New York State Scholarship Recipients and Dollars by College, 2009 Onward

Data.ny.gov provides data on scholarship awards administered by the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC). The dataset includes the number of recipients and total dollar amounts by college, beginning with the 2009 academic year. It covers scholarships administered by HESC, organized by TAP college codes and sectors.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in scholarship funding over time using Academic Year, Scholarship Dollars, and Scholarship Headcount.
• Compare award levels across different types of institutions using TAP Sector Group, TAP College Name, and Scholarship FTE.
• Join with other higher education datasets using common identifiers like Federal School Code and TAP College Code.

Strengths

• Data covers a multi-year period starting from academic year 2009.
• Includes both monetary (Scholarship Dollars) and recipient (Scholarship Headcount, Scholarship FTE) metrics.
• Provides institutional identifiers (TAP College Code, Federal School Code) for data linkage.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Administrative records from the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC).

Time Range

Beginning academic year 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 21:11:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, United States.