Department of Education Schools API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard Schools API
  description: 'The College Scorecard API exposes institution-level data on U.S. colleges and

    universities, including admissions, costs, student demographics, completion,

    earnings outcomes, programs (CIP), and repayment. Hosted on api.data.gov; an

    api.data.gov key is required and rate limits default to 1,000 requests per

    IP per hour.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: College Scorecard
    url: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/api-documentation/
servers:
- url: https://api.data.gov/ed/collegescorecard/v1
  description: College Scorecard v1 (api.data.gov)
security:
- ApiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Schools
paths:
  /schools:
    get:
      summary: Query schools
      description: 'Retrieve a paginated, filterable, sortable list of postsecondary

        institutions. Fields are dot-notation paths into the data dictionary

        (for example, `school.name`, `latest.cost.tuition.in_state`).

        '
      operationId: querySchools
      tags:
      - Schools
      parameters:
      - name: api_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: api.data.gov API key
      - name: fields
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Comma-separated list of fields to return
      - name: school.name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: school.state
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Two-letter state code
      - name: school.city
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: zip
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: distance
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: 10mi
      - name: sort
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: latest.student.size:desc
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 20
          maximum: 100
      - name: keys_nested
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Return nested JSON instead of dotted keys
      - name: all_programs_nested
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Schools page
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchoolsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: Not found
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
        '500':
          description: Server error
components:
  schemas:
    School:
      type: object
      description: Institution record with nested or dotted fields per the data dictionary.
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        school.name:
          type: string
        school.city:
          type: string
        school.state:
          type: string
        school.zip:
          type: string
        school.school_url:
          type: string
        school.accreditor:
          type: string
        latest.student.size:
          type: integer
        latest.admissions.admission_rate.overall:
          type: number
        latest.cost.tuition.in_state:
          type: number
        latest.cost.tuition.out_of_state:
          type: number
        latest.completion.rate_suppressed.overall:
          type: number
    SchoolsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        metadata:
          type: object
          properties:
            page:
              type: integer
            total:
              type: integer
            per_page:
              type: integer
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/School'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key