Search Engines or databases specific to the college search process

 

In addition to the sites designed to help you find schools by major, there are these college information sites (and scroll down for info on overseas and grad school searches):

 

All About Uni

http://allaboutuni.com

 

Campus Compare

http://www.campuscompare.com/

 

Campus Explorer

http://www.campusexplorer.com/

 

The College Board's "College Matchmaker"

http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/adv_typeofschool.jsp

 

College Data (a service provided by First Financial Bank)

https://www.collegedata.com/cs/main/counselor_portal.jhtml

  

CollegeStudentAthlete's DIII searchable database:

http://www.collegestudentathletes.com/index.cfm

 

Colleges in the USA - with dual college/ career search functionality

http://www.schoolsintheusa.com/

 

Colleges That Change Lives

http://www.ctcl.com/

 

ConnectEdu's "Connect!" (registration required)

http://www.connectedu.net/ 

 

Colleges of Distinction

http://www.collegesofdistinction.com/

 

College Toolkit's Scholarship and College Searches

"This comprehensive site allows students to find and apply for scholarships, search through a database of more than 4,000 colleges, and explore 900 careers all in one location. It is one of the most comprehensive sites for life after high school... and everything on the site is free for students to use!"

http://www.collegetoolkit.com/

 

EduPursuit

Basic search best suited to helping plan a road trip; will display results on a map.

http://www.edupursuit.com/index.php

 

Edvisors Online Education Directory

http://www.Edvisors.com - Online Education Program

 

"CollegeView" Advanced Search (via Hobson's; basic search is also embeddable as a widget, which would be more exciting if the search itself were better)

http://www.collegeview.com/collegesearch/advSearch.jsp

 

How To Get In - College Admission and Search

http://www.HowToGetIn.com

 

MyUSearch

http://www.myusearch.com/Public/Home/index.cfm

 

Peterson's "College Search"

http://petersons.com/ugchannel/code/searches/srchCrit1.asp

 

Princeton Review's "Counselor-o-Matic"

http://princetonreview.com/college/research/advsearch/match.asp

 

StuVu - Student Views of College Life

http://stuvu.com/

 

Wintergreen Orchard House's "Careers and Colleges" (registration required)

http://www.careersandcolleges.com

 

U-CAN (University and College Accountability Network, developed by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, or NAICU)

http://www.ucan-network.org

 

Unigo - Find, Explore, and Review America's Colleges

http://www.unigo.com

 

USNews & World Report

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college

Lists of schools according to USNews' rankings or other pre-defined criteria

 

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Specialty Searches

 

Photography schools:

http://www.photography-colleges.org/an-education-in-photography-education/

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Overseas Options

 

The International Association of Universities website has a listing of many of the recognized schools in each country: http://www.unesco.org/iau/onlinedatabases/list.html

 

Eurydice is the information network on European education: http://www.eurydice.org/portal/page/portal/Eurydice/Overview/OverviewByCountry

 

NAFSA: Association of International Educators lists a variety of (paid and free) resources on a country-by-country basis:

http://www.nafsa.org/knowledge_community_network.sec/recruitment_admissions/admissions_and_credential/document_library_14/credential_evaluation/researching_internationalization

 

Braintrack, while a good starting place, may list schools that are not accredited in their home countries.   http://www.braintrack.com/

 

Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada

http://www.aucc.ca/

 

Maclean's Annual Searchable Database of Canadian Institutions

http://tools.macleans.ca/ranking2008/selectindicators.aspx

 

Guide to Post-Secondary Options in Ontario, Canada

http://www.electronicinfo.ca/en/index.php?j=1

 

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Graduate Schools

 

Graduate Center School Search

http://graduatecenter.com

 

http://gradschools.com

 

http://www.gradview.com

 

http://www.howtogetin.com/college-search/

 

http://www.petersons.com

 

http://www.princetonreview.com/grad/research/advsearch/match.asp