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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