# Admit Coach — College Search & Costs (remote · admit-coach.com)

Search US colleges and compare historical admissions, costs and aid using public federal data.

- Trust score: 80/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-22

## Components

- remote · `admit-coach.com`: 80/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-admit-coach-university-data/api-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-admit-coach-university-data/api-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-22.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 454 tokens (~113/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 53/100
  - Stability observed for 16 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 79/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 25% of tool parameters carry a description.
  - Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Admit Coach — College Search & Costs MCP server?

Admit Coach — College Search & Costs is a hosted endpoint at https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-admit-coach-university-data 'https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-admit-coach-university-data": {
      "url": "https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-admit-coach-university-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-admit-coach-university-data]
url = "https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-admit-coach-university-data": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-admit-coach-university-data --url 'https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-admit-coach-university-data:
    url: "https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-admit-coach-university-data": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-admit-coach-university-data -t streamable-http -u 'https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-admit-coach-university-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-22 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-20 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-18 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-16 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-14 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-11 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-09 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 73, 0)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: 347 → 454
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Schema quality: excellent → good
- [functional] New tool “get_application_deadlines”

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_universities` (~99 tokens)

Search US colleges

Find colleges by name, two-letter location, field of study or historical acceptance rate.

    Returns at most 20 institutions and links to school profiles. This searches public
    institutional records, does not access student accounts, and does not predict admission.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)
- `major` (string)
- `max_acceptance_rate` (number)
- `query` (string)
- `state` (string)

### `get_university_details` (~81 tokens)

Look up a college profile

Read a college's admissions ranges, majors, costs and outcomes by IPEDS ID.

    Use search_universities to resolve a name first. Values are historical and may be missing;
    cite the returned school URL. No login, personal profile or student documents are accessed.

Input parameters:

- `unitid` (string, required): IPEDS institution ID from search results

### `get_financial_aid` (~89 tokens)

Look up historical college costs and aid

Read historical average net price, income brackets, grants and debt for a college.

    These cohort statistics are not a personalized cost estimate or financial aid offer.
    Public-college averages may not apply to nonresident students. Verify the official
    college net-price calculator before deciding affordability. Missing figures remain unknown.

Input parameters:

- `unitid` (string, required): IPEDS institution ID from search results

### `get_application_deadlines` (~107 tokens)

Get application deadlines with countdowns

Recorded application, aid and commitment deadlines for up to 20 colleges, with days remaining.

    Also returns a prep schedule worked backwards from the earliest application deadline
    (recommendations, first essay draft, final essay, submission) and a calendar-file URL.
    Dates come from institution records for the current cycle and can lag; tell the student
    to confirm each on the official admissions page. No student data is read or stored.

Input parameters:

- `unitids` (array, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-admit-coach-university-data/api-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-22: 80
- 2026-09-21: 79
- 2026-09-20: 79
- 2026-09-19: 78
- 2026-09-18: 78
- 2026-09-17: 77
- 2026-09-16: 77
- 2026-09-15: 76
- 2026-09-14: 76
- 2026-09-13: 75
- 2026-09-12: 75
- 2026-09-11: 75
- 2026-09-10: 74
- 2026-09-09: 74
- 2026-09-08: 73
- 2026-09-07: 73
- 2026-09-06: 73

## Common questions

### What is the Admit Coach — College Search & Costs MCP server?

Admit Coach — College Search & Costs is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.admit-coach/university-data. Search US colleges and compare historical admissions, costs and aid using public federal data. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/).

### Is the Admit Coach — College Search & Costs MCP server safe to use?

Admit Coach — College Search & Costs scores 80 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Admit Coach — College Search & Costs MCP server expose?

Admit Coach — College Search & Costs exposes 4 tools: search_universities, get_university_details, get_financial_aid, get_application_deadlines. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 376 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Admit Coach — College Search & Costs MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Admit Coach — College Search & Costs without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Admit Coach — College Search & Costs MCP server still maintained?

Admit Coach — College Search & Costs is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://admit-coach.com/api/mcp/
- Website: https://admit-coach.com/mcp-server
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-admit-coach-university-data/api-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-admit-coach-university-data/api-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-admit-coach-university-data/api-mcp