College Scorecard Mcp Server
Compare U.S. colleges by cost, earnings, and programs from your agent while shaping edtech, finance, or student-facing product ideas.
Overview
College Scorecard MCP is a MCP server for the Idea phase that searches and compares official U.S. college cost, earnings, and program data through your agent.
What is this MCP server?
- Search and compare U.S. institutions using College Scorecard fields
- Analyze costs, graduate earnings, programs, and outcome-oriented metrics via MCP
- Requires free SCORECARD_API_KEY from api.data.gov signup
- Documented rate limit 1,000 requests per hour on the Scorecard API
- stdio and localhost streamable-http via @cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server v0.1.4
- Package version 0.1.4
- SCORECARD_API_KEY required via api.data.gov signup
- College Scorecard API rate limit 1,000 requests/hour per manifest
Community signal: 1 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
Edtech and content founders manually cross-check College Scorecard spreadsheets when agents cannot query the API directly.
Who is it for?
Builders researching education markets who already use MCP and can register a free Scorecard API key.
Skip if: Products that must work offline, avoid third-party APIs, or replace licensed counseling without human oversight.
What do I get? / Deliverables
You get comparable institution and outcome stats inside the agent to inform niche, pricing, and feature hypotheses.
- Institution search and comparison tables from agent prompts
- Cost and earnings summaries for positioning research
- Program and outcome snapshots for content or prototype specs
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Journey fit
College Scorecard answers belong in Idea when you are researching audiences, pricing anchors, and outcome claims before building. Research subphase matches search, compare, and analyze workflows on authoritative Department of Education outcomes data.
How it compares
Federal education analytics MCP, not a student CRM or LMS skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is College Scorecard MCP for?
Solo builders and indie edtech founders who want College Scorecard search and comparison inside Claude Code, Cursor, or similar MCP clients.
When should I use College Scorecard MCP?
Use it during Idea research when comparing schools, earnings, or programs to validate a student or parent audience and data-backed content angles.
How do I add College Scorecard MCP to my agent?
Obtain SCORECARD_API_KEY from https://api.data.gov/signup/, then register @cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server with npm run start:stdio or the localhost streamable-http URL in MCP settings.