---
title: "Search institutions data"
method: POST
path: "/institutions/search"
tags: ["IPEDS Data"]
---

# Search institutions data

`POST /institutions/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://ipeds.emsicloud.com`
- URL: `https://ipeds.emsicloud.com/institutions/search`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Client credentials
  - Token URL: `https://auth.emsicloud.com/connect/token` scopes: `ipeds`

Search institutions using multiple values. Valid search types are `zip`, `fips`, `city`, `id`, and `name`.

## Query parameters

- `datarun` '2024.3' | '2024.4' | '2025.1' | '2025.2'

## Request body

- object
  - `searchType` string, required: The type of location sought. Accepted values: city,name,zip,fips,id
  - `values` string[]

## Response `200`

OK

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/lightcast/apis/ipeds-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/lightcast/apis/ipeds-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/lightcast/apis/ipeds-api/revisions/d0d3c3093822?raw)