Methodology

Source. All data is from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard — Most Recent Cohorts (Institution-level) data file. Updated 2026-03-23.

Fields included. We extract a focused subset of about 25 fields per institution: location, control/level, size, admission rate, SAT/ACT averages, net price, in- and out-of-state tuition, cost of attendance, six-year graduation rate, retention, median earnings 10 years after entry, and the share of degrees awarded in each program area.

Data status labels. Each school is labelled Complete, Partial, or Missing based on how many of the headline fields are reported. Many small or vocational schools only report a subset — that is normal.

Aggregates. National and state numbers are medians, not means, to avoid distortion by very large or unusual institutions. Counts include all institutions in the file, including ones with missing detail data.

Programs. Programs are grouped by the first two digits of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code. The percentages on a school page are the share of degrees and certificates awarded in that program area.

What we don't show. Field-of-study earnings, debt by program, and Title IV-specific outcomes are out of scope for this snapshot. For those, see collegescorecard.ed.gov/data.