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RateMyProfessors Scraper - Professor Ratings & Reviews

Search RateMyProfessors for professor ratings, difficulty scores, and reviews by name or school. Extract avg rating, difficulty, would-take-again %, department, and school info. Uses the public GraphQL API.

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RateMyProfessors Scraper

Scrape professor ratings, difficulty scores, reviews, and tags from RateMyProfessors via their public GraphQL API.

Features

Multi-query search: Search by professor name, subject, or keyword
School filter: Narrow results to a specific university
Individual ratings: Optionally scrape student reviews with comment text
Top tags: Professor tags sorted by frequency (e.g., "Caring", "Tough Grader")
Pay per result: Only pay for the data you actually get

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`searchQueries`	string[]	`["computer science"]`	Professor names or subjects to search
`schoolName`	string	`""`	Filter by school name (e.g., "MIT", "UCLA")
`maxListings`	integer	`50`	Maximum professor profiles to return (max 1000)
`scrapeDetails`	boolean	`false`	Fetch individual ratings/reviews per professor
`proxyConfiguration`	object	-	Optional proxy settings

Example Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["computer science", "Dr. Smith"],
    "schoolName": "MIT",
    "maxListings": 25,
    "scrapeDetails": true
}

Output

Each result contains:

Field	Type	Description
`firstName`	string	Professor's first name
`lastName`	string	Professor's last name
`department`	string	Academic department
`schoolName`	string	University/college name
`avgRating`	number	Average quality rating (0-5)
`numRatings`	number	Total number of student ratings
`wouldTakeAgainPercent`	number	Percentage who would retake
`avgDifficulty`	number	Average difficulty rating (0-5)
`topTags`	string[]	Professor tags sorted by frequency
`ratings`	object[]	Individual student reviews (when `scrapeDetails` is true)
`sourceUrl`	string	Direct link to professor's RMP profile
`scrapedAt`	string	ISO timestamp of data collection

Example Output

{
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "department": "Computer Science",
    "schoolName": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "avgRating": 4.5,
    "numRatings": 42,
    "wouldTakeAgainPercent": 89,
    "avgDifficulty": 3.2,
    "topTags": ["Caring", "Gives Good Feedback", "Inspirational"],
    "ratings": [
        {
            "comment": "Great professor, very clear lectures.",
            "date": "2024-01-15 12:00:00 +0000 UTC",
            "class": "CS101",
            "helpfulRating": 5,
            "clarityRating": 5,
            "difficultyRating": 3,
            "grade": "A",
            "thumbsUp": 12,
            "thumbsDown": 1
        }
    ],
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/12345",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Use Cases

Students: Compare professors before registering for classes
Academic research: Analyze teaching quality patterns across departments
University analytics: Benchmark faculty ratings against peer institutions
EdTech products: Power professor comparison and course planning tools

Cost

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged $0.005 per result returned.

Limitations

The RMP API returns a maximum of ~10,000 results per search query
Individual ratings are limited to the 20 most recent per professor
School name matching uses fuzzy search; use the full official name for best results

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