🎓 College Scorecard Scraper

Whether you're a student comparing universities, a researcher analyzing higher education trends, or a consultant building college recommendation tools, this scraper delivers comprehensive data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.

The College Scorecard Scraper collects data on 6,000+ U.S. colleges and universities including tuition costs, admission rates, graduation rates, post-graduation earnings, demographics, financial aid, and institutional details. Filter by state and degree type.

✨ What Does It Do

• 🏫 School profiles - collect names, locations, accreditors, ownership type, and degree levels for thousands of institutions
• 💰 Cost data - extract in-state and out-of-state tuition, average net price, cost of attendance, room and board
• 📊 Outcomes - get admission rates, completion rates, retention rates, SAT/ACT scores
• 💵 Earnings and debt - median earnings at 6 and 10 years after enrollment, median debt, monthly loan payments
• 👥 Demographics - student body size, gender breakdown, racial/ethnic composition, first-generation students
• 🏛️ Institutional data - faculty salary, student-faculty ratio, endowment, instructional expenditure per student

🔧 Input

• Max Items - how many schools to collect (free users get 10 items, paid users up to 1,000,000)
• State - two-letter US state abbreviation to filter results (e.g., CA, TX, NY)
• Degree Type - filter by predominant degree: Certificate, Associate, Bachelor's, or Graduate

{
    "maxItems": 100,
    "state": "CA",
    "degreeType": "bachelor"
}

📊 Output

Each school record includes 65+ data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Field	Description
name	Institution name
city, state, zip	Location
url	School website
ownership	Public, Private nonprofit, or Private for-profit
admissionRate	Overall admission rate
inStateTuition	In-state tuition
outOfStateTuition	Out-of-state tuition
avgNetPrice	Average net price after aid
studentSize	Total undergraduate enrollment
completionRate	Overall completion rate
retentionRate	First-year retention rate
medianEarnings10Years	Median earnings 10 years after enrollment
medianDebt	Median student debt at completion
satAverageScore	Average SAT score
studentFacultyRatio	Student to faculty ratio
pellGrantRate	Percentage receiving Pell grants

{
    "id": 110635,
    "name": "University of California-Berkeley",
    "city": "Berkeley",
    "state": "CA",
    "zip": "94720",
    "url": "www.berkeley.edu",
    "ownership": "Public",
    "admissionRate": 0.1139,
    "satAverageScore": 1415,
    "inStateTuition": 14312,
    "outOfStateTuition": 44066,
    "avgNetPrice": 17830,
    "studentSize": 32143,
    "completionRate": 0.9333,
    "medianEarnings10Years": 85800,
    "medianDebt": 14764,
    "studentFacultyRatio": 20,
    "pellGrantRate": 0.3036,
    "latitude": 37.871899,
    "longitude": -122.258538,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-08T12:00:00.000Z"
}

💎 Why Choose the College Scorecard Scraper?

Feature	Our Tool	Manual College Scorecard
Batch collection	✅ Up to 1M schools	❌ Browse one at a time
Data fields	✅ 65+ fields per school	⚠️ Limited comparison view
Structured output	✅ JSON, CSV, Excel	❌ HTML pages only
Automated scheduling	✅ Daily/weekly updates	❌ Manual visits
Filter and sort	✅ State + degree type	⚠️ Basic search

📋 How to Use

1. Sign Up - Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Configure - set your state, degree type, and how many schools you want
3. Run It - click "Start" and get structured college data in seconds

No coding, no setup, no manual browsing required.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 🎓 Students and parents - compare schools by cost, admission rate, graduation rate, and post-graduation earnings
• 📊 Researchers - analyze trends in higher education costs, enrollment, and outcomes across states
• 🏢 EdTech companies - build college comparison tools and recommendation engines with real federal data
• 📈 Financial advisors - assess school ROI by comparing tuition costs against median earnings
• 🏛️ Policy analysts - track institutional performance metrics across public and private universities
• 💼 Recruiters - identify top-performing schools by field of study and post-graduation employment

❓ FAQ

🎓 What is the College Scorecard? The College Scorecard is a U.S. Department of Education tool that provides data on over 6,000 colleges and universities, including costs, graduation rates, and post-graduation earnings.

🔍 What state codes can I use? Standard two-letter US state abbreviations: CA, TX, NY, FL, IL, PA, OH, GA, NC, MI, etc.

📊 What degree types are available? Certificate, Associate, Bachelor's, and Graduate. This filters by the school's predominant degree awarded.

⏱️ How long does a run take? About 1-3 seconds per 100 schools. A full US dataset of 6,000+ schools takes under a minute.

🔗 Integrate College Scorecard Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate education data workflows
• Zapier - Sync school data to your tools
• Slack - Get notified when data is ready
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets
• Webhooks - Trigger actions when runs complete

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🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
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⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the U.S. Department of Education or the College Scorecard. It accesses only publicly available data through official public APIs.