R Observatory: Metrics for collegeScorecard version 0.2.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

collegeScorecard

0.2.0

US College Scorecard Data

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13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Garrick Aden-BuieFirst published 2024-07-292 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Provides a tidied subset of the US College Scorecard dataset, containing institutional characteristics, enrollment, student aid, costs, and student outcomes at institutions of higher education in the United States.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("collegeScorecard", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("gadenbuie/scorecard-db")

Development version from gadenbuie/scorecard-db. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-collegescorecard

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-collegeScorecard

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-collegeScorecard

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 45 s · r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-04-25
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-03-10
13 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 122 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: not tracked
Documented parameters: not tracked
Return-value docs: not tracked
References docs: 67%

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Rank #20,205 · ~7/day · ~226/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ gadenbuie/scorecard-db

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51 commits · Last activity 2025-05-23 · 0% stars, 30d

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Repository practices

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README.qmd

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Dependencies

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R >= 3.5

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Code & Tests

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Garrick Aden-Buie

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Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
0.2.0Latest
2025-02-13 · current release · diff ↗
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2024-07-29
Total releases: 2 / 2 yrs
License: CC0
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5
Bundled data: 2.7 MB / 2 files
Download size: 2.8 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Start here. This is the citation for the package itself.

citation("collegeScorecard")

CRAN DOI

https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.collegeScorecard

BibTeX, derived from DESCRIPTION

@Manual{collegeScorecard,
  title  = {collegeScorecard: US College Scorecard Data},
  author = {Aden-Buie, Garrick},
  year   = {2025},
  note   = {R package version 0.2.0},
  doi    = {10.32614/CRAN.package.collegeScorecard},
  url    = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=collegeScorecard}
}

Derived from the package DESCRIPTION, not from a citation file the authors wrote. If they publish one later, prefer it.

This is the citation for the package. It is not a citation for the R Observatory.

Cite this page

Use this when the claim is about a measurement on this page.

BibTeX

@misc{robservatorycollegeScorecard,
  author    = {Balamuta, James Joseph},
  title     = {{R} {Observatory}: Metrics for {collegeScorecard} version 0.2.0},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {HJJB, LLC},
  url       = {https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/collegeScorecard},
  note      = {Data set. Data release v2026-08-05}
}

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for collegeScorecard version 0.2.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-05. https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/collegeScorecard

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - Balamuta, James Joseph
TI  - R Observatory: Metrics for collegeScorecard version 0.2.0
PY  - 2026
PB  - HJJB, LLC
N1  - Data release v2026-08-05
UR  - https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/collegeScorecard
ER  -

In prose

These package metrics were obtained from the R Observatory (Balamuta, 2026), data release v2026-08-05, https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/collegeScorecard.

Bound to data release v2026-08-05, which is what makes the numbers on this page reproducible. See how to cite.

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