Where does the individual-level anonymized data for the collegescorecard live? For obvious reasons, this would be more valuable to researchers than the summary data.
I don't see any access to it from the documentation
College Scorecard data are only available at the institution-level. Many of the data elements are derived from IPEDS data reported to the Department by institutions at the institution-level, see http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/. Most of the other data elements are derived from the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), the Department's central database for student aid. Individual schools and individual students have access to their own individual-level data through NSLDS, see https://www.nsldsfap.ed.gov/nslds_FAP/ and https://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds/nslds_SA/ .
answered Sep 19 '16 at 13:49
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Thanks Brian! I see that the data is currently only available at the institution level. However, the individual data must obviously exist. Why isn't it available with the institution data? And/or how can it be made available? – Alex W Sep 19 '16 at 17:54
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Alex, appreciate your interest, but at this time the Department does not have a system in place for nongovernment researchers to access student-level NSLDS data – Brian1_at_Dept_of_Edu Sep 21 '16 at 0:13
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We appreciate your interest, and will consider it moving forward. However, at this time, we are not able to provide such data to external parties – Brian1_at_Dept_of_Edu Oct 27 '16 at 21:25
