Web Scraper Needed to Collect Public Student Email Addresses Across U.S. Colleges

Description: I’m seeking an experienced and reliable web scraping freelancer to help collect publicly available student email addresses from U.S. college and university directories. You will be provided with a list of approximately 900 schools and will be responsible for gathering email addresses for roughly 50 students per school (approximately 45,000 total entries). Your Responsibilities: Locate and access public-facing student directories or databases on each school's official website Scrape student email addresses, names, and any listed identifiers (e.g., major, grad year — if available) Record the data in a spreadsheet (template will be provided) Clearly note schools where public data is not accessible Requirements: Expertise in web scraping (Python, BeautifulSoup, Scrapy, Selenium, etc.) Comfortable working with .edu domains and adapting to different directory structures Strong attention to accuracy — only collect emails that are publicly visible and compliant with institutional policies Ability to scale the project efficiently with clean, reliable output Bonus If You Have: - Experience automating scraping across many similarly structured websites - Tools or systems to handle rate limits, CAPTCHAs, or load delays - Familiarity with academic or student-facing web architecture Project Scope: - Approx. 45,000 student entries total - This may be broken into batches or milestones by school count or region - Ongoing opportunities possible if quality and delivery are strong To Apply: Please include: - A brief description of your scraping experience (especially with .edu or public directories) - A sample output file or relevant past project - Estimated time and cost per 1,000 records - Any tools or methods you plan to use Apply tot his job Apply To this Job