🔔 IPEDS Tuition & Required Charges — Academic Year (IC2023_AY)

Structured published academic-year tuition, required fees, and room & board charges (2023) from the U.S. NCES / IPEDS Data Center, read directly from the official IC2023_AY.zip (data) and IC2023_AY_Dict.zip (dictionary) on nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/. One record per institution — carried source-native and verbatim, with each column's official status flag preserved.

Output is one institution_charge_record row per result; billing is pay-per-event, the value event being one institution charge record (a $0.02 start fee per run, then $0.02 per institution charge record). Source: nces.ed.gov.

Who buys this

Buyers usually search for IPEDS tuition or tuition data.

• Healthcare, education and food-industry vendors prospecting from IPEDS tuition.
• Analysts and researchers comparing providers with tuition data.
• Compliance and quality teams checking a provider's official record.

📊 Sample Output

Real rows from run DiqBggO98mZ4EfrMd on build 0.1.7 (2026-09-24), the same input as the Quick start below — every value is as the source published it (emails masked, long text shortened):

unitid	xtuit1	tuition1	xfee1	fee1	xhrchg1
100654	R	8610	R	1414	R
100663	R	8832	R	0	R
100690	R	9480	R	990	R
100706	R	10120	R	1758	R
100724	R	8328	R	2920	R
100751	R	11100	R	800	R
100760	R	3810	R	1230	R
100812	R	7530	R	2310	R

The run finished with the status message: NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed) from Provisional release. billable=50

✅ What you get

Each row is flat JSON with these fields (from the dataset schema and the sample run; a field the source does not publish for a given row is null):

• record_type (string/null) — e.g. institution_charge_record
• unitid (string/null) — e.g. 100654
• xtuit1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition1 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xfee1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee1 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg1 (string/null) — e.g. 287
• xtuit2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition2 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xfee2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee2 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg2 (string/null) — e.g. 287
• xtuit3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition3 (string/null) — e.g. 17220
• xfee3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee3 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg3 (string/null) — e.g. 574
• xtuit5 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition5 (string/null) — e.g. 10128
• xfee5 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee5 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg5 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg5 (string/null) — e.g. 422
• xtuit6 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition6 (string/null) — e.g. 10128
• xfee6 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee6 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg6 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg6 (string/null) — e.g. 422
• xtuit7 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition7 (string/null) — e.g. 20160
• xfee7 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee7 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg7 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg7 (string/null) — e.g. 840
• xispro1 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof1 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe1 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee1 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro1 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof1 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe1 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee1 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispro2 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof2 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe2 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee2 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro2 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof2 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe2 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee2 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispro3 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof3 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe3 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee3 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro3 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof3 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe3 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee3 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispro4 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof4 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe4 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee4 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro4 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof4 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe4 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee4 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispro5 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof5 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe5 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee5 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro5 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof5 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe5 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee5 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispro6 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof6 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe6 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee6 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro6 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof6 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe6 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee6 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispro7 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof7 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe7 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee7 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro7 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof7 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe7 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee7 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispro8 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof8 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe8 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee8 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro8 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof8 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe8 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee8 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispro9 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof9 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xispfe9 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ispfee9 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospro9 (string/null) — e.g. A
• osprof9 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xospfe9 (string/null) — e.g. A
• ospfee9 (string/null) — e.g. .
• xchg1at0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1at0 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xchg1af0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1af0 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg1ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 10024
• xchg1at1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1at1 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xchg1af1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1af1 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg1ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 10024
• xchg1at2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1at2 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xchg1af2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1af2 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg1ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 10024
• xchg1at3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1at3 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xchg1af3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1af3 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg1ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg1ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 10024
• chg1tgtd (string/null) — e.g. .
• chg1fgtd (string/null) — e.g. .
• xchg2at0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2at0 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xchg2af0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2af0 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg2ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 10024
• xchg2at1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2at1 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xchg2af1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2af1 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg2ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 10024
• xchg2at2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2at2 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xchg2af2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2af2 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg2ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 10024
• xchg2at3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2at3 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xchg2af3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2af3 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg2ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg2ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 10024
• chg2tgtd (string/null) — e.g. .
• chg2fgtd (string/null) — e.g. .
• xchg3at0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3at0 (string/null) — e.g. 17220
• xchg3af0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3af0 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg3ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 18634
• xchg3at1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3at1 (string/null) — e.g. 17220
• xchg3af1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3af1 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg3ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 18634
• xchg3at2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3at2 (string/null) — e.g. 17220
• xchg3af2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3af2 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg3ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 18634
• xchg3at3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3at3 (string/null) — e.g. 17220
• xchg3af3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3af3 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xchg3ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg3ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 18634
• chg3tgtd (string/null) — e.g. .
• chg3fgtd (string/null) — e.g. .
• xchg4ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg4ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 1600
• xchg4ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg4ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 1600
• xchg4ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg4ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 1600
• xchg4ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg4ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 2192
• xchg5ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg5ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 9240
• xchg5ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg5ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 9520
• xchg5ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg5ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 9520
• xchg5ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg5ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 11402
• xchg6ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg6ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 3090
• xchg6ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg6ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 3090
• xchg6ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg6ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 3090
• xchg6ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg6ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 3864
• xchg7ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg7ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 9240
• xchg7ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg7ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 9520
• xchg7ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg7ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 9520
• xchg7ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg7ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 11402
• xchg8ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg8ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 3090
• xchg8ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg8ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 3090
• xchg8ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg8ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 3090
• xchg8ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg8ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 3864
• xchg9ay0 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg9ay0 (string/null) — e.g. 3440
• xchg9ay1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg9ay1 (string/null) — e.g. 3440
• xchg9ay2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg9ay2 (string/null) — e.g. 3440
• xchg9ay3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• chg9ay3 (string/null) — e.g. 4271
• source_attribution (string/null) — e.g. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), I
• survey_year (string/null) — e.g. 2023
• file_id (string/null) — e.g. IC2023_AY
• release_status (string/null) — e.g. Provisional release
• third_party_content (string/null) — e.g. none — official NCES/IPEDS statistics; seals/logos and third-party material excl
• aggregate_note (string/null) — e.g. institution-level AGGREGATE statistics — there is NO person-level, student-level
• zero_vs_suppression_note (string/null) — e.g. IPEDS status flags are carried verbatim: R=Reported, Z=Implied (published) zero,
• charges_note (string/null) — e.g. IC2023_AY values are PUBLISHED academic-year CHARGES — posted tuition, required
• charge_scope_note (string/null) — e.g. published academic-year CHARGES (sticker) — DISTINCT from student FINANCIAL AID
• status_flag_legend (string/null) — e.g. A=Not applicable; B=Institution left item blank; C=Analyst corrected reported va
• source_url (string/null) — e.g. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/IC2023_AY.zip
• record_key (string/null) — e.g. 100654
• source (string/null) — e.g. ipeds-tuition-charges
• release_date (string/null) — e.g. Provisional release
• observed_at (string/null) — e.g. 2026-09-24T00:48:57Z
• release_checksum (string/null) — e.g. IC2023_AY
• license (string/null) — e.g. U.S. Department of Education / National Center for Education Statistics (NCES),
• attribution (string/null) — e.g. U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES — IPEDS Data Center (https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/dat

✅ What you get

• record_type (string/null) — e.g. institution_charge_record
• unitid (string/null) — e.g. 100654
• xtuit1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition1 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xfee1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee1 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg1 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg1 (string/null) — e.g. 287
• xtuit2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition2 (string/null) — e.g. 8610
• xfee2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee2 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg2 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg2 (string/null) — e.g. 287
• xtuit3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition3 (string/null) — e.g. 17220
• xfee3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee3 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg3 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg3 (string/null) — e.g. 574
• xtuit5 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition5 (string/null) — e.g. 10128
• xfee5 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee5 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg5 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg5 (string/null) — e.g. 422
• xtuit6 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition6 (string/null) — e.g. 10128
• xfee6 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee6 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg6 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg6 (string/null) — e.g. 422
• xtuit7 (string/null) — e.g. R
• tuition7 (string/null) — e.g. 20160
• xfee7 (string/null) — e.g. R
• fee7 (string/null) — e.g. 1414
• xhrchg7 (string/null) — e.g. R
• hrchg7 (string/null) — e.g. 840
• xispro1 (string/null) — e.g. A
• isprof1 (string/null) — e.g. .

What you get

One institution_charge_record per institution: unitid, every published IC2023_AY column — tuition by residency category (tuition1…), required fees (fee1…), per-credit-hour charges (hrchg1…) and room & board / other charges — each verbatim with its x… status flag, plus the status_flag_legend, charges_note, charge_scope_note, survey_year, release_status, file_id, source_attribution, aggregate_note, and the record key unitid.

⚙️ Sample inputs

1. Quick start — the Store example (this is what the sample above came from)

{
  "maxScanRows": 20000,
  "maxRecords": 10
}

The sample run charged exactly: 1 × $0.02 apify-actor-start + 50 × $0.02 institution_charge_record = $1.02 on the Free tier — every delivered row was billed. If you leave maxRecords out, the run delivers at most 50 rows (the schema default); pass a number up to 5000 for a bigger export. An explicit value is always honoured up to that maximum.

2. A smaller, narrowed run

{
  "maxScanRows": 20000,
  "maxRecords": 5
}

Caps the run at 5 rows — about $0.12 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5 × $0.02).

3. A full-size run

{
  "maxScanRows": 20000,
  "maxRecords": 5000
}

Up to 5000 rows — about $100.02 on the Free tier ($0.02 start + 5000 × $0.02) if the source has that many.

4. A filtered run

{
  "maxScanRows": 20000,
  "maxRecords": 10,
  "fieldMatch": {
    "file_id": "IC2023_AY"
  }
}

Keeps only rows whose file_id contains IC2023_AY (a value from the sample run above), matched case-insensitively after the source is read and before the maxRecords cap, so the cap counts matches and only delivered matches are billed. searchText does the same across every column. Zero matches end the run as EMPTY_SELECTION with no row charged — if the source has moved on since that sample run, pick a value you see in your own first run. The source is still read in full — this narrows what you receive and pay for, not what the source serves.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run DiqBggO98mZ4EfrMd, exactly as it lands in the dataset (emails masked, long text shortened):

{
  "record_type": "institution_charge_record",
  "unitid": "100654",
  "xtuit1": "R",
  "tuition1": "8610",
  "xfee1": "R",
  "fee1": "1414",
  "xhrchg1": "R",
  "hrchg1": "287",
  "xtuit2": "R",
  "tuition2": "8610",
  "xfee2": "R",
  "fee2": "1414",
  "xhrchg2": "R",
  "hrchg2": "287",
  "xtuit3": "R",
  "tuition3": "17220",
  "xfee3": "R",
  "fee3": "1414",
  "xhrchg3": "R",
  "hrchg3": "574",
  "xtuit5": "R",
  "tuition5": "10128",
  "xfee5": "R",
  "fee5": "1414",
  "xhrchg5": "R",
  "hrchg5": "422",
  "xtuit6": "R",
  "tuition6": "10128",
  "xfee6": "R",
  "fee6": "1414",
  "xhrchg6": "R",
  "hrchg6": "422",
  "xtuit7": "R",
  "tuition7": "20160",
  "xfee7": "R",
  "fee7": "1414",
  "xhrchg7": "R",
  "hrchg7": "840",
  "xispro1": "A",
  "isprof1": ".",
  "xispfe1": "A",
  "ispfee1": ".",
  "xospro1": "A",
  "osprof1": ".",
  "xospfe1": "A",
  "ospfee1": ".",
  "xispro2": "A",
  "isprof2": ".",
  "xispfe2": "A",
  "ispfee2": ".",
  "xospro2": "A",
  "osprof2": ".",
  "xospfe2": "A",
  "ospfee2": ".",
  "xispro3": "A",
  "isprof3": ".",
  "xispfe3": "A",
  "ispfee3": ".",
  "xospro3": "A",
  "osprof3": ".",
  "xospfe3": "A",
  "ospfee3": ".",
  "xispro4": "A",
  "isprof4": ".",
  "xispfe4": "A",
  "ispfee4": ".",
  "xospro4": "A",
  "osprof4": ".",
  "xospfe4": "A",
  "ospfee4": ".",
  "xispro5": "A",
  "isprof5": ".",
  "xispfe5": "A",
  "ispfee5": ".",
  "xospro5": "A",
  "osprof5": ".",
  "xospfe5": "A",
  "ospfee5": ".",
  "xispro6": "A",
  "isprof6": ".",
  "xispfe6": "A",
  "ispfee6": ".",
  "xospro6": "A",
  "osprof6": ".",
  "xospfe6": "A",
  "ospfee6": ".",
  "xispro7": "A",
  "isprof7": ".",
  "xispfe7": "A",
  "ispfee7": ".",
  "xospro7": "A",
  "osprof7": ".",
  "xospfe7": "A",
  "ospfee7": ".",
  "xispro8": "A",
  "isprof8": ".",
  "xispfe8": "A",
  "ispfee8": ".",
  "xospro8": "A",
  "osprof8": ".",
  "xospfe8": "A",
  "ospfee8": ".",
  "xispro9": "A",
  "isprof9": ".",
  "xispfe9": "A",
  "ispfee9": ".",
  "xospro9": "A",
  "osprof9": ".",
  "xospfe9": "A",
  "ospfee9": ".",
  "xchg1at0": "R",
  "chg1at0": "8610",
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  "source_attribution": "U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)",
  "survey_year": "2023",
  "file_id": "IC2023_AY",
  "release_status": "Provisional release",
  "third_party_content": "none — official NCES/IPEDS statistics; seals/logos and third-party material excluded",
  "aggregate_note": "institution-level AGGREGATE statistics — there is NO person-level, student-level, or individual data in this IPEDS file, and none is constructed",
  "zero_vs_suppression_note": "IPEDS status flags are carried verbatim: R=Reported, Z=Implied (published) zero, A=Not applicable, B=Institution left item blank, and G/H/J/K/L/N/P=imputed by NCES. A published Z zero is a real value and is DISTINCT from suppression (B) or ",
  "charges_note": "IC2023_AY values are PUBLISHED academic-year CHARGES — posted tuition, required fees, per-credit-hour charges, and room & board by student residency category — NOT the net price a student pays after aid, and NOT any aid, discount, or afford",
  "charge_scope_note": "published academic-year CHARGES (sticker) — DISTINCT from student FINANCIAL AID (ipeds-student-financial-aid, SFA2223, rank 377, aid awarded / net price) and from institutional OFFERINGS (ipeds-institutional-offerings, IC2024, rank 380, pro",
  "status_flag_legend": "A=Not applicable; B=Institution left item blank; C=Analyst corrected reported value; D=Do not know; G=Data generated from other data values; H=Value not derived - data not usable; J=Logical imputation; K=Ratio adjustment; L=Imputed using th",
  "source_url": "https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/IC2023_AY.zip",
  "record_key": "100654",
  "source": "ipeds-tuition-charges",
  "release_date": "Provisional release",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-24T00:48:57Z",
  "release_checksum": "IC2023_AY",
  "license": "U.S. Department of Education / National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), IPEDS — U.S. Government work, public domain. Attribution: data from NCES/IPEDS. Institution-level aggregate statistics; suppressed/missing values and their impu",
  "attribution": "U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES — IPEDS Data Center (https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/)"
}

🔧 How it works

Source. The actor reads nces.ed.gov — endpoints: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/, https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/. Public pages and feeds only; nothing behind a login.

Transport. Plain HTTPS from the Apify platform, no proxy. robots.txt is read first and a disallowed path is never fetched. Every request carries an identified contact User-Agent. Pacing: CRAWL_DELAY=0.0.

Terminal states. A run ends NORMAL, CAPPED (your cap was reached), PARTIAL (something was withheld and the message says what), GENUINE_EMPTY (the source was read and truly had nothing in scope) or BLOCKED (the source refused or changed shape — the run FAILS loud and bills nothing). A zero-row run is never reported as a silent success.

Charging. Each institution charge record is charged at the moment it is pushed (institution_charge_record); a row that fails to charge is not delivered, so the dataset count always equals the charged count.

🔧 How it works

Published (sticker) charges — not net price, not aid

Every value is a published academic-year charge — the posted tuition, required fee, per-credit-hour charge, and room & board by student residency category (in-district / in-state / out-of-state / …). It is not the net price a student pays after aid, and not any aid, discount, or affordability determination. This actor carries each charge exactly as published and never nets it against aid or infers what any individual pays. A charges_note states this on every record.

Distinct from financial aid and offerings

A charge_scope_note differentiates the products: published academic-year charges here are distinct from student financial aid (ipeds-student-financial-aid, SFA2223, rank 377 — aid awarded / net price) and from institutional offerings (ipeds-institutional-offerings, IC2024, rank 380 — programs and services, not prices). The three are never conflated.

Columns — verbatim, zeros distinct from suppression

Every tuition / fee / charge column is carried verbatim with its IPEDS imputation/status flag (the X-prefixed column): R = Reported, Z = implied (published) zero, A = Not applicable, B = left blank, and imputation flags. A published Z zero is a real value and is kept distinct from suppression (B) or not-applicable (A). The full status-flag legend is carried on every record.

Institution-level aggregate — no person-level data

Every value is an institution-level published charge. There is no person-level data anywhere in this IPEDS file, and this actor never constructs any. An aggregate_note states this on every record.

Survey year & file id

survey_year (2023) and file_id (IC2023_AY) are carried on every record — file years differ per survey and are never blurred.

Public domain

U.S. Department of Education / NCES — U.S. Government work, public domain. Attribution (NCES/IPEDS) is carried on every record; seals/logos and marked third-party material are excluded; no implied endorsement.

Filters & bounds

Optional unitids narrows the stream; with no filter the actor streams the whole 3,825-row file (one row per institution) up to maxRecords (hard cap 5000), within a generous scan bound.

Robots & door

Only the official IPEDS Data Center on nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/ is read (no API key). robots.txt is re-read on every run and the actor stops on any real Disallow covering the data path.

Source & licence

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), IPEDS — U.S. Government work, public domain. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/

What is not done. No login, no cookie or CAPTCHA bypass, no private or personal-account data, no browser automation.

💰 Pricing example

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02	$0.02
Institution charge record (institution_charge_record)	$0.02	$0.018	$0.016	$0.0134

Worked at the live Free-tier price:

• 8 institution charge records: $0.02 start + 8 × $0.02 = $0.18
• 25 institution charge records: $0.02 start + 25 × $0.02 = $0.52
• 50 institution charge records: $0.02 start + 50 × $0.02 = $1.02

A run that delivers zero rows charges the $0.02 start fee only. A BLOCKED run (source refused) fails loud and charges no value event. The start fee is charged once per GB of run memory; the default run memory is 4096 MB.

Yield on the sample run: NORMAL: 50 unique rows (0 duplicates collapsed) from Provisional release. billable=50. maxRecords is a hard ceiling on what is delivered and billed, never a target.

⚖️ Legal & ToS

This actor reads public, logged-out pages and feeds published by nces.ed.gov. It collects only what the source publishes to any visitor, keeps to the source's robots rules (checked on every run), identifies itself with a contact User-Agent, and does not access accounts, private data or anything behind authentication. Use the output in line with the source's terms and your local law; the intended use is B2B research and monitoring.

❓ FAQ

Q: Do I need an API key or a login?
A: No. The source (nces.ed.gov) is read logged-out; the input schema has no key field and the actor carries no secrets.

Q: Why did my run return 0 rows?
A: Read the run's status message. GENUINE_EMPTY means the source was read and had nothing in scope for your input; BLOCKED means the source refused and the run failed without billing a value event — retry later or narrow the input. A zero-row run bills the start fee only.

Q: How many rows can one run return?
A: Up to maxRecords (default 50). Raise the cap for a bigger run; you pay per delivered row.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Every run reads the source live at run time; nothing is cached between runs. Put it on a schedule for a continuous feed.

Q: What formats can I export?
A: The dataset downloads as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS from the run's Dataset tab or the Apify API, and any run can push to a webhook or integration.

Q: How is this different from the other NexGen Watch actors actors?
A: Same output shape and billing model; this one covers nces.ed.gov. The siblings under Related Actors cover the other sources or slices — run several on one schedule for a combined feed.

Q: Are there rate limits?
A: The actor paces itself against the source (CRAWL_DELAY=0.0) and honours its robots rules; there is no per-buyer limit beyond your Apify plan's concurrency.

🆘 Troubleshooting

• Run FAILED with BLOCKED → the source refused the request or changed its page shape → nothing was billed beyond the start fee; retry after a while, and if it persists open an Issue with the run id.
• Status says CAPPED → your cap (maxRecords) was reached → raise it for a bigger run.
• Input validation error on start → a field is outside the schema's allowed values → start from the Quick start block and change one field at a time.
• Run TIMED-OUT → a very wide request on a slow day → raise the run timeout in Run options or narrow the input; what was delivered before the timeout is still in the dataset.

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