How Can I Find Two or Four Year Colleges
That Are Right For Me?
The internet provides an array of databases in which you can search for colleges easily online. The following websites are sites you can use to find both two and four year colleges. Website Include:
 College Board
www.collegeboard.com
This site is probably one of the best sites to go to for any type of information you need in the whole furthering education process. For this purpose it helps you search colleges that meet your personal standards, as well as comparing college matches to one another and providing an abundant amount of information of each college. Information including the admissions process, costs, housing, majors, sports, etc. |
 Fast Web
www.fastweb.com
This site is also another good site for searching colleges, and is well known for their scholarship search database. For this site you need to fill out an extensive survey that helps narrow down your college search options. This is good because it’s specific and will find the colleges that meet your criteria. |
 College Net
www.collegenet.com
This site is pretty basic. It’s quick and easy. |
 Any College
www.anycollege.com |
 Education Planner
www.educationplanner.org
This site is part of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) resource package; comprehensive college search and selection tool. Different modules address various aspects of the college search process. Also includes application information, scholarships, career selection resources and information specific to first generation college students and their families as well as African-American students. |
 Peterson’s
www.petersons.com
This is a good site to search for colleges. It asks lots of questions to narrow down your preferences in finding the perfect college. |
How Can I find Trade Schools
That Are Right for me?
The internet also provides websites specific for trade school searches. Some of the sites listed under the two and four year college searches will also do searches for trade schools. However the sites listed below are more specifically geared to searching just trade schools.
Education Planner
www.educationplanner.org
This free site provides specific search advice on trade and technical schools as well as advice for the application process, campus visits and interviews. |
Khake
www.khake.com/page4.html
This is a search engine for technical schools by trade. This had a pretty decent variety of trade schools.
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 All Career Schools
www.allcareerschools.com
This is an ok trade school search site. Depending upon your search, the feedback may be misguiding.
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College Surfing
www.collegesurfing.com |
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