📚 Rate My Professors & Schools Scraper

Collect detailed professor ratings, reviews, and academic performance data from RateMyProfessors.com. Whether you need a rate my professors scraper without coding, want to download RateMyProfessors data as CSV, or need to monitor professor reviews in bulk, this actor delivers comprehensive academic data in minutes. Perfect for students, researchers, educational institutions, and anyone analyzing instructor quality at scale.

The Rate My Professors Scraper extracts detailed professor and school information including ratings, reviews, difficulty levels, and more, with up to 1 million results per run for paid users, making it the most comprehensive RateMyProfessors data extraction tool.

✨ What Does It Do

• 👨‍🏫 Professor Name - Identify instructors by their full names for accurate tracking and analysis
• ⭐ Overall Quality Rating - Access the average rating each professor receives from students
• 📊 Number of Ratings - Understand how many student evaluations contributed to the rating
• 📈 Would Take Again Percentage - See what percentage of students would enroll in the class again
• 🎯 Difficulty Level - Get the average difficulty rating to help students plan their course load
• 📝 Student Reviews and Tags - Collect full reviews and instructor tags that describe teaching style

🔧 Input

• Number of professors or schools: How many results to collect. Free users: max 100. Paid users: up to 1,000,000
• Direct URL: Paste a RateMyProfessors.com URL directly for professor or school search results
• Professor name: Search by professor name. Combine with school name to narrow results to a specific institution
• School name (for professor search): Optional. Filter professor search results by school
• School name: Search schools by name

Example input:

{
  "professorSearchQuery": "smith",
  "professorSchoolQuery": "Harvard",
  "maxItems": 50
}

📊 Output

Each professor or school includes up to 19 data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

👨‍🏫 Professor Name	⭐ Quality Rating	📊 Number of Ratings
🏫 School Name	📈 Difficulty Level	📝 Department
💬 Student Reviews	🔖 Tags	📊 Rating Distribution
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Similar Professors	🔗 Professor URL	📅 Scraped Timestamp
🏫 School Location	🎓 Category Ratings	📋 School Reviews
🔗 School URL	✅ Status	❌ Errors

💎 Why Choose the RateMyProfessors Scraper?

Feature	Our Actor	Similar Scrapers
Search professors within specific schools	✔️	❌
Collect detailed student reviews and tags	✔️	Partial
Extract school category-specific ratings	✔️	❌
Support up to 1,000,000 results per run	✔️	❌
Real-time rating distribution data	✔️	❌
Similar professors recommendations	✔️	❌
Auto-detect school by professor name	✔️	❌
Collect department information	✔️	❌
Include difficulty ratings in results	✔️	❌
Track would-take-again percentages	✔️	❌
Simultaneous professor and school scraping	✔️	❌
No coding required	✔️	✔️

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required. Follow these simple steps:

1. Sign Up - Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Find the Tool - Search for "Rate My Professors & Schools Scraper" in the Apify Store and configure your input
3. Run It - Click "Start" and watch your results appear

That's it. No coding, no setup, no complicated configuration. Export your data in CSV, Excel, or JSON format.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 📊 Education Researchers - Analyze professor ratings across institutions to identify teaching trends and effectiveness patterns
• 📋 Student Services Advisors - Monitor feedback on instructors to improve recommendations and identify departments needing support
• 💼 Academic Quality Teams - Track professor ratings over time to identify development areas and validate performance improvements

❓ FAQ

🔍 How does it work? The scraper searches RateMyProfessors.com using your input, handles pagination automatically, and extracts professor and school details including ratings, reviews, and metadata.

📊 How accurate is the data? Data comes directly from RateMyProfessors.com in real-time, so accuracy matches the current state of the website.

📅 Can I schedule runs automatically? Yes. You can integrate with Zapier, Make, or GitHub Actions to run on a schedule.

⚖️ Is this legal? Yes. RateMyProfessors.com is public with publicly available data. You are responsible for complying with local laws and RateMyProfessors.com terms of service.

🛡️ Will RateMyProfessors block me? The scraper uses standard requests and respects crawl guidelines. For large collections (500 plus items), enable residential proxies for better reliability.

⚡ How long does it take? 100 professors takes 2-5 minutes. 500 plus professors takes 10-30 minutes depending on review counts and network conditions.

⚠️ Are there any limits? Free users can collect up to 100 results per run. Paid users can collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

🔗 Integrate Rate My Professors & Schools Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate workflows
• Zapier - Connect 5000+ apps
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Slack - Get notifications
• Airbyte - Data pipelines
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Create a free account with $5 credit and collect your first 100 results for free. No coding, no setup.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify support page for documentation and tutorials
• Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue at Tally contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by RateMyProfessors.com or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.