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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best money I spent on college search was this DIY Rankings spreadsheet ($24). It has all that data from common data sets/NCES in one place

My kids were pretty clear on major, school size, region. So this made it easy to filter and sort schools by what they were looking for plus filter for factors like higher retention rate, average net cost. Quickly gave a reasonable list for further research.

https://diycollegerankings.com/diy-college-rankings-spreadsheet-lp-2/[/quote]
With this sort of product, be aware that there may be an issue of time lag. Third party aggregations of college data are often out of date because links don't get updated and because the Common Data Set, while often the best data we have, has its own lag.

The currently available Common Data Set is 2023-24. Some schools have already posted 2024-25, though many won't be posted until late spring or early summer. The IPEDS database will roll over to the new data set in mid June. The 2024-25 data set will have admissions data for high school class of 2024, college class of 2028, so it won't include data from the current admission season.

If you want more up to date acceptance rates and costs, the CDS isn't the place.

Also, average net cost doesn't tell you what you would pay. You need to use Net Price Calculators yourself.

I make my own spreadsheet specific to our needs.[/quote]

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