Methodology & data sources

campusvisit.online is built entirely from public, build-time data. Nothing is fetched at runtime; every page is evergreen at publish time.

Data sources

• College Scorecard (U.S. Dept. of Education) — names, locations, control, Carnegie class, admit rate, enrollment, tuition, SAT/ACT. As of March 2026.
• OpenStreetMap — campus locations, road network, hotel/motel POIs. Counts and distances only, never prices. As of June 2026.
• OSRM — drive time/distance matrices. As of June 2026.
• Census/ACS — city context. 2024 ACS 5-year.
• OurAirports — nearest airports. As of June 2026.

Evergreen policy

No prices, no availability feeds, no event calendars. Admit-rate percentages and drive-time hour counts carry a visible "data as of" anchor.

Who builds this

A small team of parents and engineers. Reader-supported via Kayak affiliate links — how this site earns money →. We never take payment for placement.