This API is best for researching the return on investment of different colleges.
This API can be used to research colleges, student and institutional data, and data-driven college decisions. It provides access to large datasets of up-to-date information, which can be used to develop insights into student and institutional outcomes. Additionally, the API can be used to research loan debt, college size, and the return on investment of different colleges.
Key features
- ✓Access large datasets of student and institutional data
- ✓including school size
- ✓completion
- ✓loan debt
- ✓race/ethnicity
- ✓gender
- ✓and student outcomes.
Use case ideas
Cost Comparison Tool
Create a web-based cost comparison tool to help users identify cost-effective college options
Graduation Rate Visualization
Create an interactive visualization of college graduation rates, factoring in demographics and other variables
Student Outcome Dashboard
Create a custom dashboard to track loan debt and job prospects of college graduates
The College Scorecard Data API has been a great resource for our team, allowing us to quickly pull data on tens of thousands of colleges and build meaningful insights. We've used the API to build our college comparison tool, which helps guide students as they make their college decisions.
Related technologies
U.S. Department of Education Data SetsPeterson's College Database APICollege Navigator API