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?
PSEO / College ScorecardWhat’s the real net price at this college after aid for a family like mine?
College Scorecard / PellHow hard is it to get into this school, and how many students actually graduate?
IPEDSHow much debt do students here take on, and do they pay it back?
Cohort Default RateHow safe is this campus, and what year is the safety data from?
Campus safety (Clery)Which colleges in my state have the athletics program I want?
EADAThe 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, with the source shown on every figure.
Compare nursing programs at Texas public colleges by what grads earn and what students actually pay.
Here are four Texas public colleges with nursing programs, showing median earnings a few years after graduation and the average net price students pay after aid. Earnings come from PSEO and the College Scorecard; net price comes from the College Scorecard. The reporting years are shown so you can see how current each figure is. Earnings and price track together less than you might expect, so the best value here isn’t the most expensive option. Want me to add graduation rates from IPEDS to the same table?
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 |
Add graduation rates, and tell me how safe each campus is.
Added the six-year graduation rate for each college from IPEDS, and campus safety comes from each college’s most recent Clery Act report, with the reporting year shown next to it. One college pairs strong earnings with a lower graduation rate, which is worth a closer look before you decide. If any figure isn’t reported for a given college, I’ll tell you rather than guess. Want me to save these four so you can compare them alongside colleges in another state?
Can my mom see this? She’s the one worried about the debt.
Yes. Anyone can open the same view and ask their own questions in plain language, no login or spreadsheet needed. For the debt piece, I can pull how much students at each of these colleges typically borrow and how many repay it, from the federal Cohort Default Rate data, so the cost conversation at home is grounded in the same sourced numbers.
The old way vs. the Clema way
Ten tabs, brochures, and guesswork, or one sourced conversation.
What you’re trying to do
Old way
Clema way
Comparing what two colleges really cost
Open each college’s site, dig for a net price calculator, run it twice, then try to line the numbers up in your head.
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
Search forums and articles, find anecdotes and averages that never match your state or program.
Ask what graduates of that exact program in your state earn, drawn from PSEO and College Scorecard.
Checking whether students actually graduate
Hunt through brochures that lead with acceptance rate and bury the graduation rate, if they show it at all.
Ask for acceptance, retention, and graduation together, straight from IPEDS, with the year on every figure.
Understanding debt and safety
Two more websites, a PDF crime report, and a lot of guessing about how current any of it is.
Ask in plain English and get debt, repayment, and campus safety with the reporting year shown next to each.
Questions students and families ask
Is Clema free for students?
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.
Where does the data come from?
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.
Are the answers accurate?
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.
Does it cover my state and my program?
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.
How current is the campus safety data?
Campus safety figures come from the most recent Clery Act reports institutions are required to publish. Clema shows the reporting year alongside the numbers.
Can my parents use it too?
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.