Credentials Database
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Credentials Dataset
With over 100,000 credentials mapped to CIP and ONET codes, the database connects education to employment at scale. Whether your platform supports career exploration, workforce development, or credential discovery, Peterson’s Credentials Database provides the structured data to power it.
What’s Included
Data Fields and Coverage
Our database is structured in a way that offers a holistic perspective of the educational sector. It features in-depth information on organizational details, credentials, costs, assessments, learning prospects, and career choices, interlinking different facets of education and career advancement.
- Personalized Learning Pathways: student learning pathways that align with career goals
- Institution details: name, URL, city, state, and org type (40+ types including postsecondary, vocational, military, government, and more)
- Institution identifiers: IPEDS, FEIN, DUNS, and FAFSA codes
- Credential details: name, type (40+ types from certificates and badges to doctoral degrees), and description
- Credential tags for end-user-oriented discovery and filtering
- CIP codes mapped to credentials and learning opportunities
- Occupation codes mapped to credentials, assessments, and learning opportunities
- NAICS industry codes mapped to credentials and learning opportunities
- Assessment details: name, description, cost types, and occupation codes
- Learning opportunity details: name, description, CIP codes, NAICS codes, occupation codes, and duration
- Cost data for credentials, assessments, and learning opportunities (tuition, enrollment fees, program fees, and more)
- Duration data for credentials and learning opportunities (minimum and maximum ranges)
- Relational model linking institutions to credentials, assessments, and learning opportunities
Use Cases
What You Can Build with Credentials Data
The Credentials Database supports a wide range of platforms and tools. Use it to create personalized student learning pathways aligned with career goals, develop career planning tools that show what credentials different professions require, and build job market analysis tools that connect credential data to current occupational trends.
Why It Matters
Built for Student-Facing Tools
Personalized Learning Pathways
Platforms can use the database to create student learning pathways that align with career goals, connecting credentials to the outcomes students are working toward.
Credential Discovery
Tag-based classification and 40+ credential types give platforms a flexible, end-user-oriented way to surface relevant credentials for any learner profile.
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