Student Demographics

Demographic information includes family, residence, citizenship, and geographic values. Access the Demographics form by clicking Admissions >Student >ChangeStudent orAdd Student >Demographics tab. Much of the information entered on this window is used in the generation of IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data) reports.

Field Descriptions

The drop-down fields included on this screen that have glossary and reference tables associated with them are listed below:

Marital Status - Glossary: Marital Status
Employment Status - Glossary: Employment Status
Parental Marital Status - Glossary: Marital Status
Native Language - Glossary: Native Language
In-House Ethnicity - Glossary: Origins. Only the value entered in In-House Ethnicity is used when reporting ethnicity for IPEDS. Multiple ethnicities may be recorded for a student (for example, a biracial student) through the Ethnicity screen available on the More tab of Student Admissions Information window. Options available for both In-House Ethnicity and ethnicity for IPEDS are pulled from the CAMS Manager Lookup Table Options Table Maintenance Glossary Table Origins table.
Select the Is Hispanic/Latino check box to display a drop-down where further definition by Hispanic Origin can be selected. The drop-down values are maintained in CAMS Manager >Lookup Table Options >State Reports Lookup.
Religion - Glossary: Religion
Resident County - Glossary: County
Resident State - Glossary: State Codes
Resident Country - Glossary: Country Codes
Birth State/Province - Glossary: State Codes
Birth Country - Glossary: Country Codes
Visa Type - Glossary: Visa Type
Country of Citizenship - Glossary: Country Codes
Is Employed – Check this to indicate the Student is employed.
Has Been Convicted of a Felony - Check this to indicate the Student has been convicted of a felony.
Is Currently Incarcerated - Check this to indicate the Student is currently incarcerated.
Has Been Incarcerated - Check this to indicate the Student has been incarcerated.

Other fields that can be completed as appropriate include: Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY format), Gender, Disability, Veteran, Lives With, Number of Dependents, Drivers License #, Military, Occupation, and Church. The Age field is automatically computed after entering Date of Birth.

Several fields on the Student Demographics screen are related to SEVIS, the Internet-based system which maintains information on non-immigrant students, exchange visitors, and their dependents. The names of these fields are displayed in orange, and are required if the U.S. Citizen field is set to No. Other SEVIS-related fields include: Birth Country, Visa Type, Visa Exp. Date, Country of Citizenship, Alien ID #, English Proficiency Reqd, and Reason Not Required.

The English Proficiency Reqd field should be checked if English proficiency is required for admittance of the student. If this field is NOT checked, then the Reason Not Required field should be completed, explaining why English proficiency is not necessary.