Rankings and college data

Rankings, Common Data Sets, College Scorecard and outcomes.

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Common Data Set

Home page of the Common Data Set initiative

Common Data SetUS
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens commondataset.org)

College Navigator

NCES tool for searching colleges and their data

Federal dataUS
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens nces.ed.gov)

College Scorecard

Dept of Education college cost, debt and earnings data

Federal dataUS
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens collegescorecard.ed.gov)

IPEDS

NCES home for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

Federal dataUS
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens nces.ed.gov)

U.S. News Best Colleges

U.S. News college rankings, 2027 edition

RankingsUS
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens usnews.com)

QS World University Rankings

QS rankings and tools from TopUniversities

RankingsGlobal
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens topuniversities.com)

World University Rankings (THE)

Times Higher Education world rankings

RankingsGlobal
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens timeshighereducation.com)

Opportunity Insights

Research group using big data on economic opportunity

Outcomes researchUS
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens opportunityinsights.org)

Center on Education and the Workforce (Georgetown)

Georgetown research center on education and work

Outcomes researchUS
Checked Nov 6, 2026
(opens cew.georgetown.edu)

Forbes America's Top Colleges

Forbes college rankings, 2027 list

RankingsUS
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens forbes.com)

ShanghaiRanking

Academic Ranking of World Universities publisher site

RankingsGlobal
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens shanghairanking.com)

Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)

CWUR global university rankings

RankingsGlobal
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens cwur.org)

CWTS Leiden Ranking

Leiden University research-based university ranking

RankingsGlobal
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens leidenranking.com)

Best Global Universities (U.S. News)

U.S. News global university rankings

RankingsGlobal
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens usnews.com)

College Results Online

College outcome data shown on a map

Outcomes researchUS
Checked Nov 7, 2026
(opens collegeresults.org)

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