About Truewise

Truewise turns scattered public US federal education data into clear, honest answers for students and families: does a college program's graduates out-earn a high-school graduate, what do families actually pay, what does a major lead to, and what do public high schools offer. It is free, ad-free, and open, and it always shows its work.

Who builds it

Truewise is built and maintained by Anandraj, an independent data practitioner, as a portfolio and public-interest project. The source, the pipeline, and the data are all public on GitHub, so any journalist or researcher can check, reproduce, or build on every number. More about the maintainer at ndranandraj.com and on LinkedIn. Questions, corrections, and data requests are welcome via GitHub issues.

Independence

• Not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Education or any government agency.
• No ads, no sponsorships, no paid placements, and roughly zero revenue by design.
• No cookies and no cross-site or advertising trackers. The only measurement is Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is cookieless and aggregate, so we can see whether the work is reaching people; it stores no personal data and never identifies a visitor.
• Every figure carries its source and cohort year; nothing is imputed, and thin data is shown as "insufficient data", never guessed.
• When we find our own mistakes we publish the fix, see the audit note in the methodology.

Corrections

If a number looks wrong, please say so. Every page has a Report an error link in the footer that opens a prefilled GitHub issue; reporters or anyone who does not use GitHub can email contact@truewise.dev. Confirmed data errors are corrected promptly, usually within a few days, and every fix is public in the repository history. The audit note in the methodology is an example of that in practice.

Why

Most college and school comparison tools hide the number that matters behind a sticker price, an anecdote, or a paywall. Truewise exists to put the honest, reproducible number in front of people making one of the biggest financial decisions of their lives, using data the public already paid for.