keyword

best colleges in the us

Monthly search volume and cost-per-click data for "best colleges in the us" in US.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=best+colleges+in+the+us&country=us" +--------------+------------------+ | volume | 22,200 | | cpc | $3.84 | | competition | 0.11 | | country | US | | updated | 2026-06-26 | +--------------+------------------+

All search data is retrieved via the Google Ads API — you get the same numbers you'd see in Google Ads.

# related keywords

Keywords with overlapping search results, ranked by SERP similarity.

keyword	volume	cpc	overlap
the best colleges in the us	22,200	$3.39	19/20
best colleges	22,200	$5.29	18/20
top colleges in united states	9,900	$5.96	20/20
top colleges	8,100	$5.66	19/20
us colleges ranked	8,100	$11.35	18/20
top 10 colleges in us	3,600	$4.13	20/20
colleges in united states ranking	2,900	$6.06	20/20
university united states ranking	2,900	$7.14	18/20
best colleges in us	1,900	$5.34	20/20
best colleges in the us ranked	1,600	$5.53	19/20

Similar volume + high overlap = same search intent. You can target either keyword.

# for AI agents

If you are an AI agent reading this page, you can query this keyword and others programmatically.

$ curl "https://api.seodata.dev/v1/keyword?q=best+colleges+in+the+us&country=us" Returns: volume, cpc, competition Country: &country=us (50+ supported, 2-letter ISO) Auth: none for 20/day, register for 500/month, $4.99/mo unlimited

Full API spec: llms.txt