Each institution sets up the criteria to determine academic level with the LEVEL_LOAD_RULE.

KeyRecord.FieldnameFormatXLATHeading Text
ACADEMIC_LEVEL - Academic LevelChar3NAcad Level

DIR_LND_YR - Direct Lending YearChar2NDir Lnd Yr
EFFDT - Effective DateDate
Eff Date
LEVEL_LOAD_RULE - Academic Level RuleChar5
Level Rule

NSLDS_LOAN_YEAR - NSLDS Loan YearChar1NLoan Year
SETID - SetIDChar5
SetID

SSR_NSC_CRD_LVL - NSC Level CategoryChar1
NSC Level
UNT_CUM_TOTAL - Cum Units/TermsNum6.3
Total Unit

Sample screenshot from CSPRD:

For example, you can see in the screenshot below that, for UMS05 undergraduate students, the Academic Level of JUNIOR is set to apply to students with 54 or more credits (and fewer than 84 credits).

If you would like to see the full list of the rules for all UMS institutions and careers, create a query with ACAD_LEVEL_TBL.

screenshot of UMS05 rules

Data Dictionary Links

Clicking the linked (blue) fields in any table will take you to the Data Dictionary and provide you with more information about that field as well as field values if they are available.

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