LINKEDIN API

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
Terminal
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
}'
[ REQUEST AND RESPONSE ]

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

200 OK · application/json
{
"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
}
}
[ USE CASES ]

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.

[ FAQ ]

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.

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