Updating race and ethnicity (SPAIDEN)

Race and ethnicity can be updated in SPAIDEN’s Biographical tab.

There is no self-service option for students to update their race/ethnicity, so we must do it for them.
Students see their recorded race/ethnicity when they confirm their enrollment.
We do not require any documentation to make race/ethnicity changes.
When making a change to a student’s race, provide them with the full list of their option.

Ethnicity

We report on Ethnicity to IPEDS. Ethnicity provides two options:

Hispanic or Latino
Not Hispanic or Latino

Race

We also report on Race to IPEDS. For each race, there may be additional values based on country/region.

Students may identify as many races as they indicate.

Races

[1] American Indian or Alaska Native
[2] Asian
[3] Black or African American
[6] Hispanic or Latino
[4] Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
[5] White

Breakdown of additional indicators

The following table is an extract of the GORRACE Race Code Rules table in Banner.

*When providing students with options from which they can choose, remove the entries indicated with an asterisk ( * ).

Code	Description	IPEDS Race Indicator	IPEDS Race Indicator Description
AIA	Am Indian or Alaskan Native	1	American Indian or Alaska Native
ALN	Alaska Native	1	American Indian or Alaska Native
FRN	First Nation	1	American Indian or Alaska Native
INU	Inuit	1	American Indian or Alaska Native
MTI	Metis	1	American Indian or Alaska Native
NAM	Native American	1	American Indian or Alaska Native
OCA	Other Canadian Aboriginal	1	American Indian or Alaska Native
API	Asian or Pacific Islander	2	Asian
ASN	Asian	2	Asian
BAN	Bangladeshi	2	Asian
CAM	Cambodian	2	Asian
CHI	Chinese	2	Asian
IND	Indian	2	Asian
INO	Indonesian	2	Asian
IPK	Indian/Pakistan	2	Asian
JAP	Japanese	2	Asian
KOR	Korean	2	Asian
LAO	Laotian	2	Asian
MAL	Malaysian	2	Asian
OTA	Other Asian	2	Asian
PAK	Pakistani	2	Asian
PHI	Filipino	2	Asian
SNV	Southeast Asia Non Vietnamese	2	Asian
TAI	Taiwanese	2	Asian
THA	Thai	2	Asian
VTN	Vietnamese	2	Asian
AFC	Afro-Caribbean	3	Black or African American
AFR	African	3	Black or African American
BLK	Black or African American	3	Black or African American
ARG	Argentinean	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
CEA	Central American	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
CHN	Chicano/Mexican American	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
COL	Colombian	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
CUB	Cuban	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
DOM	Dominican	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
HIS*	[NO LONGER USED] Hispanic*	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
OHL	Other Hispanic/Latino	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
PER	Peruvian	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
PRM	Puerto Rican-Mainland	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
PRN	Puerto Rican	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
SOA	South American	6	Hispanic or Latino New Ethnicity
MUL*	[NO LONGER USED] Multi-racial*	8	Multi-racial
AUA	Australian Aboriginal	4	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
GUC	Guamanian or Chamorro	4	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
NHA	Native Hawaiian	4	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
NHP	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
PAC	Pacific Islander	4	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
SAM	Samoan	4	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
TSI	Torres Strait Islander Australian	4	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
UNK*	Unknown race*	7	Unknown
WCE	Caucasian-European	5	White
WHT	White	5	White
WME	Caucasian-Middle Eastern	5	White
WNA	Caucasian-North African	5	White
WOC	Other Caucasian/White	5	White