Use the College Match college search engine to search for colleges that match your preferences and identify good fit colleges for you.

College 411 and College Match are provided by College Data and sponsored by 1st Financial Bank.

Peterson's provides a very comprehensive college planning and preparation site with focus on college prep, searching and selecting colleges, applications and decision making.

The School Search tool lets you explore Peterson's database of information on nearly 4,000 accredited two-year and four-year colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada.   You can select colleges using a variety of search criteria including: college name, location, tuition, average GPA of incoming freshmen and religious denomination.

College Navigator is a highly-rated comprehensive resource from the U.S. Dept. of Education that allows you to compare and contrast public and private college and university throughout the USA.

You can search for colleges and compare schools using many categories and criteria.

Valuable features:

• Option to build a list of schools using My Favorites for side-by-side comparisons
• Ability to  view school locations with an interactive map.
• Export search results to spreadsheet capability
• Save your session including search options, results, and favorites.

CollegeAnswer, is a leading web destination for the college bound students and their parents.

College Answer has interactive tools for searching for colleges and analyzing the affordability of schools, comparing financial aid awards and search for scholarships.

Sallie Mae®, provider of College Answer, is the nation's leading provider of student loans and administrator of college savings plans.  SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.

On the College Prowler site you'll find a college search engine (College Finder) along with guides and reviews written by students.

Prospective students can find out what the current students and the site think about a specific school.

The site has listings for over 230 colleges and universities and allows students to rate schools in over 20 categories, including academics, diversity, housing, athletics, dining, and more.

College Prowler provides basic information at no cost. College Prowler subscriptions run about $40 per year.

College Recruiting offers fee-based and free services for students with particular interests and skills seeking particular instructional programs. The college search engine (provided without charge) can be valuable for exploring colleges and other schools offering specific programs and majors.

CampusExplorer.com provides a college search engine with a database of more than 6,000 two and four-year schools, career colleges and online programs.

Unigo is a new platform for college students to post and share reviews, photos, videos, documents, and more with students across the country.

The site is an excellent resource for high school students interested in learning from current students about life at America’s colleges. 

InLikeMe has scoured the net for college search engine tools to help you find schools and learn all about them.  Check out these resources.

Peterson's provides guides and search tools to learn about colleges and universities.