Get information about colleges the easy way. Resources that provide lists of colleges include:

• Colleges and University lists If you know the name of a college or university, use this long, long list maintained by Christina DeMello. Connect to the main page of the college and check out the admissions area.
• Peterson's Guide to Colleges and Universities Use Peterson's online site for alphabetical, geographical, majors lists and more.
• Princeton Review Online Provides rankings of colleges, lists of colleges and more.
• College Net Check under College search for lists of schools
• US News College Online Use the College planner, College search or other tools to find a college or explore the other resources available in this Educational Section of US News.
• Compare Colleges using US News College Comparison Worksheet
• College Board OnLine Provides search access to colleges by criteria beyond geographical.
• Yahoo College Search Allow you to search for colleges by state, major, enrollment, wiredness, and more.
• American Colleges  Alphabetical list of colleges in the United States. Provides links to International schools.
• California State University information center.
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• California Community Colleges Link to list of community colleges with addresses, phone numbers.
• U.S. Universities and Community Colleges Lists of colleges, links to college and university servers.

General College Resources

• College Net wide scope of resources. Search by major, geographic area, and more. Provides e-mail address to contact colleges. Scholarship information also available here.
• The College Board Online This site includes a comprehensive online college-search interview, SAT schedules, ways to search for colleges, online test registration and more resources for students, parents, and educators.
• Peterson's resources for college search
• The Princeton Review Provides lists of "best colleges." The Princeton Review publishes college guides and test-preparation books and software. Samples of everything are included on this site. Also, it provides downloading of sample SATs and detailed information about more than 300 top colleges.
• U.S. News Online College U.S. News rankings of top colleges and universities .

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Other Resources

• The College Toolkit provides many guides to colleges and universities, help with essay writing, guides to financial aid, employment information, etc.
• Kaplan Educational Centers This commercial site contains items similar to the Princeton Review site.
• Minority on-Line Information System (MOLIS) Includes information about minority institutions, scholarships, minority faculty, federal opportunities, and more. Requires registration.

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Last Updated 27 January 2007.
Maintained by Carolyn Karis, Librarian, Urban School of San Francisco
with help from Dan Murphy, College Counselor