# `io.github.cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server
- Version: 0.4.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.cyanheads (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/cyanheads/college-scorecard-mcp-server
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:28:33.676Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Search, compare, and analyze U.S. college data — costs, earnings, programs, and outcomes.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:14:00.388Z over streamable-http.

**9 tools: 9 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 9 | allow |

## Findings

- **info** The word "credentials" in `scorecard_get_programs` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The description mentions "credential".

description: "...edian earnings 1 year after the highest credential, cumulative Stafford/Grad PLUS debt, an..."
```

- **info** The word "credentials" in `scorecard_get_programs` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The input schema at properties.cip_code.description mentions "credential".

inputSchema.properties.cip_code.description: "...Computer Science). Returns one row per credential level the school offers in that program..."
```

- **info** The word "credentials" in `scorecard_get_programs` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The input schema at properties.credential_level.description mentions "credential".

inputSchema.properties.credential_level.description: "Filter by credential level: 1=undergraduate certificate, 2=a..."
```

- **info** The word "credentials" in `scorecard_search_programs` ([credentials-mention](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#credentials-mention))

```untrusted-server-text
The input schema at properties.credential_level.description mentions "credential".

inputSchema.properties.credential_level.description: "Provider credential selector: 1=undergraduate certificate,..."
```


## Only reads (9)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `scorecard_compare_schools`

- The name "scorecard_compare_schools" says "compare": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Side-by-side comparison of 2–5 schools with ordinal competition ranks within the selected set (ties share a rank). Topics: costs (tuition, net price by income bracket, debt), admissions (acceptance rate, SAT/ACT, enrollment), outcomes (completion, earnings, repayment), aid (Pell grants, federal loans, debt, repayment). Use scorecard_get_school for full profiles.
```

### `scorecard_get_earnings`

- The name "scorecard_get_earnings" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Institution-level earnings of federally aided undergraduate entrants working and not enrolled, regardless of completion. Reports medians at 6/8/10 years after entry, 6/10-year percentiles, and non-male/male 6-year medians. For graduate program earnings use scorecard_get_programs. years selects API data-file start years (1996–2025), including files without earnings observations. Per-metric availability and official cohort/measurement/dollar context accompany values; unknown metadata stays absent. No re-inflation is performed.
```

### `scorecard_get_programs`

- The name "scorecard_get_programs" says "get": a word for reading.
- Findings: info credentials-mention, info credentials-mention, info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
All field-of-study programs at one school with median earnings 1 year after the highest credential, cumulative Stafford/Grad PLUS debt, and IPEDS awards for each year of the pooled debt cohort. Institution-level 6/8/10-year earnings are available via scorecard_get_earnings. Null or absent earnings have unknown cause; suppressed=true requires an explicit provider privacy marker. Use scorecard_lookup_cip to find CIP codes by name.
```

### `scorecard_get_school`

- The name "scorecard_get_school" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Institutional profiles for one or more school IDs. Accepts up to 1,000 elements, deduplicates normalized IDs, serves the first 100 distinct IDs, and reports missing and unprocessed IDs separately. Use scorecard_compare_schools for comparisons. Custom fields return requested paths and their JSON values in selected_fields, absent paths in absent_fields, and real identity; default profiles include costs, admissions, outcomes, aid, and completion rates.
```

### `scorecard_list_fields`

- The name "scorecard_list_fields" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the College Scorecard field catalog by keyword. Returns matching field paths, descriptions, data types, and whether each field supports API-side sorting. Use before passing custom field paths to the fields parameter on scorecard_get_school to find a supported path. Served entirely from embedded static data — no API call, no rate limit impact.
```

### `scorecard_lookup_cip`

- The name "scorecard_lookup_cip" says "lookup": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) taxonomy by keyword or partial name. Returns matching CIP codes with standard titles. Use this before passing cip_code filters to scorecard_search_programs or scorecard_get_programs when you know a program by name but not its code. Served entirely from embedded static data — no API call, no rate limit impact.
```

### `scorecard_search_programs`

- The name "scorecard_search_programs" says "search": a word for reading.
- Findings: info credentials-mention

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find programs by CIP code across institutions, ranked by median earnings within the fetched school page. Accepts school-side filters (state, ownership, max cost). Minimum earnings is applied locally; totals and pagination count schools before local program filtering. Use scorecard_lookup_cip to convert program names to CIP codes. Returns school names and IDs alongside program earnings, cumulative Stafford/Grad PLUS debt, and IPEDS awards for follow-up calls to scorecard_get_school or scorecard_get_programs.
```

### `scorecard_search_schools`

- The name "scorecard_search_schools" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search and filter U.S. colleges and universities by name, location, type, size, and acceptance rate. Returns core identity and cost metrics. Use scorecard_get_school for profiles or scorecard_search_programs for program rankings. Geographic distance requires a U.S. ZIP; ZIP alone uses the provider default radius. State accepts comma-separated two-letter codes (e.g. WA,CA). Ownership: 1=public, 2=private nonprofit, 3=for-profit. Degree level: 0=non-degree, 1=certificate, 2=associate, 3=bachelor, 4=graduate.
```

### `scorecard_value_analysis`

- The description's first verb is "analyze": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Analyze costs, debt, repayment progress, and earnings for one school. Returns debt-to-earnings and net-price-to-annual-earnings ratios alongside the source figures. family_income selects the applicable net-price bracket. Repayment progress is the share of borrowers paying down principal 3 years after entering repayment.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `college-scorecard`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_lookup_cip",
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_list_fields",
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_search_schools",
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_get_school",
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_get_programs",
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_get_earnings",
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_search_programs",
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_compare_schools",
      "mcp__college-scorecard__scorecard_value_analysis"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```