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This vocabulary provides authoritative reference data for educational institutions. Use the concept URI as the object of schema:alumniOf or schema:affiliation on person entity nodes. Each concept is typed schema:EducationalOrganization with structured address, geo, and identifier data. The IPEDS UNITID (in the concept's local ID and notation field) is the canonical federal identifier. Search with ?q= for substring matching on institution names. Individual concepts dereference to full institution profiles at /vocabularies/institutions/{UNITID}.
Search this vocabulary
GET /vocabularies/institutions?q=search+term
Retrieve a single concept
GET /vocabularies/institutions/{conceptId}
Content negotiation
Accept: application/ld+json → JSON-LD (SKOS + schema.org)
Accept: text/turtle → Turtle/RDF
Accept: text/html → This page
?format=jsonld|turtle|rdfxml|n3 → Override via query param
Concepts — W (59 of 1,491)
Wabash College
152673
Wagner College
197197
Wake Forest University
199847
Walden University
125231
Waldorf University
154518
Walsh College
172608
Warner University
138275
Warren Wilson College
199865
Wartburg College
154527
Washburn University
156082
Washington Adventist University
162210
Washington College
164216
Washington University in St Louis
179867
Watts College of Nursing
199883
Wayne State University
172644
Webber International University
138293
Webster University
179894
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
190424
Wellesley College
168218
Wells College
197230
Wesleyan College
141325
Wesleyan University
130697
West Los Angeles College
125471
West Valley College
125499
Western Carolina University
200004
Western Colorado University
128391
Western Connecticut State University
130776
Western Illinois University
149772
Western Kentucky University
157951
Western Michigan University
172699
Western Nevada College
182564
Western New England University
168254
Western New Mexico University
188304
Western University of Health Sciences
112525
Westfield State University
168263
Westminster College
179946
Westmont College
125727
Wheaton College
149781
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
168281
Whittier College
125763
Wichita State University
156125
Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology
156107
William Carey University
176479
William James College
166717
William Jessup University
122728
William Jewell College
179955
William Paterson University of New Jersey
187444
William Peace University
199272
William Penn University
154590
William Rainey Harper College
149842
William Woods University
179964
Williams Baptist University
107877
Williams College
168342
Wilmington University
131113
Wingate University
199962
Winona State University
175272
Winston-Salem State University
199999
Woodbury University
125897
Worcester State University
168430