College Search Engines

College Greenlight: This is a college and scholarship search engine. They also work to connect under-represented students and first generation students specifically to college and scholarship opportunities.

College Navigator: Courtesy of the Institute of Education Sciences, this site helps you search for institutions by size, location, major, athletics, religious affiliation, and other variables. The site provides a significant amount of data, including admissions profiles, cost of attendance, graduation rate, and financial aid information.

College Scorecard:
Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education, this site helps you search for institutions by size, location, major, religious affiliation, and other variables. The site then helps you compare data of selected colleges, such as average college cost, graduation rate, and average salary after attending. The site also provides a significant amount of information pertaining to each institution, such as admissions profiles and financial aid information.

Christian Connector: Connects students to Christian Colleges and scholarships.

BigFuture from the College Board: The BigFuture College & Career Readiness suite contains information on the college search and selection process, exploring careers and majors, financial aid, scholarships, & much more!

CollegeGo Mobile App: This is an EXCELLENT tool to use in addition to the core counseling lessons you receive in class!

ACT Profile: ACT Profile Beta is a new, evolving, and free college and career planning social networking site. This site offers: an interest inventory, a values inventory, an abilities inventory, military career exploration, and detailed career exploration (an outline of high school coursework, post-high school training levels and coursework, salary and detailed career roles and services). This site also offers the ability to search for colleges based on degree-level offered and state location.

Iowa Private Colleges: For students interested in learning specifically about private colleges in Iowa.

Wisconsin Private Colleges: For students interested in learning specifically about private colleges in Wisconsin.