Narrowing down the search
Big Future This college search engine lets you search by a lot of factors including SAT scores, diversity, and support services. College Results Online The admissions tab on this search engine lets you put in Median SAT Scores. College Net This search engine has a few less search options, but allows searches by average GPA of entering Freshmen. It also provides links to online applications. College Scorecard This site, operated by the U.S. Department of Education, is a great search tool that estimates average school cost depending on family income to get a better sense of the true cost of a school. They also provide great information on things like graduation rates and entry criteria. |
Making the final cut
Acceptance Graphs Once you have narrowed down a list, you can go to this link, find the school of interest, and check out a cool graph showing GPA and SAT of people accepted, waitlisted, and declined. College Reality Check Find graduation rates, net price you can expect to pay, and average income and debt for colleges. You can compare up to 5 schools at a time. Schools you may want to check out...
Admissions Pages for Oregon and Washington Colleges Mount Hood Community College Portland Community College Portland State University Oregon State University University of Oregon Warner Pacific University For all Oregon Colleges and Universities in Oregon, click here Historically Black Colleges and Universities Educate Your Dreams Provides searches of HBCUs by cost, ranking, test scores and more HBCU.com Profiles of HBCU's and many other related resources Edu, Inc. Provides one application for 37 historically black colleges. |