Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

University of the District of Columbia

The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C., United States. The only public university in the city, it traces its origins to 1851 and opened in its modern form in 1977. The university offers workforce and certificate programs in addition to associate, baccalaureate, master's, professional and doctoral degrees. Its schools include the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Business and Public Administration, College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences, David A. Clarke School of Law and UDC Community College.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
1441
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
144100
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
131399
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
108852

Location

Washington, DC, 20008

38.943819, -77.066247

Accreditation

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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