For Students & Families

Maia Learning: https://www.maialearning.com
College Board’s Big Future: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org
Peterson’s Guide: http://www.petersons.com/college-search.aspx
Princeton Review: http://www.princetonreview.com
College search engines that allow you to explore colleges/universities by location, type of school, majors/programs, etc.

Unigo: http://www.unigo.com
College information from students (photos and video included).

The Common Application: https://www.commonapp.org/
A search engine and an application for nearly 700 colleges and universities.

The Coalition Application: http://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/
The Coalition provides a single platform of online tools to assist in the experience of researching and applying to its nearly 100 colleges.

Colleges That Change Lives: http://www.ctcl.org
Information about outstanding liberal arts and sciences colleges, including recommendations on how to do a college search.

Close to home is a great place to start your search, even if you are sure that you want to attend college out of state. There are many colleges and universities right here in Colorado that can provide students with a sense of small, medium and large, public and private institutions without incurring major travel expenses. Visits to schools in Colorado can help you determine which kind of out-of-state schools are worth the trip.

Small Liberal Arts & Science College: Colorado College (private), Ft. Lewis College (public)
Large Public Research University: CU Boulder, CU Denver, Colorado State University, or University of Northern Colorado
Mid-size Private Religiously-Affiliated University: Regis University
Mid-size Public Research University: Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Metropolitan State University, Western Colorado University
Mid-size Private Research University: University of Denver
Technical/specialized school: Colorado School of Mines
US Military Academy: United States Air Force Academy
Two-Year College Options: Colorado Mountain College (various campuses), Community College of Denver

Before visiting colleges out of state you might research schools of interest via YouVisit, which offers virtual college visits in addition to the increasingly robust virtual options on individual college websites.

If you are looking for possible itineraries in Massachusetts, Northern California or Southern California, consider these options. If you are interested in itineraries for other cities, please reach to one of the college counselors as we are happy to help you map out a trip.

Daniels Fund: https://www.danielsfund.org/scholarships/overview
Boettcher Foundation: https://boettcherfoundation.org/prospective-scholars/
Western Undergraduate Exchange: http://wiche.edu/wue
U.S. Department of Education Student aid site: http://studentaid.ed.gov
Parent & Student Financial Aid Resource Center: http://www.nasfaa.org/students_parents