College Scorecard MCP server

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by cyanheads·io.github.cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server·v0.5.0·1 stars

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Search, compare, and analyze U.S. college data — costs, earnings, programs, and outcomes.

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How College Scorecard compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 93/100; higher than 95% of 3,470 Web search servers
Uptime: 100%; of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
Response time: 484 ms; faster than 31% of 2,238 Web search servers
GitHub stars: 1; more than 55% of 1,786 Web search servers
Downloads a week: 338; more than 79% of 827 Web search servers with a package

Release history: 6 versions in the registry since 2026-08-21, latest 2026-11-03, typically one every 13 days.

Install College Scorecard in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http college-scorecard-mcp-server https://college-scorecard.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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What the publisher says

From the College Scorecard repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server Search, compare, and analyze U.S. college data — costs, earnings, programs, and outcomes — via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 9 Tools • 2 Resources • 1 Prompt

Overview

U.S. college data from the Department of Education College Scorecard API — costs, earnings, programs, and outcomes across roughly 6,500 Title IV institutions. Search and compare schools, look up program-level earnings by field of study, and compute ROI metrics like debt-to-earnings ratio from any MCP client. Runs as a stdio process or a local Streamable HTTP server.

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College Scorecard: common questions

Is College Scorecard MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (93/100). Read the College Scorecard safety report
How do I install College Scorecard?: It runs remotely at college-scorecard.caseyjhand.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does College Scorecard need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 9 settings from the environment.
Is College Scorecard maintained?: The last commit was 17 days ago (2026-10-17). The latest release is v0.5.0.
Is College Scorecard up?: 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
What can I use instead of College Scorecard?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Reddit Buddy MCP server and Scrivener MCP server.
How does College Scorecard compare with other Web search MCP servers?: safety score 93/100 (higher than 95% of 3,470 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 484 ms (faster than 31% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.

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Rating: —
Safety grade: A · 93/100
Stars: 1
Downloads/wk: 338
Price: Free
Licence: Apache-2.0
Transport: Remote · mixed
Uptime: 100% · 28/28 checks
Version: 0.5.0
Category: Web search
Last release: 2026-10-17

Credentials it needs

SCORECARD_API_KEYRequired API key for the College Scorecard API. Free registration at https://api.data.gov/signup/. Rate limit: 1,000 requests/hour.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPESelects the HTTP transport.
SCORECARD_API_KEYRequired API key for the College Scorecard API. Free registration at https://api.data.gov/signup/. Rate limit: 1,000 requests/hour.
MCP_HTTP_HOSTThe hostname for the HTTP server.
MCP_HTTP_PORTThe port to run the HTTP server on.
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATHThe endpoint path for the MCP server.
MCP_AUTH_MODEAuthentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').

Endpoint

https://college-scorecard.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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