`search_schools`

Pack: college-scorecard · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/college-scorecard/mcp

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”).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_apiKey`	string	yes	api.data.gov API key
`query`	string	yes	School name to search for (e.g., “Stanford”, “community college”)
`state`	string	no	Two-letter state code to filter (e.g., “CA”, “NY”)
`limit`	number	no	Number of results to return (default: 10, max: 100)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "Stanford University",
  "state": "CA",
  "_apiKey": "your-college-scorecard-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/college-scorecard/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_schools","arguments":{"query":"Stanford University","state":"CA","_apiKey":"your-college-scorecard-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_schools', {
  "query": "Stanford University",
  "state": "CA",
  "_apiKey": "your-college-scorecard-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "MIT",
  "state": "MA",
  "limit": 5,
  "_apiKey": "your-college-scorecard-api-key"
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, state, total, returned, schools

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Search query string provided
`state`	string \| null	State filter (uppercase) or null
`total`	number	Total matching schools in database
`returned`	number	Number of schools in this response
`schools`	array	List of matching schools

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search query string provided"
    },
    "state": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "State filter (uppercase) or null"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total matching schools in database"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of schools in this response"
    },
    "schools": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of matching schools",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "College Scorecard ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "School name"
          },
          "city": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "City location"
          },
          "state": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "State code"
          },
          "zip": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "ZIP code"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "School website URL"
          },
          "ownership": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Public, Private nonprofit, or Private for-profit"
          },
          "student_size": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Total enrolled students"
          },
          "admission_rate": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Admission rate (0-1)"
          },
          "tuition_in_state": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "In-state tuition cost"
          },
          "tuition_out_of_state": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Out-of-state tuition cost"
          },
          "median_earnings_10yr": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Median earnings 10 years after entry"
          },
          "completion_rate": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Completion rate (0-1)"
          },
          "median_debt": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Median debt for completers"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "state",
    "total",
    "returned",
    "schools"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "college-scorecard": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/college-scorecard/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_schools