For students and families
Ask anything about any U.S. college.
Earnings, acceptance, aid, graduation, safety, athletics: one conversation instead of ten tabs. Built on official federal data, sourced on every answer.
How Clema helps you decide
The four questions every family is really asking, answered from official data instead of guesswork.
Will it pay off?
See what graduates of a college, and of a specific program, actually earn after they leave, drawn from federal earnings data. Weigh the price of a degree against the income it tends to lead to, before you commit.
What you’ll actually pay
The sticker price is rarely the real price. Ask about net price after aid, how much Pell and other grants students typically receive, and how much debt graduates carry and whether they pay it back.
Will you get in, and graduate?
Look up acceptance rates, retention, and how many students actually finish. A college that admits you but graduates few of its students is a different bet than one that gets people across the line.
Is it a fit, and safe?
Enrollment size, campus crime and safety reporting, and athletics programs, all in one place. Get a feel for what campus life is really like beyond the brochure photos.
What you can ask
Type a real question in plain English. Every answer tells you which official dataset it came from.
What do nursing grads from Texas colleges earn a few years out?
Source: PSEO / College Scorecard
What’s the real net price at this college after aid for a family like mine?
Source: College Scorecard / Pell
How hard is it to get into this school, and how many students actually graduate?
Source: IPEDS
How much debt do students here take on, and do they pay it back?
Source: Cohort Default Rate
How safe is this campus, and what year is the safety data from?
Source: Campus safety (Clery)
Which colleges in my state have the athletics program I want?
Source: EADA
The data behind every answer
Clema pulls from the public U.S. federal datasets below and shows the source on every figure. Explore any of them directly.
Search U.S. colleges
Filter every U.S. college by state, public or private, and type, then compare graduation rates and net price.
Browse by state
Start close to home. See every institution in your state, side by side, in one list.
Earnings and outcomes
What graduates earn, what students really pay, and how colleges compare on outcomes, from the College Scorecard.
Earnings by program
Post-secondary employment outcomes: what graduates of a specific program in a specific state go on to earn.
Financial aid and Pell
How many students receive Pell grants and other aid, and what that means for what you would actually pay.
Student debt and loans
How much debt students take on and how many struggle to repay it, from federal cohort default rate data.
Acceptance and graduation
Acceptance rates, retention, graduation, and enrollment for any U.S. institution, from IPEDS.
Campus safety
Campus crime and safety figures from the Clery Act reports colleges are required to publish each year.
Athletics
Teams, participation, and athletics data from the Equity in Athletics (EADA) reporting.
Compare colleges side by side
Line up the colleges on your list and see graduation rates, net price, and outcomes next to each other, drawn from the same official sources. Filter every U.S. institution by state, public or private, and type, then narrow to the handful that actually fit.
A student's conversation
Comparing nursing programs in Texas by earnings and net price before the family decides.
Example figures for this walkthrough · nursing, Texas public
| College | Median earnings (grads) | Avg net price / year |
|---|---|---|
| College A | $71,400 | $12,300 |
| College B | $68,900 | $9,800 |
| College C | $64,200 | $14,600 |
| College D | $62,700 | $8,400 |
The old way vs. the Clema way
Ten tabs, brochures, and guesswork, or one sourced conversation.
Situation
Old way
Clema way
Comparing what two colleges really cost
Old way
Open each college’s site, dig for a net price calculator, run it twice, then try to line the numbers up in your head.
Clema way
Ask for both net prices in one question and get them side by side, with the federal source shown for each.
Figuring out if a major pays off
Old way
Search forums and articles, find anecdotes and averages that never match your state or program.
Clema way
Ask what graduates of that exact program in your state earn, drawn from PSEO and College Scorecard.
Checking whether students actually graduate
Old way
Hunt through brochures that lead with acceptance rate and bury the graduation rate, if they show it at all.
Clema way
Ask for acceptance, retention, and graduation together, straight from IPEDS, with the year on every figure.
Understanding debt and safety
Old way
Two more websites, a PDF crime report, and a lot of guessing about how current any of it is.
Clema way
Ask in plain English and get debt, repayment, and campus safety with the reporting year shown next to each.
Questions students and families ask
You can start exploring colleges and asking questions for free. Clema pulls from official U.S. federal datasets that are public, and puts them in one place you can just ask.
Official U.S. sources: IPEDS for acceptance, graduation and enrollment; College Scorecard and PSEO for earnings and outcomes; the Pell and Cohort Default Rate data for aid and debt; Clery Act reporting for campus safety; and EADA for athletics. Every answer shows its source.
Every figure is sourced back to the official dataset it came from and shown with its source, so you can check it. Clema does not invent numbers; if the data does not exist, it tells you.
Yes. You can browse every U.S. institution by state and compare specific programs, including earnings by program and state where the federal data reports it.
Campus safety figures come from the most recent Clery Act reports institutions are required to publish. Clema shows the reporting year alongside the numbers.
Absolutely. Cost, aid, debt and safety are family decisions. Anyone can ask in plain language, no logins or spreadsheets required.
Choose a college on the facts
Explore every U.S. college, or just ask your first question. No login, no spreadsheets, sources on every answer.