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Stable download and embed surfaces for PlainCollege processed College Scorecard aggregates. Each extract carries source, vintage, and citation contracts so journalists and analysts can reuse the files without inventing admissions or ROI claims.
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U.S. colleges by state (Scorecard aggregates)
56 states and territories with school counts, in-state and out-of-state tuition averages, admission-rate and 10-year earnings averages (each with its own non-null denominator), and ownership-sector counts. Aggregate rollup only, not a bulk export of individual school records.
56 rows · College Scorecard · portal August 2026
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College net-price trends, 2013-2023
1,240 operating colleges (enrollment 500+, at least 8 annual observations, r-squared at least 0.40) with fitted net-price slope, endpoints, and percent change. Nominal dollars; descriptive, not causal.
1,240 rows · 2013-2023 College Scorecard annual series
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Earnings and net price by ownership sector
Public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit sector averages of 10-year former-student earnings and net price. Cite the research page; embed the nofollow widget. No separate CSV (the table is three sector rows).
3 rows · College Scorecard · portal August 2026
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