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What it is
CollegeData is a free online college advisory service for students exploring schools, admissions, scholarships, and college costs. College Search filters institutions by preferences such as location, size, cost, acceptance rate, majors, student body, sports, and graduation rates. College Chances compares a student's GPA, test scores, coursework, and other factors with information about enrolled freshmen to estimate admission chances; it does not guarantee an outcome. Scholarship Finder searches thousands of undergraduate awards from private sources and institutions. Admissions Tracker helps students review other applicants' admission outcomes and compare options while building a reach, target, and safety list. Financial resources include Student Aid Index and net price information, plus a tool for comparing aid awards. Articles cover search strategy, test preparation, essays, financial aid, budgeting, and campus life. The free mobile app offers college profiles, admissions estimates, scholarship search, and application and testing deadlines. Most profiles and resources are available without an account, but College Chances and Admissions Tracker require one. CollegeData is provided and fully sponsored by 1st Financial Bank USA. Its privacy policy says information may be used to market that bank's products and services; its California policy says it does not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
For and against
For
- College Search offers numerous filters
- Scholarship Finder searches thousands of awards
- Includes aid and net price resources
- Free app includes profiles and deadlines
Against
- Some tools require an account
- Admission estimates do not guarantee outcomes
- Information may be used to market bank products
The verdict
CollegeData combines college search, scholarship discovery, admissions estimates, and cost-planning resources at no cost. Students should note the account requirements for some tools and review the stated privacy terms.
Who it suits
CollegeData suits students researching colleges, admissions chances, scholarships, and financial aid. Students who want to use College Chances or Admissions Tracker need to create an account.
Plans and prices
CollegeData Free
Most resources usable without account · account required for College Chances, Admissions Tracker and saved profiles
Read 15 Oct 2026 · collegedata.com
CollegeData
Free college planning service; some tools require a free account
Read 30 Sep 2026 · collegedata.com
On the record
- Account requirement
- Most college profiles and resources are available without an account, but College Chances and Admissions Tracker require one.collegedata.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Account requirements
- An account is required for College Chances, EFC Calculator, Compare Financial Aid Awards, Financial Aid Tracker, Net Price Calculator and personalized trackers; signing up enables a Data Locker for saved items.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Admissions estimate
- College Chances compares a student's GPA, test scores, coursework, and other factors with data about enrolled freshmen to estimate admission chances, and does not guarantee an admissions outcome.collegedata.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Admissions Tracker
- Admissions Tracker lets users record outcomes and compare their results with other applicants to build reach, target and safety lists.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- API and SDKs
- The official navigation and help pages document user-facing tools but provide no public API or SDK documentation.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Audience scale
- 1st Financial Bank USA says CollegeData has averaged more than two million student, parent and counselor visitors per year.1fbusa.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- College Chances
- College Chances estimates admission likelihood by comparing a student's academic and extracurricular information with recently admitted students and other admissions factors.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- College search
- The search tool compares more than 2,600 colleges using factors such as location, size, cost, acceptance rate, majors, diversity and graduation rates.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists 1st Financial Bank USA as privately held, founded in 1910, headquartered in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, with 201–500 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- 1st Financial Bank USA is the sponsor and provider of CollegeData and says it has invested millions of dollars in the service for more than 25 years.1fbusa.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Financial aid tools
- The service includes SAI and EFC calculators, Financial Aid Tracker and Compare Awards tools.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play data safety
- The developer declares no third-party data sharing, possible collection of personal information and app activity, encryption in transit and account data deletion requests.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play reach
- The Android listing shows 10K+ downloads and an Everyone content rating.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Google Play update
- The Android app listing reports an update on June 18, 2026, described as small improvements and bug fixes.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations and extensibility
- Terms describe optional third-party applications that may connect to or exchange information with a CollegeData account, but no named integrations are documented.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The terms reserve copyrights and trademarks to 1FBUSA or other owners and restrict copying, redistribution, licensing and derivative commercial use.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: admissions estimates
- CollegeData says its estimates are less reliable for unusual grade/test combinations and highly selective colleges; forum users likewise described vague or implausible chance results.collegedata.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: cost presentation
- A Google Play reviewer complained that showing tuition prominently can obscure the materially higher total cost of attendance.play.google.com · read 15 Oct 2026
