Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory & Classification Manual

NCES activities are designed to address high priority education data needs; provide consistent, reliable, complete, and accurate indicators of education status and trends; and report timely, useful, and high quality data to the U.S. Department of Education, the Congress, the states, other education policymakers, practitioners, data users, and the general public.

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Postsecondary Education Facilities Inventory & Classification Manual

October 15, 2026
mike@standardsmichigan.com

The federal manual has gone approximately 20 years without a comprehensive revision.  Some settlements have gone ahead and made modifications of their own.  Today at 3:00 4:00 PM EDT the Campus FM Technology Association is hosting a “Water Cooler” discussion about organizing an update.  MORE

Western Michigan University maintains a locally updated FICM classification resource dated 2024.
WMU Facilities Management — FICM

Ohio Department of Higher Education maintains area classification codes adapted from the 2006 federal manual. Its documentation explicitly acknowledges differences between its classifications and the updated FICM definitions.
Ohio Higher Education — Area Type Codes

Washington State University continues to identify the 2006 FICM as its official campus space-classification reference.
Washington State University — FICM

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