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Start your search with the college search tools on HowToGetIn.com. Once you arrive at the results page, you may browse through the school links to find detailed information about each school's admissions data, offered programs and student reviews. Create a free account to save links to the schools you like to share with friends, family, or guidance counselors.

College Search Engine Advanced Options

  • Choose Quick College Search to find colleges by preferred subject, program and school type by zip code.
  • Utilize the Advanced College Search to find colleges in a range of states or regions that you are considering, and filter by selecting any additional preferences you may have in tuition range, campus size or student population, for example.
  • Or, select the Academic College Search to find colleges by the academic major, and sub-majors you are interested in. (Note: You can select preferences in both the Advanced and the Academic College Search tabs to create a more narrow college search.)

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Academic College Search

Search for colleges by area of study in addition to any Advanced Search criteria you have already entered. Limit to an Academic Search only by clicking "Clear Search Criteria".


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College Search Advice

Searching for colleges can be tough. Providing advice for high school students can also be hard, because each student will value different things in their college choice. We recommend asking for advice from friends, family and teachers, searching for colleges and then visiting colleges.

When you start searching for schools, it may be hard to know which things you will appreciate most in a college or university. Talk with someone who has been to college — a teacher, an older sibling, or a friend's older sibling to get a better understanding. Ask them about experiences they had when searching for colleges. They will have the first-hand experience that can help your search. For example, they may have already visited or been to the schools you have been looking at on paper, they will have a better grasp about what amenities colleges offer, and what mattered to them while in school, and last ask what had the most weight in their final college choice — this will surely help you get started in the right direction.

If you can't talk to someone about his or her college choice, plan a visit and get the first-hand experience yourself! If you can't get out to your favorite school, you can gain a lot from checking out some local schools first, even if you don't plan to stay local. Why? You ideally want to visit schools you have picked in your college search, but in the very beginning you may not have a grasp on the criteria that you are looking for in a school, and a local college (that isn't too far away) is a great way to get started. By visiting a big and small schools you can get a feel about what a college with 30,000 students looks like in comparison to 3,000 — even if you think you would like one better than the other, you may be surprised to find the specific benefits of each.

Planning a college visit will mean asking your parents, your friend with a car, or finding the time yourself to drive out (or take public transportation) to a few choice schools. If you get research together beforehand, you may even be able to stay the night with a current student at the college. So get searching!