Education Codes for Public Interface

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Note: These Education Codes should only be used by employers using Public Interface.

You may specify the level of education as a number of years. This is preferred, as the web site only displays Education as “Equivalent Number of Years” and not as the actual degree name. This decision was made because it was the lowest common denominator for all the different forms of data that the job bank receives.

Alternatively, we allow input of degrees specified by letter. Our system will interpret the degree names you provide, and will store them in our database as their numerical equivalent in “Years of Education.” If you need to specify a particular type of degree specialization, please include this information in your job description. While we do accept either format interchangeably within a job file, you may not mix letters and numbers in any one Education field.

Numerical Equivalents for Degrees/Diplomas

Beginning	Assumed to Mean	Number of Years	Converts to AJB Value
		1-11	Less than High School
H or G	HS, GD, GED. . .	12	High School/G.E.D.
		13	Some College
A	AS, AD. . .	14-15	Associate’s Degree
B	BA, BS, BD. . .	16-17	Bachelor’s Degree
M	MA, MS, MBA. . .	18-19	Master’s Degree
P, J, or T	PHD, JD, THD. . .	20 or more	Doctor’s Degree