All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, an annual federal dataset covering 6,000+ Title IV institutions. It includes tuition, earnings, admissions rates, completion rates, and student demographics.

The College Scorecard suppresses earnings data when fewer than 30 students are in a cohort, per federal privacy rules. This is common for small programs at small schools. Missing data means the federal government did not publish it, it is not an error on our end.

Earnings data in the College Scorecard covers former students who received federal financial aid (Pell Grants or federal loans). Students who did not receive financial aid are excluded. This affects selectivity, schools with fewer aid recipients may show higher median earnings partly due to this sampling effect.

It means the median annual earnings of former students measured 6 years after their enrollment began, not 6 years after graduation. Students who took longer to finish, transferred, or did not complete are included in this figure.

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Tuition figures come directly from the College Scorecard as reported by institutions to the Department of Education. They reflect the published sticker price for full-time enrollment and do not account for financial aid, scholarships, or part-time enrollment. Net price (after aid) is shown separately where available.

We update when the Department of Education releases new College Scorecard data, which happens annually. Some data elements (like recent earnings) may lag by 1–2 years because they reflect outcomes several years after enrollment.