College Scorecard
US Department of Education
- What we use
- Net price, graduate earnings (10 years after entry), completion rates, admissions selectivity.
- Coverage
- Every Title IV accredited institution in the United States.
About Us
Federal college data, free and ungated.
We aggregate official numbers from College Scorecard, IPEDS, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, and the CIP-SOC crosswalk, then present them without paywalls, accounts, or marketing fluff.
Last reviewed June 2026
Why This Exists
The federal government already collects detailed data on every accredited US college: net price, graduate earnings, acceptance rates, completion rates. Most of it sits across five separate federal datasets that aren't usable by a student or parent in their raw form.
We are not gated. We don't ask you to create an account, we don't ask you to pay anything, and we don't sell your data to anyone.
US College Data is the cleaning, scoring, and presentation layer on top of that federal data. Kept free. Kept open.
What You'll Find Here
Everything is built around colleges. The other sections exist to help you judge them from more than one angle.
Explore Colleges
Compare every accredited college on what it costs and where its graduates actually end up.
3,811 colleges
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Popular Majors
See what each field of study leads to in pay and demand before you commit.
38 majors
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Top Programs
Drill into the specific degrees colleges grant and where each one tends to lead.
375 programs
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Popular Careers
Check the pay, outlook, and daily reality of a job before you aim for it.
395 careers
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Popular States
Explore your options state by state, whether you stay close to home or look wider.
50 + DC
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Our Tools
Compare schools, estimate your costs, and weigh the return with a few quick calculators.
6 tools
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Explore Guides
Plain-English walkthroughs for choosing, paying for, and getting into the right school.
57 guides
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Browse Topics
Short explainers that connect the dots across cost, majors, and outcomes.
21 topics
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College Rankings
Ready-made shortlists for a specific goal, scored from the same federal numbers.
132 rankings
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Top Findings
Surprising patterns in the data that can change which schools make your list.
54 findings
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What's in the Database
Every number on this site comes from federal data. The database covers 3,811 colleges, 38 majors, 375 programs, and 395 careers, all sourced from five primary federal datasets.
IPEDS
National Center for Education Statistics
- What we use
- Institutional characteristics, admissions, enrollment, completions, program offerings.
- Coverage
- Every accredited US college that participates in federal financial aid.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
US Department of Labor
- What we use
- Median wages, 10-year employment outlook, US occupation employment counts.
- Coverage
- Every US occupation classified by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC).
O*NET
US Department of Labor / Employment and Training Administration
- What we use
- Occupation tasks, required skills, interests, work styles, work context.
- Coverage
- Every SOC-classified occupation in the US labor market.
CIP-to-SOC Crosswalk
NCES and Bureau of Labor Statistics
- What we use
- Mapping between academic programs (CIP codes) and occupations (SOC codes).
- Coverage
- All CIP codes recognized by NCES.
The full list of sources is on the data sources page, and how we transform these raw datasets into the UCD Score is documented in detail on the methodology page.
Who's Behind It
US College Data is an independent project, not a newsroom or a staff of analysts. What you are reading is the output of a transparent data pipeline: pulling the federal files, cleaning them, applying one published formula for the UCD Score, and verifying college listings before launch. Every figure traces to a named federal source with a dated vintage, so you can check any number against its origin.
We're not affiliated with any college, any government agency, any admissions consultant, or any rankings publisher. We don't accept editorial input or advisory roles from institutions we cover.
The site is rebuilt from scratch every time a federal source releases new figures, typically once per academic year. Every column on every college profile maps back to a specific federal data point that we cite.
Our independence is the point. No college pays to be listed. No admissions service pays to surface its leads here. No third party reviews our methodology before we publish it.
How We Keep It Accurate and Honest
Every figure on the site traces back to a named federal source with a dated vintage, scored by one published formula and applied the same way to every college. We rebuild the whole site from scratch each time a federal source releases new numbers, usually once a year, so what you read stays current. We don't editorialize the data or smooth over the parts that look bad.
What we will never do
- Sell or share your contact information with colleges or third parties.
- Let anyone pay to change a college's UCD Score or its ranking.
- Hide negative federal data on any college.
- Replace federal data with editorial opinions or survey results.
Get in Touch
Have a correction, a press inquiry, a partnership idea, or a research request? Contact us.
Educators, journalists, and researchers can request methodology details or anonymized data slices for academic use.