluating who receives Other Transaction funding and for what kinds of institutional partners.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isPrivateUniversityOrCollege
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isPrivateUniversityOrCollege' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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 OT awards to private universities and colleges
  • Segment vendor populations by higher-education ownership type
  • Support compliance, partner mix, or research-award reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a false value means the vendor is not a university at all
  • Confusing the flag with the institution's name or legal entity type

Query Guidance

Use the field as a categorical filter in SQL, for example WHERE isPrivateUniversityOrCollege = 1 (or the equivalent true value in your data). If the dataset stores coded strings, compare against the observed code set and handle NULL separately to distinguish unknown from not-applicable or false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isPrivateUniversityOrCollege AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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.