rscorecard 
This package is an R wrapper for the U.S. Department of Education
College Scorecard API. It allows users
to select and filter Scorecard variables with piped commands a la
dplyr.
Installation
Install the latest released version from CRAN with
install.packages("rscorecard")
Install the latest development version from Github with
devtools::install_github("btskinner/rscorecard")
This package relies on the Scorecard data dictionary, so I will attempt to update it in a timely fashion whenever new Scorecard data are released. Because it sometimes takes a few days to get a package on CRAN, you may want to download the developmental version in the days immediately following a data update.
Usage
Set API key
Get your Data.gov API key at https://api.data.gov/signup/. Save your
key in your R environment at the start of your R session using
sc_key():
## use your real key in place of the Xs
sc_key('xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx')
Request data
library(rscorecard)
df <- sc_init() %>%
sc_filter(region == 2, ccbasic == c(21,22,23), locale == 41:43) %>%
sc_select(unitid, instnm, stabbr) %>%
sc_year("latest") %>%
sc_get()
## Request complete!
df
## # A tibble: 6 x 4
## unitid instnm stabbr year
## <int> <chr> <chr> <chr>
## 1 191676 Houghton College NY latest
## 2 194392 Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science NY latest
## 3 196051 SUNY Morrisville NY latest
## 4 197230 Wells College NY latest
## 5 214625 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington PA latest
## 6 214643 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre PA latest
For more example calls and information about other package commands, see the extended vignette.
Data dictionary
To look up information about data elements, use the sc_dict()
function.
sc_dict("control")
##
## ---------------------------------------------------------------------
## varname: control source: IPEDS
## ---------------------------------------------------------------------
## DESCRIPTION:
##
## Control of institution
##
## VALUES:
##
## 1 = Public
## 2 = Private nonprofit
## 3 = Private for-profit
## 1 = Public
## 2 = Private nonprofit
## 3 = Private for-profit
## 4 = Foreign
##
## CAN FILTER? Yes
##
##
## ---------------------------------------------------------------------
## varname: schtype source: FSA
## ---------------------------------------------------------------------
## DESCRIPTION:
##
## Control of institution, per PEPS
##
## VALUES:
##
## 1 = Public
## 2 = Private, Nonprofit
## 3 = Proprietary
##
## CAN FILTER? No
##
## ---------------------------------------------------------------------
## Printed information for 2 of out 2 variables.