GET /schools

ed.gov:college-scorecard-api

Summary: Search schools
Operation ID: searchSchools
Auth: unknown
Description

Search for colleges and universities with various filters and fields.

Parameters (14)

api_key (string, query, optional)

API key for data.gov (optional but recommended)

fields (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated list of fields to return

latest.admissions.admission_rate.overall (number, query, optional)

Filter by admission rate

latest.cost.attendance.academic_year (number, query, optional)

Filter by cost of attendance

latest.student.size (integer, query, optional)

Filter by student enrollment size

page (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Page number for pagination

per_page (integer, query, optional, default: 20)

Number of results per page (max 100)

Constraints: {'maximum': 100}

school.city (string, query, optional)

Filter by city

school.degrees_awarded.predominant (integer, query, optional)

Filter by predominant degree awarded

school.name (string, query, optional)

Filter by school name (partial match)

school.ownership (integer, query, optional)

Filter by ownership (1=Public, 2=Private nonprofit, 3=Private for-profit)

Constraints: {'enum': [1, 2, 3]}

school.state (string, query, optional)

Filter by state abbreviation (e.g., 'CA', 'NY')

school.zip (string, query, optional)

Filter by ZIP code

sort (string, query, optional)

Field to sort by

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search colleges by name curl https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/schools?school.name=Harvard
Search colleges by state with limited fields curl https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/schools?school.state=CA&fields=id,school.name,school.city,latest.student.size
Search with pagination curl https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/schools?school.city=Boston&_page=0&_per_page=20

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:47:15.880268 404 339ms
2026-03-23 09:48:31.362084 404 310ms
2026-03-23 09:01:40.844953 404 586ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:48:31.362084 3ce54b6b4d79 cd4a974758b2
2026-03-23 10:47:15.880268 cd4a974758b2 5ae5ed1c607d