HigherEdJobs.com Scraper

What does HigherEdJobs.com Scraper do?

HigherEdJobs.com Scraper extracts academic job postings from HigherEdJobs.com, the leading job board for higher education careers. It navigates search pages, category pages, and job detail pages to collect structured job data including position titles, institutions, locations, salaries, posting dates, and full job descriptions. The scraper supports exporting the extracted dataset via REST API and standard download formats.

It targets search and category pages to discover job URLs and detail pages to extract complete job metadata including institution information, employment type, salary ranges, and application deadlines. The output is normalized per-job JSON items suitable for job aggregation platforms, career research, and market analysis.

What data can I extract from HigherEdJobs.com with this actor?

The actor extracts structured job posting data with rich metadata. Typical fields include:

jobTitle	Position title (e.g., "Department Head of Computer Science")
hiringOrganization	Institution or university name
address	Location object with locality, region (state), and country
employmentType	Employment type (FULL_TIME, PART_TIME, etc.)
baseSalary	Salary range or amount
postDate	Job posting date (ISO datetime)
expiryDate	Application deadline (ISO datetime)
industries	Array of industry/discipline tags
description	Full job description with requirements and responsibilities
url	Direct URL to the job posting
featuredImage	Institution logo or featured image URL

Why scrape HigherEdJobs.com?

Academic job market data is valuable for career planning, market research, recruitment analytics, and institutional benchmarking. Scraping HigherEdJobs.com enables:

• Aggregation of academic positions across disciplines and institutions
• Tracking salary trends and compensation patterns in higher education
• Monitoring application deadlines and hiring cycles
• Building alerts for specific positions, locations, or institutions
• Analyzing demand for academic specializations and skills

How to use HigherEdJobs.com Scraper?

Quick start guide:

1. Create or log into your Apify account.
2. Open the HigherEdJobs.com Scraper actor on Apify.
3. Click Try for free or run the actor with your configuration.
4. Provide one or more startUrls (search pages, category pages, or direct job detail pages).
5. Set maxItems to limit how many job postings to process per start URL.
6. Start the actor and wait for completion; download results as JSON/CSV/Excel/NDJSON.

Input

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

• startUrls (array of objects) - Required. URLs to start crawling from. Use search/category pages to discover job postings or direct job URLs to scrape details.
• maxItems (integer) - Maximum number of job postings to scrape per start URL. Default: 5.
• proxyConfiguration (object) - Proxy configuration for crawling. Default is no proxy but it is recommended to use proxy for large scraping jobs.

Supported URL Types

Search Page Example:

• https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/advanced_action.cfm?Keyword=computer+science

Category Page Example:

• https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/search.cfm?JobCat=50&CatName=Agricultural%20Economics%20and%20Agribusiness

Detail Page Example:

• https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=179419402&Title=Department%20Head%20of%20Computer%20Science%20and%20Neal%20Pendergraft%20Leadership%20Endowed%20Chair

Example input:

{
    "startUrls": [
        { "url": "https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/advanced_action.cfm?Keyword=computer+science" },
        { "url": "https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/search.cfm?JobCat=50" },
        { "url": "https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=179424622" }
    ],
    "maxItems": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
}

Note: The startUrls field is required

Output

The scraped data is saved as a dataset. Each item represents one job posting with complete metadata. You can download the output in JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, or NDJSON.

Sample output (one dataset item):

{
    "url": "https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=179424622",
    "jobTitle": "Post Doctoral Fellow 2026 Pool",
    "industries": ["Academic/Education", "Education"],
    "descriptionText": "Salary Range: USD $45,000.00/Yr. - USD $70,000.00/Yr.\n\nLocations: Auburn University, Alabama\n\nJob Type: Faculty\n\nPosition Type: Full-Time\n\nDepartment: AG Administration...",
    "descriptionHtml": "<strong>Salary Range:</strong> USD $45,000.00/Yr. - USD $70,000.00/Yr.<br><br><strong>Locations:</strong> Auburn University, Alabama<br><br><strong>Job Type:</strong> Faculty<br><br><strong>Position Type:</strong> Full-Time<br><br><strong>Department:</strong> AG Administration<br>...",
    "postDate": "2026-04-23 09:03:15.547",
    "expiryDate": "2027-10-15 23:59:59.9",
    "hiringOrganization": "Auburn University",
    "address": {
        "locality": "Auburn University",
        "region": "AL",
        "country": "US"
    },
    "employmentType": "FULL_TIME",
    "featuredImage": "https://images.higheredjobs.com/images/AccountImages/3170_5.jpg",
    "baseSalary": "$45,000 - $70,000 per year"
}

Notes and Limitations

• The actor depends on the current HigherEdJobs.com page structure. If the site changes, the actor may require updates.
• Use the actor in compliance with HigherEdJobs.com terms of service and applicable laws.
• The scraper works reliably without proxies for most use cases. If you encounter rate limiting, consider adding delays or using datacenter proxies.

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