College/University data API [closed]

Answer 1

Just figured it out. Turns out you can use the IPEDS database to get this info, but it doesn't offer an API to do it. Go to IPEDS and create a group of institutions you want (ex. all 4-year, degree granting universities in the United States), select what variables you want (address, admission rate, etc.), then finally export the data in CSV. If you want the data in a less terrible format, just convert it to JSON or whatever you'd like.

Answer 2

An extensive collection of data in json, csv, pdf, and other formats is at:

http://www.ed.gov/developer

One funny thing: if you take one of their download links:

https://inventory.data.gov/dataset/032e19b4-5a90-41dc-83ff-6e4cd234f565/resource/38625c3d-5388-4c16-a30f-d105432553a4/download/userssharedsdfpostscndryunivsrvy2010dirinfo.csv

and you change the .csv to .json, you still get a csv file.