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College Scorecard
A free U.S. Department of Education dataset of college costs, outcomes, and student-aid debt — built on IPEDS plus Treasury earnings data.
The College Scorecard is a public-facing dataset and tool published by the U.S. Department of Education (collegescorecard.ed.gov). It combines IPEDS data with Treasury Department federal-tax-record earnings data to expose post-graduation outcomes — median earnings, debt levels, and repayment rates by school and major. Scorecard updates annually with a 2–3 year lag for earnings (the most recent full Scorecard release covers students who began college 8–10 years ago).
CampusPin pulls cost-of-attendance, net-price-by-income, and outcomes signals from Scorecard.
See also
IPEDS
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System — the federal system that collects standardized data from every U.S. college that participates in federal aid.
Cost of attendance (COA)
The federal government's standardized estimate of one academic year's total cost at a college, including direct and indirect expenses.
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