College Scorecard

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College Scorecard MCP — US Department of Education College Scorecard API

2 tools

0ms auth

free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_schools

Search US colleges and universities by name. Returns school name, location, tuition, admission rate, student size, median earnings, and completion rate. Example: search_schools("MIT", "MA").

No parameters required.

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Response

get_school

Get detailed info for a specific college by its College Scorecard ID. Returns tuition, admission rate, student size, median earnings after 10 years, completion rate, and median debt.

No parameters required.

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Response

Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/college-scorecard/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call a tool

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/college-scorecard/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_schools","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_schools", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("college scorecard mcp — us department of education college scorecard api");

Related packs

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MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-college-scorecard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/college-scorecard/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}