LinkedIn School Search API
Find schools and universities on LinkedIn by keyword. Each result includes the name, location, student and alumni count, description, logo and page link.
- Endpoint
- POST /linkedin/search/schools
- Price
- 1 credit per result
- SDK
- client.linkedin.searchSchools()
- MCP tool
- linkedin_search_schools
curl -X POST "https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/search/schools" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $BRIDGLY_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "keyword": "stanford", "count": 10}'import osimport requestsresponse = requests.post( "https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/search/schools", headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['BRIDGLY_KEY']}"}, json={ "keyword": "stanford", "count": 10, },)data = response.json()const response = await fetch("https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/search/schools", { method: "POST", headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BRIDGLY_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "keyword": "stanford", "count": 10 }),});const data = await response.json();import { Bridgly } from "@bridgly/sdk";const client = new Bridgly({ apiKey: "bgly_YOUR_KEY" });const res = await client.linkedin.searchSchools({ keyword: "stanford", count: 10});if (res.type === "success") { console.log(res.data);}What does the LinkedIn School Search API return?
Find universities and schools by keyword, with location, student and alumni counts, descriptions and page URLs. Search LinkedIn education data as JSON. Every response has the same envelope: the result in data, plus timeMs and the creditsCost of the call.
Request body
startinteger- Number of results to skip. Defaults to 0.
keywordstringrequired- Keyword(s) to search LinkedIn for, e.g. "openai", "software engineer", "fintech".
countinteger · 1–10 · default 10- Number of results to return (1–10). Defaults to 10.
Example response
{ "timeMs": 1840, "creditsCost": 1, "data": { "schools": [ { "schoolUrn": "string", "schoolId": "string", "universalName": "string", "schoolUrl": "string", "name": "string", "location": "string", "studentsAndAlumniLabel": "string", "studentsAndAlumniCount": 0, "description": "string", "logoUrl": "string" } ], "keyword": "string", "totalResultCount": 0 }}What can you build with the LinkedIn School Search API?
Normalize education data
Match free-text school names to their LinkedIn page.
Compare institutions
Rank schools in a region by student and alumni count.
Plan campus recruiting
List the universities to target in a city or field.
LinkedIn School Search API questions
How do I get university data from LinkedIn?
Search the school’s name or a keyword such as stanford. Each result has the name, location, student and alumni count, description, logo and page link.
What is LinkedIn school data used for?
Matching the schools on candidate profiles to one clean record, comparing universities by alumni on LinkedIn, and building school lists for education marketing.
How do I get more than 10 results from a LinkedIn school search?
Each call returns up to 10 schools. Send the same search again with start set to 10, then 20 and so on, to get the next ones.
How do I use the LinkedIn School Search API?
Send a POST request to https://api.bridgly.app/linkedin/search/schools with keyword in the JSON body and your API key in the Authorization header. In the TypeScript SDK, call client.linkedin.searchSchools(). AI agents connected to Bridgly over MCP can call the linkedin_search_schools tool.
How much does the LinkedIn School Search API cost?
Costs 1 credit per result returned, with a minimum of 1 credit per request. Credits cost $2.00 per 1,000 on pay-as-you-go and as low as $1.00 per 1,000 at volume. New accounts on a business email start with 100 free credits, and failed requests are never charged.
More LinkedIn endpoints
The same API key works on every endpoint. See all LinkedIn API endpoints.
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- LinkedIn Company API→LinkedIn company scraper API: get any company page from its URL as JSON, with industry, headcount, headquarters, followers, specialties and funding.
- LinkedIn Profile API→LinkedIn profile scraper API: get a full public profile from its URL as JSON, with headline, about, work history, education, skills and certifications.
- LinkedIn Job Posting API→LinkedIn job scraper API: get a job posting from its URL as JSON, with the full description, company, location, seniority, apply link and applicant count.
Try the LinkedIn School Search API
100 free credits on business email, no card. Your first call takes a minute.