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title: Education
slug: education
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createdAt: 2025-06-11T22:40:41.539Z
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The **education** table provides data attributes associated to the education obtained by a person within the Altrata data universe.

| **Data Field**          | **Key Type** | **Data Field Type** | **Recommended Character Limit** |
| ----------------------- | ------------ | ------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| education\_id           | Primary Key  | String              |                                 |
| person\_id              | Foreign Key  | String              |                                 |
| organization\_id        | Foreign Key  | String              |                                 |
| education\_start\_date  |              | Date                | 10                              |
| education\_end\_date    |              | Date                | 10                              |
| qualification           |              | String              |                                 |
| qualification\_category |              | String              |                                 |

### Education Field Descriptions

**education\_id (PK)**
Unique ID assigned to the education connecting the Person. Example: 1-edu-421

**person\_id (FK)**
Unique ID assigned to the Altrata Person. These IDs enable consistent mapping to other entity IDs within Altrata. Example: 1-per-8690 is the person\_id Lindsay Lawrence

**organization\_id (FK)**
Unique ID assigned to the Altrata Organization. These IDs enable consistent mapping to other entity IDs within Altrata. Example: 1-org-6387961 – Azusa Pacific University

**education\_start\_date**
Start date year, month, and day for when their education began. Example: 2020-01-01

**education\_end\_date**
End date year, month, and day for when their education ended. Example: 2024-12-01

**qualification**
Specific Academic, Educational, Professional, or Vocational Qualification. Example: Bachelor’s degree in management

**qualification-category**
Categorization of obtained education to denote the level of the qualification. Example: Bachelor’s degree in management is categorized as Undergraduate Degree