Reference Shelf - Colleges & Universities / Financial Aid
Reference ShelfColleges & Universities
- College Board Online
- Designed to help students and parents in the transition from high school to college. Includes information and advice on college selection, testing, admissions, and financial aid.
- CollegeNet
- Online applications and information about hundreds of colleges and universities.
- Educational Testing Service
- Registration and information for the AP, GRE, TOEFL, and other tests.
- Peterson's Education Center
- Search Peterson's databases for colleges offering specific majors, degrees, or areas of study. Also has alphabetic and geographic indexes to college information.
- Princeton Review
- Allows students to explore information about choosing and applying to schools, and financing their college education.
- Statistics on Campus Crime
- A compilation from the U.S. Office of Postsecondary Education on criminal offenses at over 6,000 colleges and universities in the United States.
- Web U.S. Higher Education
- A list of U.S. university and community college home pages arranged by state and alphabetically. Includes both private and public institutions. Maintained by the University of Texas-Austin.
Graduate Schools
- Grad Schools.com
- Search for information by school or program, plus info on applications and financial aid.
- Peterson's Graduate Schools
- Information on graduate schools and on professional programs in Businss, Law, and Medicine plus test preparation, admissions essays, financial aid, and more.
Rankings
- College and University Rankings
- Links to college ranking services, as provided by the University of Illinois Libraries. Also has information on the controversy over the preparation and use of such rankings.
- U.S. News.com
- Links to U.S. News & World Report's college and graduate school rankings. Search for a specific college, or sort and rank schools based on your criteria.
Financial Aid
- Community of Science
- Provides a searchable listing of funding opportunities in many fields. Despite the name, this is a multi-disciplinary search engine with information for researchers and students in all areas.
- GuideStar.org
- Designed to link students and researchers with information about the U.S. non-profit community and the funding options they can provide.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs
- Search a database of federal aid programs for those available for educational expenses.
- fastWEB (Financial Aid Search Through the WEB)
- A database of more than 180,000 scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans. To use, create a detailed self-profile through a series of online forms. When complete, fastWEB responds with a list of matching programs.
- Federal Student Aid
- From the U.S. Department of Education, has a variety of information, including a Student Guide, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), information about repaying student loans, and the current Title IV School Code List .
- FinAid
- Promoted as "the smart student guide to financial aid." Provides information on scholarships, loans, savings, an aid calculator, and lots more.
- Peterson's Financing Education
- Information about financial aid including organizations offering financial aid services, a financial aid FAQ, glossary of terms, and an admissions calendar.
- SallieMae
- Information on student loans, scholarships, grants, and work-study opportunities from Sallie Mae, provider of many guaranteed student loans.
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