CampusPin Q&A
Is CampusPin free?
Short answerYes. CampusPin is free for students, parents, and counselors. Search, filtering, school profiles, side-by-side comparison, and the Intelligent Advisor are public and do not require an account.
CampusPin does not gate basic college discovery behind a paywall. The full search experience on /results, school profiles at /schools/{slug}, /compare, the Intelligent Advisor at /advisor, and editorial content on /blog and /help-center are all free to use without signing in.
A free CampusPin account adds a persistent pinned shortlist that follows you across devices. CampusPin does not sell student data and does not run a "freemium" tier that hides core search features.
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How do I save colleges on CampusPin?
Click the pin icon on any school card or profile to add it to your shortlist. Without an account, pins stay in your current browser session. Create a free account to keep them across devices.
How does CampusPin help parents?
CampusPin gives parents a structured way to explore U.S. colleges with their student: filter by cost and program, see honest tuition and acceptance data, compare schools side by side, and keep a shared shortlist. Everything except cross-device shortlist sync is free without an account.
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