The dashboard displays the number of degrees awarded by academic year using the federal reporting timeline of July 1 through June 30. Degree counts can be categorized by the following:

University	Chicago, Springfield, or Urbana-Champaign
Academic year	Degrees awarded from July 1 - June 30
Level1	Undergraduate, Graduate, or Professional
Race/Ethnicity1, 2	The U.S. Department of Education racial/ethnic reporting categories. These were revised starting in the Fall 2010 term.
Residency	An indicator of where the student resided before first enrollment.  For this purpose, residency is derived based on citizenship and the address at time of application/admission. International students are based on citizenship and are defined as those students in this country on a specific visa. Illinois resident and non-resident are derived based on address at time of application/admission. Students classified as non-resident include non-citizens taking online courses from their home country.  Prior to Fall16, residency at UIS is derived from tuition assessment (in-state vs. out-of-state).
Gender1, 2	Female or Male
College	A constituent part of each university
Map	Illinois County Map: Displays only Illinois residents US Map: Displays only U.S. citizens or permanent residents World Map: Displays all students

¹Federally-defined reporting categories
²Self-reported