University API

The University API provides information about universities in the United States and Canada. Free users can search by name or country - premium users have access to advanced filters including location, enrollment, faculty ratios, and tuition.

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/v1/university GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/university

Returns information about universities matching the provided filters. At least one filter parameter is required. Free users can use name or country - all other filters are premium-only.

Parameters

  • name  optional

    The name of the university to search for. Can be a partial match (e.g., "Harvard" will match "Harvard University"). At least one filter parameter (excluding offset/limit) must be provided.

  • country  optional

    The country to filter by. Must be USA or Canada (case-insensitive). At least one filter parameter (excluding offset/limit) must be provided.

  • city  optional premium only

    The city where the university is located.

  • state  optional premium only

    The state or province where the university is located.

  • min_faculty_ratio  optional premium only

    Minimum student-to-faculty ratio as a number (e.g., 15 for 15:1 ratio).

  • max_faculty_ratio  optional premium only

    Maximum student-to-faculty ratio as a number (e.g., 20 for 20:1 ratio).

  • min_enrolled  optional premium only

    Minimum number of enrolled students.

  • max_enrolled  optional premium only

    Maximum number of enrolled students.

  • min_tuition  optional premium only

    Minimum annual tuition cost (in USD).

  • max_tuition  optional premium only

    Maximum annual tuition cost (in USD).

  • offset  optional premium only

    The number of results to skip. Must be zero or a positive integer. Default is 0.

  • limit  optional premium only

    The maximum number of results to return. Must be between 1 and 30. Default is 10 for premium users, fixed at 5 for free users.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

Returns a JSON array of objects, each with the following properties:

  • name

    The full name of the university.

  • degree_types

    An array of degree types offered by the university (e.g., "Bachelor's degree", "Master's degree").

  • address

    The street address of the university.

  • city

    The city where the university is located.

  • state

    The state or province abbreviation where the university is located (e.g., "MA" for Massachusetts).

  • postal_code

    The postal/zip code of the university.

  • country

    The country where the university is located (e.g., "USA", "Canada").

  • county

    The county where the university is located.

  • timezone

    The timezone of the university location (e.g., "EST", "PST").

  • latitude

    The latitude coordinate of the university location.

  • longitude

    The longitude coordinate of the university location.

  • phone

    The contact phone number of the university.

  • email

    The contact email address of the university.

  • website

    The official website URL of the university.

  • institution_type

    The type of institution (e.g., "Private (Not For Profit)", "Public").

  • years

    The typical duration of undergraduate programs (e.g., "4 Years").

  • enrollment

    The number of enrolled students as a string.

  • student_faculty_ratio

    The student-to-faculty ratio (e.g., "7 to 1").

  • tuition

    The annual tuition cost in USD.

Sample Request Live Demo!

name
country

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/university?name=Harvard

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/university?name=Harvard&country=USA" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.