College Scorecard

{{Short description|Online tool for comparing American colleges}}

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| url = {{URL|collegescorecard.ed.gov/}}

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| owner = U.S. Department of Education

| author = 18F

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2015|09|12}}

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The College Scorecard is an online tool, created by the United States government, for consumers to compare the cost and value of higher education institutions in the United States. At launch, it displayed data in five areas: cost, graduation rate, employment rate, average amount borrowed, and loan default rate.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/09/12/439742485/president-obamas-new-college-scorecard-is-a-torrent-of-data|title=President Obama's New 'College Scorecard' Is A Torrent Of Data : NPR Ed|date=2015-09-12|publisher=NPR|author=Cory Turner|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/09/obamas-new-college-scorecard-flips-the-focus-of-rankings/405379/|title=Obama's New College Scorecard Adds New Dimension to Existing Rankings|date=2015-09-15|publisher=The Atlantic|author=|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/14/obama-administration-publishes-new-college-earnings-loan-repayment-data|title=Obama administration publishes new college earnings, loan repayment data|last=Stratford|first=Michael|date=|website=Insidehighered.com|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/10/15/hundreds-of-colleges-missing-from-obamas-college-scorecard/|title=Hundreds of colleges missing from Obama’s College Scorecard?|date=2015-10-15|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2015/09/28-understanding-the-college-scorecard-rothwell|title=Understanding the College Scorecard | Brookings Institution|last=Rothwell|first=Jonathan|date=|website=Brookings.edu|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/12/pf/college/white-house-college-ranking/|title=College scorecard: The White House likes these colleges best - Sep. 12, 2015|last=Lobosco|first=Katie|date=2015-09-12|website=Money.cnn.com|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-college-scorecard-strikes-out-1458168611|title=The College Scorecard Strikes Out|last=McPherson|first=Peter|date=2016-03-16|website=WSJ.com|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/02/18/recommendations-college-scorecard|title=Recommendations for the College Scorecard|date=2016-02-18|website=Insidehighered.com|author=|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/10/08/obamas-college-scorecard-shows-pell-grant-data-problem|title=Obama's College Scorecard Shows Pell Grant Data Problem|date=2015-10-08|website=Usnews.com|accessdate=2016-04-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/obama-college-scorecard/|title=Obama College Scorecard|date=|website=Huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=2016-04-21}}File:The College Scorecard.webm explains the College Scorecard]]

In February 2022, the site was expanded and some data dropped under the Trump Administration was restored. New per-institution data includes post-graduation average income, and percentage of graduates earning more than people with a high school degree.{{cite news |last1=Jaschik |first1=Scott |title=College Scorecard Has More Information |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/02/08/college-scorecard-has-more-information |access-date=19 March 2022 |work=Inside Higher Ed |date=8 February 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/02/15/1080773523/student-loans-financial-aid-tool-college-scorecard |title=Want to find an affordable college? There's a website for that |author=Cory Turner |date=15 February 2022 |publisher=NPR}}