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College Scorecard full data base
College Scorecard Data: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/
Download all data (~200 MB)
Documented API
Github repo for website
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Why is so many "PrivacySuppressed" entries?
It's standard practice -- and a good idea -- to suppress cells that have small numbers of observations. Mainly for protecting the privacy of the individuals whose data are being reported, but also ...
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Missing schools on college scorecard
At the present time, the Scorecard site is limited to institutions that predominantly grant 2-year and/or 4-year degrees. The Department of Education is exploring whether and how to add predominantly ...
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Incorrect Information on College Scorecard
I work on the Scorecard for the Department of Education. We can examine cases in which some data may appear incorectly. Could you provide examples of specific institutions and statistics that may ...
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How do you maintain continuity in race definitions across time?
Note that IPEDS detailed descriptions of changes in race categories are noted here: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/news_room/ana_Changes_to_10_25_2007_169.asp . In developing trend reports, NCES converts ...
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What exactly do the variables named "Unemployment rate, via Census data" and "Poverty rate, via Census data" represent?
These variables are calculated averages of poverty and unemployment rates. The calculation is based on census rates for each individual student based on the ZIP Code provided in his/her FAFSA ...
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What is the variable that closest resembles Sticker Price?
If your purpose is drawing comparisons to net price, it makes sense to use the cost of attendance variable you indicated because net price is generated by subtracting grant and scholarship aid from ...
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Are graduate programs included College Scorecard data?
At present, the tool is focused on undergraduates. The Department of Education is considering options for expanding College Scorecard in the future.
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College Scorecard First Year Returning Students Calculation
The "Students Who Return After Their First Year" corresponds to RET_FT4 for 4-year institutions and RET_FTL4 for less than 4-year institutions. These variables were created from IPEDS and includes ...
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How is the Students Paying Down Debt field calculated in the College Scorecard website?
On the consumer website, you can click the "i" button below the "Students Paying Down Debt Field" on each college page and it will display a brief definition for the measure. It should also correspond ...
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Question regarding earnings by major
Scorecard does not provide earnings by major/program of study. Earnings data are collected by matching student grant and loan data to tax records and past student grant/loan records do not have this ...
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College not showing on College Scorecard
Predominant degree is calculated by the most common category of award conferred by the institution, calculated from counts of awards included in the IPEDS Completions component. Based on that specific ...
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University of Phoenix Salary Data
Many data elements, including earnings data, are available only for Title IV recipients, or students who receive federal grants and loans. The cohorts for these data elements are based on reporting at ...
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Discrepancies between the api url and the original one on collegescorecard?
This could be due to the fact that some of the institutions for which data are provided for in the API, do not appear in the consumer website. The consumer website includes predominantly associate’s ...
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What is meant by rolling 2-year averages in College Scorecard?
For many elements, data are pooled across two years of data to reduce year-over-year variability in figures (i.e. repayment rate, debt figures). These data elements represent the weighted average of ...
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How is the repayment rate for College Scorecard calculated?
Repayment rate depicts the fraction of borrowers at an institution who are not in default on their federal loans and who are making progress in paying them down (i.e. have paid down at least $1 in the ...
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College Scorecard API call returns all data in .json but only two fields in .csv
Many apologies for this issue, and also for this slow response. Open Data Maker hasn't had much work done on it recently, but we're currently in the process of transitioning it to new maintainers. ...
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Where can I find historical College Scorecard Data
the Wayback Machine is your friend.
data on 2015-09-15 - Original Data
data on 2016-06-17 - Updated Data
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Future updates to college scorecard?
You are correct that the future of the Scorecard is subject to changes initiated by the incoming administration. However, the Department's current plans are to provide a major update (e.g. additional ...
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Service returned HTTP Response Code (College ScoreCard)
There are a few tweaks needed to get this query in shape.
The schools endpoint does not need to have the extension .json added to it. The API returns json by default, so that was the cause of the ...
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Missing schools on college scorecard
I believe Brian is correct, but also note that this criteria appears to be arbitrary and undocumented. One result is that only 6 of 13 community colleges in Colorado are included in the Scorecard.
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What is the profile of gradutes from University of Louisville, College of Arts and Sciences and Dept of Biology?
At this time, Scorecard does not provide those data at the program-level. Please note planned changes in IPEDS and NSLDS reporting may allow program-level data to be reported in the future.
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College not showing on College Scorecard
I believe Brian is correct, but also note that this criteria appears to be arbitrary and undocumented. One result is that only 6 of 13 community colleges in Colorado are included in the Scorecard.
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In the College Scorecard Data Directory--what is N=30
I would guess that n probably means number of students in cohort, but am not sure. Gainful Employment reporting I know is not publicly released when n<30 due to privacy reasons.
Here is some ...
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College Scorecard First Year Returning Students Calculation
You are welcome. I believe IPEDS calculates retention rate from cohort information reported Fall Enrollment component during the Spring Collection. For more information visit:
https://nces.ed.gov/...
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How can I calculate the proportion of students at an institution who are low-income or first-generation?
These may be the variables are looking for:
Percentage of aided students whose family income is between $0-$30,000 student share_lowincome.0_30000 float INC_PCT_LO NSLDS
Percentage first-...
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unable to get lat long in api call
Thank you very much for finding this, and I'm sorry for the inconvenience. We've verified that this is indeed a bug. I've created an issue for it here: https://github.com/18F/open-data-maker/issues/...
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Get all the data from category or subcategory from Collegescorecard API
V1 of the API is a GET API with /v1/schools as the endpoint.
The basic structure of an API call is year.dev-category.de-friendly-variable-name, except that the school category has no year and id, ...
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How is average cost in college scorecard derived?
The average net price is the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional aid, for undergraduate students who ...
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Do repayment variables in the College Scorecard refer only to debt acquired as an undergraduate?
Repayment variables in the College Scorecard refer only to undergraduate debt acquired at the one institution for which the repayment rate is reported for. Please note, the same student may be in ...
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