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College Scorecard MCP

An MCP server that provides access to U.S. college data from the Department of Education College Scorecard. It allows agents to search institutions, compare schools, retrieve detailed profiles including costs and outcomes, analyze programs by earnings and debt, and compute ROI metrics like debt-to-earnings ratios.

Package and access

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College Scorecard MCP logo, by cyanheadsCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by cyanheads
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What you can do with it

  • Search institutions by name, location, or type
  • Compare 2-5 schools side-by-side on specific topics
  • Retrieve full institutional profiles with costs and outcomes
  • Compute ROI metrics like debt-to-earnings ratio

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.4.0
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Packages and installation

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@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server 0.4.0

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@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server package definition
{
  "version": "0.4.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "SCORECARD_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Required API key for the College Scorecard API. Free registration at https://api.data.gov/signup/. Rate limit: 1,000 requests/hour."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "college-scorecard-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server@0.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCORECARD_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SCORECARD_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "college-scorecard-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server@0.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCORECARD_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SCORECARD_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "college-scorecard-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server@0.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCORECARD_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SCORECARD_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "college-scorecard-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server@0.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCORECARD_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SCORECARD_API_KEY>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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