About CampusGuide
CampusGuide is a free college directory powered by federal open data. We help students and families research colleges using data from IPEDS, College Scorecard, NOAA, and other government sources.
Every stat on the site traces to a public data source. No proprietary rankings, no paid reviews, no editorial opinions. Just data.
Our Data Sources
- IPEDS / NCES — institutional characteristics, enrollment, graduation rates, degree programs
- College Scorecard — tuition, admissions, financial aid, post-graduation earnings
- NOAA / NWS — campus climate data
- Clery Act / Campus Safety — campus crime statistics
Why CampusGuide
Most college comparison sites mix objective data with subjective rankings, paid placements, and editorial content. CampusGuide takes a different approach: we present federal data clearly and let the numbers speak for themselves.
If a data point appears on our site, you can trace it back to a publicly available government dataset. If we do not have data for a particular metric, we leave it out rather than estimate or editorialize.