# LinkedIn Profile Educations API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin/profile-educations)

> List a member's education history, normalised to the SocialCrawl schema.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/linkedin/profile/educations` costs 5 credits per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | Full URL of the LinkedIn profile, company, or post. |
| `page` | no | 1-based page number. Defaults to 1. |
| `urn` | no | The member's opaque LinkedIn URN, as returned in `author.ext.urn` by /v1/linkedin/profile. Optional, and a pure optimisation: pass it ALONGSIDE `url` (which stays required) and this call skips the internal handle lookup, so it answers faster and consumes half the upstream rate-limit budget. Verified on the deployed API 05/09/2026. To address a member by URN alone, send the URN-form profile URL as `url`, for example https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAA8BYqEBCGLg_vT_ca6mMEqkpp9nVffJ3hc: it resolves to the same member as the public address (verified 20/10/2026 on profile/posts and profile/comments) and holds only ASCII, which helps when the public address carries an emoji or other symbol. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/profile/educations" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I get a member's LinkedIn education history?

Send a GET request to /v1/linkedin/profile/educations with the full LinkedIn profile URL in the url parameter. SocialCrawl returns a list of every education entry: school, degree, field of study, and date range, in unified JSON.

### What fields does the LinkedIn Education API return?

Each education entry includes the school or university name, the degree earned, the field of study, and the attendance date range (start and end year). Activities and grades come through where the member listed them.

### How much does the LinkedIn Education API cost per request?

Each request costs 5 credits on the advanced tier, no matter how many schools come back in the list. New accounts get 100 credits free with no credit card, enough for 20 profile lookups before you upgrade.

### Can I page through a member with many schools?

Yes. Add the page query parameter (integer) to walk through the full education list when a member lists many schools. Start at page 1 and increment until the response returns an empty list.

### Is the LinkedIn Education API useful for recruiting?

Yes, candidate screening and alumni research are common use cases. Pass a LinkedIn URL to pull normalized education data for degree filters, school-based sourcing, and building complete talent-intelligence profiles.

See the full LinkedIn API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

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