These are sites to explore if you're thinking about continuing your education and want to know which college / university / community college / vocational schools, offer which programs. College selection should be based on many factors, not just programs offered. For instance, the location of the school, the size of the community (is it rural or urban?), the size of the student population (is it a small school or a large one?), the social climate of the school, the sports programs offered, the housing possibilities, are all major components in making choices about which institution you want to attend. I can't stress enough the idea that if you are not comfortable and happy at your school, the odds of you doing well in your program are definitely reduced.

Once you've selected a few schools that interest you, be sure to visit them if at all possible. There is no substitute for actually walking around a campus, sitting in on a lecture, sleeping in a dorm, eating in the dining hall, etc. If it's not possible to actually visit a campus, come into the career center and see the catalogue for your possible school, check out the video on that school (we don't have all schools on video yet, but we're rapidly expanding our collection), or possibly do a "virtual tour" of a campus via the net.

Search Engines

• ABET - Search for accredited engineering programs.
• Advanced School Search on The Princeton Review - A great search engine for locating programs which are career or vocationally oriented.  Includes Bachelors, AA and certificate degrees.
• America's Best Colleges 2009: Advanced College Search - search engine for finding schools that match a person's criteria for higher education
• ArtSchools.com - The Art School & Program Directory.
• BrowseColleges.com  All colleges and universities in the U.S. can be browsed here by state, degree, name, or occupation of interest which a degree applies.  Financial Aid resources are also available here.
• CaliforniaColleges.edu - is a great search engine for public, private, community college, as well as four year colleges
• Catching the Dream - resources for Native American student
• College Board College Matchmaker
• College Navigator - search the US, then export your list to a spreadsheet
• College View - A good site to start your college exploration. It asks you about your personal preferences and will sort schools in order of meeting your needs.
• CSO College Center provides an online clearinghouse of college programs and admissions information serving first-generation and other historically underserved student populations.
• FastWeb.com a comprehensive resource guide
• Going 2 College - explore career options, plan for college and locate financial aid sources.
• National Center for Education Statistics The top group of links as it is a search engine to find and compare schools in any area of the US.  All you need is a geographical area and you're good to go!
• Peterson's Guide: A huge data base of information, from programs to financial aid, and everything in between. You can also access grad school and professional school information here.
• Princeton Review
• Tribal Colleges
• U-CAN - University and College Accountability Network is a search engine for all private colleges and universities in the US.  It has great information and is very complete.
• Vocational Schools Nationwide - Search engine for finding vocational technical schools in hundreds of career areas, throughout the US.
• Western Undergraduate Exchange  Through WUE, students in western states may enroll in many two-year and four-year college programs at a reduced tuition level: 150 percent of the institution's regular resident tuition. WUE tuition is considerably less than nonresident tuition.
• Women's College Coalition - Women's Colleges across the US directory

Listings Of Schools

• Association of Independent California Colleges & Universities - download the complete AICCU guide here in PDF.
• Accredited programs for physician assistants
• American Colleges and Universities - Listings for community colleges and universities in each state or search by college name
• American Universities
• Business Training in California
• California Colleges and Universities, public and private- Guide to California Colleges and Universities
• California Community Colleges  - alphabetical listing of all community colleges in California.
• Catholic USA  A listing of Catholic Schools by state.
• Colleges with the highest acceptance rates - A report from US New and World Report
• Co-Op Schools and why they make sense
• Culinary Schools
• Culinary Schools List
• Dental Hygiene Programs in California - Dental Hygiene programs in California including BS programs
• DesignSchools.com  Directory for design schools located across the country
• Fashion Schools and Colleges
• FilmSchools.com Film school directory
• Health Education Training Programs in California - These health occupations training programs lead to degrees, certification and/or licensure in California.
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• International Colleges and Universities: This site lists American, Canadian and International Colleges and Universities, as well as Community Colleges around the world.
• National Catholic College Admission Association Search engine just for Catholic colleges and universities.
• Shaw Guide to Career Cooking and Wine Schools
• Sport Management Programs - The North American Society for Sport Management lists Sport Management Programs in North America, including programs that have been reviewed by the Sport Management Program Review Council (SMPRC) and have met the required NASSM/NASPE approval standards.
• The Princeton Review: A terrific resource, and it's huge!
• U.S. Two-Year Colleges - includes community colleges, technical colleges, junior colleges, branches of four-year colleges which focus on associate degree education, and accredited two-year proprietary schools.
• U.S. Colleges and Universities: colleges and universities are alphabetically listed and hyper-linked to home pages at each institution.
• U.S. Community Colleges: List of community colleges by state

California Community Colleges

• California Community Colleges  - alphabetical listing of all community colleges in California.
• California Community College Dorm Listing - a list with links to community colleges with dormitories on site.
• California Community College Map - a map of California showing all the community colleges and the counties they are located in.
• California Community Colleges Search Engine - find programs throughout the state with this search engine
• American Association of Community Colleges

California State University

• CSU Mentor Apply online to any CSU campus, plus information and links for all CSU campus'.
• CSU Majors List - All majors and minors offered at the 23 California State University campuses in a convenient table.
• CSU Map - Map of all 23 CSU campuses
• California State University Information about the California State University system.

University of California

• University of California Admissions Online information and applications for all UC campus'.
• University of California Campuses - Information and links to all 10 UC campuses
• University of California Academics - links to the academics pages of individual campus web sites, campus catalogs and calendars, and also to specific areas of study in engineering and computer science, physical and biological sciences, arts and humanities, and social sciences.

Campus Tours

• Campus Tours take a virtual tour
• eCampusTours.com virtual college tours, plus college planning and career exploration

Q & A

• College Carrot - interactive website for students to ask questions of college counselors and students attending schools they are interested in
• International Student helps you look at colleges and universities in other countries.
• Making It Count - answers to many college application and college prep questions
• SAT/ACT Optional Schools - these schools do not use SAT or ACT scores for admitting students
• SAT/ACT Optional Schools Searchable List - sort list by name or state

This page was updated on July 16, 2009

Please report any broken links to ewood@fuhsd.net.  Thank you!