Attribution
This directory stands on official public data. Facts are free to use; we credit every source and its license here and link them on each page.
| Source | License / basis | What we use it for |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard & IPEDS | Public domain | Institutional control, standalone-institution tuition and enrollment, IPEDS UnitIDs. |
| Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) | Official accreditor directory | MD program accreditation status and dates. |
| Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) | Official accreditor list | DO program accreditation status and dates. |
| AAMC | Directory-level facts; MSAR is licensed and not reproduced | Application portal facts; MSAR linked, never republished. |
| AACOM | Directory-level facts | Osteopathic program directory facts. |
| Wikidata | CC0 1.0 | QIDs, founding years, parent universities, official websites, IPEDS IDs, logo file references. |
| Wikipedia | Facts used; CC BY-SA prose not copied | Seed list of schools and public/private facts. Descriptions are original. |
| Wikimedia Commons | Per-file (PD / CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only) | License-verified logos, credited on the image credits page. |
Logos are credited individually on theimage credits page. Our own school descriptions are original works composed from these facts.
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