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Online tool for comparing American colleges

College Scorecard

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College Scorecard
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Owner
U.S. Department of Education
Creator
18F
Website
collegescorecard.ed.gov
Registration
None
Launched
September 12, 2015

The College Scorecard is an online tool, created by the United States Department of Education, for consumers to compare the cost and value of higher education institutions in the United States. At launch, it displayed data in five areas: cost, graduation rate, employment rate, average amount borrowed, and loan default rate.

In February 2022, the site was expanded and some data dropped under the Trump Administration was restored. New per-institution data includes post-graduation average income, and percentage of graduates earning more than people with a high school degree.

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