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# Education History

Education History stores information about a Contact's education history and related data.

- **[Sample Uses for Education History](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.eda_education_history.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Understanding a student's previous educational experience plays an important role in the recruiting and admissions process, but also has other uses.
- **[Configure Education History](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.eda_education_history.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Consider these updates, depending on which version of Education Data Architecture you originally installed.
- **[Create an Education History Record](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.eda_education_history.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create an education history record from the Education History object or from the Education Histories related list on a contact record.

## Sample Uses for Education History

Understanding a student's previous educational experience plays an important role in the recruiting and admissions process, but also has other uses.

- University—Track alumni historical data for targeted mentorship or donation programs.
- K-12—Track the time a student’s spent at other schools.
- Any educational institution—Track a student’s educational history to help guide their educational decisions.

## Configure Education History

Consider these updates, depending on which version of Education Data Architecture you originally installed.

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                <span id="configure_education_history__ph-1-22"><a name="configure_education_history__ph-1-22"><!-- --></a>1.22</span>
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                <p>For more information, see <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleview?id=sfdo.eda_add_custom_picklist_values.htm" target="_blank">Add Custom Fields and Picklist Values</a>.</p>
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                    <p>Add these fields to your page layouts, as needed.</p>
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                        <p>Academic Certification</p>
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                        <p>Credentialing Identifier</p>
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                        <p>Credits Earned</p>
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                  <li>Add the Education History related list to your Contact page layouts.</li>

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                    <p>Add these fields to your page layouts, as needed.</p>
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                        <p>Account layout: School Code</p>
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                        <p>Application layout: Initial Creation Date</p>
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                <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Learn about updating page layouts in <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleview?id=sfdo.eda_display_cust_obj_post_rel.htm" target="_blank">Display a New Custom Object After a Product Release</a>.</p>
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## Create an Education History Record

Create an education history record from the Education History object or from the Education Histories related list on a contact record.

Before you create an Education History record, you must first have a Contact to relate the record to.

1. If the Contact record has an Education History related list, click **New** in the related list. If not, from the App Launcher, find and select Education History, and click **New**.
2. In the Educational Institution Account field, select an existing Account or click **New Account**.
3. Enter all relevant details.
4. Click **Save**. Or click **Save & New** to create another Education History record.