Hi, I am putting together a database of colleges, and need to find a
list of US colleges and key statistics for each college. (The
database should be in the public domain and not require me to pay to
use it.)
Ideally, I am looking for much of the info contained on this example
page: http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/InstVC.asp?inunid=9144&sponsor=1.
However, the most critical pieces are: School Name, URL, email
address of Admissions Dept, Majors, Cost, and student population
count.
I have seen the lists at
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/cdemello/univ.html,
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html, and others,
but they are (1) not easily load-able into a database, and (2) missing
lots of additional information I require (email address, phone, ZIP,
etc).
I have also seen the lists at Thomson's, Peterson's, US News, and
Kaplan's college portals, but I believe the data is "owned" by the
respective companies, and not in the public domain.
I believe that I saw some US Dept of Education (or similar) databases
available that may have this info, but I could not find these when I
looked today.
The ideal answer would be a simple CSV file (or similar) with the
required data. Thanks!
uc
uc1bear - this is a government site, there is no on the
page, and there are no warnings as to possible use of data. I can't
guarantee anything, but it would seem not to require any permissions.
thanks,
ragingacademic
uc1bear - unfortunately, there is no way for us to team up on a
question. Regardless, however, you'd likely need a couple of hours of
programming time to write something like this so no one would tackle
it for the fee proposed.
How about the following solution -
+ repost the question to my attention with a reduced fee, say $15 -
I'll provide you with the address for the database
+ then, repost the question with a price that may more properly
reflect the amount of time needed to extract this data
thanks,
ragingacademic
Also, can you confirm that the data includes admission department
email addresses (not phone numbers), as this is our most critical data
element? Thanks,
uc
uc1bear - my apologies, I have just gone through several schools and
they include a Web site address as well as a phone number for
admissions and several other departments - but no email.
Again, my apologies - and best of luck with your search!
ragingacademic
uc1bear - I believe I have located the database you recall, it has
several thousand post-secondary schools listed and you can query to
extract basic data - but to extract all of the data you require you
may have to have someone write a script (some pretty talented
researchers here at Google have written such scripts in the past!)
Importantly, all of the variables you describe are included - and more.
Should I post this database as a response?
thanks,
ragingacademic
ragingacademic,
Can you confirm that the data is 100% public domain and can be used by
me freely for any purpose? Or is a license required? Thanks,
uc
ragingacademic,
Thanks for your time and research. However, a link to the database
isn't what I need... I need the data itself. Perhaps you can team up
with a programmer to extract it, or look for options to download the
database in its entirety?
Thanks, uc
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