College Scorecard

The College Scorecard API from the U.S. Department of Education provides data on over 6,500 postsecondary institutions including costs, graduation rates, student debt, post-graduation earnings, admission rates, and enrollment demographics. Data is available at both the institution level and field-of-study level, with historical data accessible by year. The API supports filtering, sorting, and field selection across hundreds of data variables. Requires a free data.gov API key. Data is in the public domain.

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What you can query

You can query 6,500+ institutions with filters for state, enrollment size, tuition range, admission rate, and post-graduation earnings (schools endpoint), and compare institutions using variables like median earnings at 10 years, graduation rate, student debt, and school ownership type.

What you can do

  • Comparing tuition costs across universities by state or type
  • Analyzing post-graduation earnings by institution and field of study
  • Studying graduation and retention rates across colleges
  • Researching student loan debt levels by institution
  • Evaluating admission rates and SAT/ACT score distributions
  • Identifying colleges with the best return on investment

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