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College Scorecard is an online tool provided by the US Department of Education to aid students, parents and others in the evaluation and/or selection of an institution of higher education. The website, first rolled-out in September 2015 as an Obama Administration initiative, provides users with access to an astounding amount of data about college admissions, student demographics and after-graduation outcomes. The site provides no rankings or judgments but instead allows users to compare colleges by a number of criteria and do their own analyses.
The site is well designed in its ability to organize an enormous amount of data for quick access and comparison. The user can filter the set by programmes/degrees; location; size of undergraduate student body; school name; type of school; specialized mission (e.g. historical...