Academics : Top 15 College and Career Websites

  1. Makingitcount.com — A website that posts detailed timelines to get into college, advice on taking tests, beating stress and other valuable information. It is a great parent resource for financial planning.
  2. mycollegeoptions.com — A comprehensive website for career and college research. The best tool is the college profile match.
  3. College.gov — The U.S. Dept. of Education website includes links to financial aid, selecting a college and much more.
  4. Collegeboard.com — This is the most comprehensive college information site. It includes complete information for all College Board tests and programs, a searchable database of colleges, financial aid information, a fee-based essay evaluation service, online shopping, and more.
  5. pennsylvaniamentor.org — A great resource for career information. The personalized career assessment tool is very helpful.
  6. csopportunity.org — The Center for Student Opportunity focus on providing services to first-generation and historically underserved student populations.
  7. ecampustours.com — This website offers virtual tours of hundreds of colleges.
  8. gocollege.com — A comprehensive website to the college admission process, financing college, and surviving college.
  9. nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator — This website is a service of the National Center for Education Statistics in the U.S. Department of Education. NCES was authorized by Congress in 1998 to help college students, future students, and their parents understand the differences between colleges and how much it costs to attend college. The site provides a direct link to nearly 7,000 colleges and universities in the United States.
  10. petersons.com — The Peterson's Education Center includes information about educational programs at all levels and provides searchable databases of colleges and academic programs.
  11. get-recruited.com — Whether you want to attend an online college, traditional two-year or four-year college, career college, career school, tech school, tech college or graduate school, this website can help. The search engine will match you to schools, colleges, or graduate programs of all kinds.
  12. InLikeMe.com — A college admissions resource hub which categorizes the key resources most people seek: planning, search, test preparation, strategic positioning, essay guidance, scholarship & aid assistance, college rankings & profiles, virtual tours and more -- in one practical, well-organized and easy-to-use site.
  13. ctcl.org — Colleges That Change Lives, Inc. (CTCL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and support of a student-centered college search process. We support the goal of each student finding a college that develops a lifelong love of learning and provides the foundation for a successful and fulfilling life beyond college.
  14. CollegeNET.com — This source provides separate databases for four-year colleges as well as community, technical, and junior colleges, with links to the actual Web sites. The four-year college database is searchable by geography, tuition, enrollment, and potential college major.
  15. mymajors.com — This website provides useful advice on finding a college major that a high school student with your personalized interests and achievements might enjoy and excel in.