Campus Cli vs College Scorecard
A side-by-side look at the Campus Cli and College Scorecard MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Campus Cli for education work as a local process; choose College Scorecard for education as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Campus Cli when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Education domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
Choose College Scorecard when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Education domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
search_schools, get_school.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Education | Education |
| Quality signal | 47/100 · Fair | 52/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 11 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 2 |
| Full listing | View Campus Cli | View College Scorecard |
Tools & capabilities
Campus Cli tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
College Scorecard tools 2
search_schoolsSearch US colleges and universities by name. Returns school name, location, tuition, admission rate, student size, median earnings, and completion rate. Example: search_schools("MIT", "MA").get_schoolGet detailed info for a specific college by its College Scorecard ID. Returns tuition, admission rate, student size, median earnings after 10 years, completion rate, and median debt.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Campus Cli
{
"mcpServers": {
"campus-cli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"campus-cli@2.2.3"
]
}
}
}
College Scorecard
{
"mcpServers": {
"college-scorecard": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-college-scorecard"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Campus Cli is categorized under Education and uses a local stdio subprocess. College Scorecard belongs to Education and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Campus Cli for education work and College Scorecard for education.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Campus Cli has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. College Scorecard has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add campus-cli and college-scorecard as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Campus Cli has a quality signal of 47/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 11 GitHub stars. College Scorecard has 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.