Collegesimply Scraper

Collegesimply (collegesimply.com) is a US college discovery platform. This actor collects structured college data from Collegesimply search result pages and detail pages.

Introduction

The Collegesimply scraper starts from college search result pages, goes through the available results, opens each college page, and extracts structured data such as school name, location, enrollment, rankings, admissions stats, annual cost, outcomes, and popular areas of study.

Use Cases

• Education market research: Analyze colleges by state, size, tuition, admissions selectivity, and outcomes.
• Lead generation: Build structured college datasets for outreach, enrichment, or CRM workflows.
• Competitive analysis: Compare institutions across rankings, costs, and academic profile.
• Analytics pipelines: Feed BI tools, dashboards, and internal data warehouses.

Input

Provide the following fields:

• startUrls (array, required): Collegesimply search URLs.
• maxItems (integer, optional): Maximum number of college detail pages to extract per start URL.
• proxyConfiguration (object, optional): Apify proxy settings.

Notes:

• The actor opens each college page and extracts structured information from it.
• Cloudflare protection is handled in-browser, so proxies are recommended for stable runs.
• Crawling stops per source URL when maxItems is reached.

Input Examples

1) Start URLs

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.collegesimply.com/colleges/search?sort=&place=&fr=&fm=&lm=&gpa=&sat=&act=&admit=comp&field=&major=&radius=300&zip=&state=&size=&tuition-fees=&net-price=&page=1&pp=/colleges/search"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Output

Each dataset item contains fields like:

{
  "name": "Syracuse University",
  "url": "http://collegesimply.com/colleges/new-york/syracuse-university/",
  "image": "https://img.collegesimply.com/orig/20210217/syracuse-university-196413.jpg?auto=format&auto=compress&auto=true&ar=1:1&fit=crop",
  "reviewCount": null,
  "summaryRank": "#19 Best Private Colleges in New York",
  "city": "Syracuse",
  "state": "New York",
  "enrollment": 22948,
  "website": "syr.edu",
  "schoolType": "Private 4 Year",
  "setting": "Midsize",
  "size": "Large",
  "status": "Non-profit",
  "onCampusHousing": "Yes",
  "levelOfStudy": "Undergrad/Graduate",
  "description": "Syracuse University sits on a hilltop campus in central New York...",
  "ratings": {
    "overall": 8,
    "academics": 9,
    "resources": 8,
    "outcomes": 8,
    "value": 3
  },
  "rankings": [
    {
      "rank": 160,
      "list": "Best Colleges in the U.S."
    }
  ],
  "admissions": {
    "admissionStandards": "Very High",
    "satRange": null,
    "actRange": null,
    "estimatedGpa": null,
    "acceptanceRate": 41.7,
    "applicationsDue": "",
    "applicantCompetition": "",
    "applicationFee": null
  },
  "annualCost": {
    "inState": {
      "tuition": 61310,
      "items": {
        "booksAndSupplies": 1690,
        "otherFees": 1751,
        "roomAndBoard": 18444,
        "budgetForOtherExpenses": 1952,
        "totalOneYearCost": 85147
      }
    },
    "outOfState": null
  },
  "outcomes": {
    "averageSalaryAfter10Years": 65900,
    "graduationRate": 80
  },
  "popularAreasOfStudy": [
    {
      "subject": "Business",
      "percent": 18
    }
  ],
  "keyStats": null,
  "dataSourceUrl": "https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=196413"
}

The scraper continues through result pages automatically and stops when maxItems is reached per start URL or when no more result items are found.

Why use the Collegesimply Scraper?

• Focused: Built specifically for Collegesimply search and college detail flows.
• Structured output: Ready-to-use JSON records for automation and analysis.
• Per-URL limits: maxItems is enforced per start URL.
• Automatic result traversal: Continues through available search results automatically.
• Apify-native: Works with Apify datasets, request queue, and proxy config.

FAQ

• How many colleges can it extract?
  Controlled by maxItems per source URL.

• Do I need proxies?
  Proxies are recommended for better stability because the site is protected by Cloudflare.

• How does pagination work?
  The actor moves through the available result pages automatically.

• What if Collegesimply changes their website structure?
  The actor may require updates to keep extraction stable.

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Image Credit

Image credit: collegesimply.com.