Sec. 112. College scorecard website
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Section 132 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1015a(a) ) is amended— by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: In this section: The term College Scorecard website means the College Scorecard website required under subsection
(c)and includes any successor website. The term cost of attendance has the meaning given such term in section 472. The term total net price required for completion means, with respect to the period of completion of a program of study— the sum of the required costs described in section 124(b)(3)(A)(i)(I) charged to a student for such period of completion; minus the total amount of grant and scholarship aid described in paragraph
(2)of section 124(b) that is available to the student for the costs described in subparagraph
(A)for completion of a program of study. ; by striking subsections
(b)through (g); and by redesignating subsection
(h)as subsection (b). Section 132 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1015a ) is further amended— by striking subsection (i); and by inserting after subsection
(b)(as so redesignated) the following: Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the College Cost Reduction Act, the Secretary shall make publicly available on the College Scorecard website the following aggregated information with respect to each institution of higher education and each program of study at such institution, as applicable, that participates in a program under title IV: A link to the website of the institution. A link to the net price calculator for such institution. A link to the website of the institution containing campus safety data with respect to such institution. The geographic location of the institution. Information on the type of institution, including sector, size, predominant and highest credential awarded, research intensity, programs of study offered, and other characteristics of the institution. Information on student enrollment, including the number and percentage of students enrolled full-time, less than full-time, and enrolled in distance education. Information on student progression and completion, including time to credential and rates of withdrawal, retention, transfer, or completion. Information on college costs and financial aid, including average, median, minimum, and maximum values of— the cost of attendance, including such cost disaggregated by the costs described in paragraphs
(1)through
(14)of section 472(a); the grants and scholarships received by students at the institution and the number and percentage of such students receiving such grants and scholarships, disaggregated by source and whether such aid is need-based, merit-based, an athletic scholarship, or other type of grant or scholarship; and the total net price required for completion for students who received Federal financial assistance described in paragraph (2)(I). Information on student debt and repayment, including— the average, median, minimum, and maximum amounts borrowed by students under title IV; and information with respect to repayment of loans made under title IV, including borrower-based repayment rates, dollar-based repayment rates, and time spent in repayment. Information on the earnings of students who received Federal financial assistance described in paragraph (2)(I), including the average, median, minimum, and maximum values of— with respect to students who complete a program of study in an award year— the annual earnings of such students; and the value-added earnings of such students; and with respect to students who do not complete a program of study in an award year, the annual earnings of such students. The Secretary shall ensure the information described in paragraph
(1)is disaggregated, as applicable, by the following student characteristics: Financial circumstances including— household income categories, as determined by students’ adjusted gross income, family size, and poverty line (as defined in section 401(a)); and student aid index categories, as determined by the Secretary. Sex. Race and ethnicity. Classification as a student with a disability. Enrollment status, including part-time or full-time enrollment, and status as a distance education student. Status as an in-district, in-State, or out-of-State student. Status as an international student. Status as a recipient of Federal financial assistance, including— a Pell Grant; a loan made under title IV; and assistance described in section 131(f)(4) administered, sponsored, or supported by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs. Status as a participant in a program described in section 116(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3131(b)(3)(A)(ii) ). The Secretary shall include on the College Scorecard website a method for users to easily compare institutions and programs, including in a manner that allows for such comparison based on— the institutional and program information described in paragraph (1); and the student characteristics described in paragraph (2). Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish, on a dedicated website of the Department, a Universal Net Price Calculator that provides to an individual, with respect to each institution of higher education and program of study offered by such institution— the information described in section 124, including the amounts described in clauses
(i)and
(ii)of subsection (b)(3) of such section; and the total net price required for completion as defined under section 132(a). Except as provided in clause (ii), the information required under subparagraph
(A)shall be generated based on a single set of questions developed by the Secretary for purposes of capturing the information specified in paragraph
(2)and using the data elements described in section 132(f)(2)(C)(ii). When an individual submits a Free Application for Federal Student Aid described in section 483, the information required under subparagraph
(A)shall be automatically generated based solely on the contents of such application and the data elements described in section 132(f)(2)(C)(ii). The Secretary shall ensure that a website link or other means of accessing the Universal Net Price Calculator is included on— the College Scorecard website; and the FAFSA website. Beginning on the date on which the Universal Net Price Calculator becomes operational, the Secretary shall remove from the FAFSA website the electronic estimator maintained pursuant to section 485E(b)(4). The Secretary shall update the Universal Net Price Calculator Website and College Scorecard website not less than annually. The Secretary shall regularly assess the format and technology of the College Scorecard website and make any changes or updates that the Secretary considers appropriate. In developing and maintaining the College Scorecard website, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government— not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of the College Cost Reduction Act, and not less than once every 3 years thereafter, shall conduct consumer testing with appropriate persons, including current and prospective college students, family members of such students, institutions of higher education, and experts, to ensure that the College Scorecard website is usable and easily understandable and provides useful and relevant information to students and families; and prominently shall display on such website in simple, understandable, and unbiased terms for the most recent academic year for which satisfactory data is available, the information described in paragraphs
(1)and
(2)that was determined to be useful and relevant to students and families based on the consumer testing described in subparagraph
(A)for each institution and program of study (as applicable). The Secretary, in consultation with each appropriate head of a department or agency of the Federal Government, shall ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, that any information related to higher education that is published by such department or agency is consistent with the information published on the College Scorecard website. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, to the extent that another provision of this section requires the same reporting or collection of data that is required under this Act, an institution of higher education, or the Secretary or Commissioner, shall use the reporting or data required under this subsection to satisfy both requirements. The Secretary shall ensure any information made available under this section is made available in accordance with the privacy laws described in section 132(f)(1)(C)(iv). For purposes of publishing the information described in paragraphs
(1)and (2), for any year for which the number of students is determined by the Secretary to be of insufficient size to maintain the privacy of student data , the Secretary shall— aggregate up to 4 years of additional data for such program of study to obtain data for a sufficient number of students to maintain student privacy; in the case of a program of study, if the method described in clause
(i)is insufficient to maintain student privacy, aggregate data for students who completed or who were enrolled in, as applicable, similar program of study of the institution to obtain data for a sufficient number of students to maintain student privacy; and in the case of a program of study, if the methods described in clauses
(i)and
(ii)are insufficient to maintain student privacy, or additional data described in such clauses is not available or can not be aggregated, aggregate data with respect to all students who completed or were enrolled in, as applicable, any program of study of the institution of the same credential level, in lieu of data specific to students in such program of study. . The Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ), as amended by subsection
(a)of this section, is further amended by striking College Navigator each place it appears and inserting College Scorecard . Any reference in any law (other than the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. )), regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to the College Navigator website shall be considered to be a reference to the College Scorecard website.
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