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How College Scorecard and College Navigator Date Their Data
A comparison of the dates and academic-year labels displayed on the cited College Scorecard and College Navigator pages.
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What matters now
- College Scorecard shows one page-wide freshness stamp: "This data was last updated June 10, 2026," on a dataset versioned "College Scorecard Data 3.6.1."
- That single date covers bulk files spanning "1996-97 through 2025-26," so it marks when the files were refreshed — not the year of any specific row inside them.
- College Navigator has no page-wide as-of date; each table carries its own academic-year label instead.
The cited College Scorecard data page displays a page-wide update date and version label for its bulk files. The cited College Navigator institution profile displays academic-year labels in individual tables. This article reports the dates and labels shown on those pages.
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Key points
- College Scorecard displays a page-wide update date and a data-version label (College Scorecard Data).
- Its cited bulk-file coverage spans the displayed 1996–97 through 2025–26 academic years (College Scorecard Data).
- The cited Navigator institution profile uses academic-year labels in table headings (College Navigator institution profile).
- Those labels differ among the cited tables on that profile (College Navigator institution profile).
College Scorecard data page
College Scorecard’s data page states: “This data was last updated June 10, 2026.” It also displays the version label “College Scorecard Data 3.6.1” and file names bearing the same date (College Scorecard Data).
The page describes the files as covering “1996-97 through 2025-26” (College Scorecard Data). The page’s update date and the displayed academic-year range are separate labels.
Dates inside each table
On the cited College Navigator institution profile, one table is headed “Estimated expenses for academic year 2021-2022 / 2022-2023 / 2023-2024 / 2024-2025.” A separate table is headed “Average graduate student tuition and fees for academic year 2024-2025,” and another is headed “Undergraduate Student Financial Aid, 2023-2024” (College Navigator institution profile).
These table headings show distinct academic-year labels on the same profile.
What the labels establish
College Scorecard’s cited data page displays an update date, version, and a multi-year coverage range. The cited Navigator profile displays distinct academic-year labels in its table headings. This article does not assign a broader meaning to either type of label.
This article does not calculate a student’s costs, compare institutions, or infer an individual figure’s reporting period beyond its displayed label.