# Department of Education

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/department-of-education/  
**Website:** https://www.ed.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 4

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is a federal agency that manages and coordinates federal assistance to education and establishes policy for it. ED's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness, and to ensure equal access to education. The Department exposes a portfolio of public APIs through api.data.gov, NCES, and the Open Data Platform (ODP) at data.ed.gov for postsecondary outcomes, institutional characteristics, and federal education programs.

## Kin Score — 34.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 60.1 |
| Governance | 15.2 |
| Contract Governance | 15.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **College Scorecard API** — The College Scorecard API provides programmatic access to postsecondary institution and field-of-study data published by the U.S. Department of Education. The API exposes more t...
- **Department of Education Open Data Platform API** — The Department of Education Open Data Platform (ODP) at data.ed.gov is built on CKAN and exposes a CKAN-compatible REST API for searching, retrieving, and downloading the Depart...
- **IPEDS Data** — The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) gathers data annually from every college, university, and technical and vocational institution that participates in th...
- **Department of Education Schools API** — The Schools API from Department of Education — 1 operation(s) for schools.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Department Of Education Agentic Access** — 1 operation

## Security (2)

- **Department Of Education Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Department Of Education Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Department Of Education Plans Pricing**

## Tags

College Scorecard, Education, Federal-Government, Higher Education, IPEDS, K-12, NCES, Open Data, Postsecondary

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/department-of-education/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.