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You can get to most schools' home pages by pointing your
browser to the address or URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for that
school. For example:
http://www.(name or initials of
college).edu
If that does not work, or you are not sure of the name or initials of a particular college, the Wichita State University Library has three books (located on Index Table 14 in the Reference Area on the first floor) that provide URL's for schools that have home pages:
The College Handbook (by the College
Entrance Examination Board) The Complete Book of Colleges (by
Princeton Review) Four-Year College Admissions Handbook (by
Orchard House)
Perhaps the simplest way to access a school's home page is to
use one of the many links provided below. Many of the links
listed under Colleges and Universities--U. S. and Worldwide
allow you to search by school name, or by certain criteria that
you specify.
Black
Excel's Historically Black and Predominantly Black College
Listing
A list of 143 schools that are historically black colleges or
have higher than 75% black enrollment. The list includes address
and phone number for each school, as well as average SAT scores,
majors, percentage of acceptances, and name and phone number of
alumni association contact persons, when available. The list's
ten best schools are noted. Does not appear to have been updated
since December 1995.
College
and University Home Pages
Provides links to several thousand college and university home
pages in 70 countries. Schools can be accessed from either an
alphabetical or geographical listing.
College
Compass--Colleges and Universities
A list of U.S., international and historically black colleges and
universities (there are also categories for Southern States and
Mississippi). For U.S. schools, clickable maps guide you to the
geographic region or state you are interested in. This listing
includes the address, phone number, size of enrollment and
tuition costs for all schools in each state, and, if a school's
home page is available on the Internet, a link is provided.
CollegeEdge
In addition to providing practical information about preparing
for college, choosing a major, applying to college, etc., this
site allows you to search their list of 3,800 schools to see
which ones match your interests and qualifications. You can also
search for a school by name or state, and then link directly to
that school's home page.
CollegeNET
Provides a "College Search" section which allows you to
search for schools in the following categories: 1) Four Year US
Colleges, 2) Four Year Schools by State Map, 3) Community,
Technical and Junior Colleges, 4) Schools in Canada, 5) Schools
in New Zealand, 6) Law Schools, 7) MBA Programs, 8) Medical
Schools, and 9) Schools of Osteopathic Medicine. When you click
on Four Year US Colleges, you can search for schools by
state or region, adding such criteria as enrollment size and
tuition costs preferred, availability of intercollegiate sports,
majors offered, etc. An overview of each school is provided, with
links to more detailed information on the school's home page. In
some cases, you can also request more information from a school
simply by clicking on a link to the school's Admissions Office.
Many of the schools listed will let you apply while you are
online using the database's ApplyWeb software.
Collegescape
Browse an alphabetical list of a limited number of colleges, or
do a search of those colleges based on location, tuition and/or
number of students. You can apply online to 200 college programs,
and 50 of the colleges allow you to apply electronically and at
no charge.
College
Search
Search for information about U. S. colleges by name or by
selecting specific criteria and allowing the site to match
colleges to your needs. Criteria include degree desired (Bachelor's,
etc.), geographic area, major field of study, public or private
school, enrollment size, financial aid availability, and others.
Detailed information about each school is provided, such as
tuition cost, admission requirements, accreditation data, majors
offered, information for foreign students, etc. Site is sponsored
by the College Board.
CollegeView
College Search
Presents profiles of over 3,500 U. S. colleges and universities,
virtual tours and multimedia presentations from some schools,
electronic applications (AppZap), financial aid information,
career planning tools, and more. The College Search
function allows you to look for information by typing in the name
of a specific college, or by choosing certain criteria that meet
your needs, such as Fields of study, Location, Study body
size and ethnic mix, religious affiliation, and more.
CollegeXpress
Offers profiles of over 250 private American colleges
and universities. You may search for colleges alphabetically by
name, by region, or by preferences you select such as career
interests, location, number of students, average annual tuition,
etc.
.edu:
U. S. News Colleges
and Careers Center
Provides admission, academic and financial aid information on the
1,400 schools listed in U. S. News' college rankings.
Click on get into college, and then on find your
college. This takes you to the Find Your College Search
screen where you can search for schools by name, region/state,
campus setting, school size, selectivity, majors offered and cost.
FishNet--The
College Guide
Search this relatively small (less than 150) list of U. S.
schools by name or by region. Or, click on College
Search to pull up a search form that allows
you to enter preferences such as Region,
Estimated Annual Cost, Freshman Class Size, Surrounding Community
Size, Public or Private School, or search
on a keyword that you
specify. You may also download a Windows or Macintosh version of
the Common Application Form.
Global
Computing, Inc.--American Universities
A simple alphabetical listing of links to college and university
home pages.
Internet College
Exchange (ICX)
This site is a directory of addresses and phone numbers for over
5,000 colleges and universities in the U.S and its territories.
Search for schools by name, or by criteria such as Type of
College, Region or State, Size of College, Cost of Tuition,
etc. Schools with a mailbox icon next to their names
will allow you to send an e-mail message directly to their
Admissions offices.
Job
Source--College and Universities Directory
A directory of links to a large number of college and university
home pages in the U. S. and worldwide.
Jobtrak
College and University Index
A list of regionally accredited universities and community
colleges in the U. S. with links to their home pages. You may
view the list in alphabetical order by school name, or in order
by state.
Kaplan's
College Zine: The Road to College
Offers links to home pages for most of the 420 top schools
featured in Kaplan's book The Road to College.
Link
Magazine--The Digital Campus--U.S. Colleges
Provides links to over 1,500 U. S. college home pages. Schools
are listed in alphabetical order by name.
MOLIS--Minority
Online Information Service
Provides links to the home pages of this service's 164 Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Hispanic
Serving Institutions (HSI) lists.
Money
Online: College Search
Money magazine's database of 1,105 American schools.
Search alphabetically by name of school, or by any combination of
41 factors such as location, cost, financial aid, size,
student-faculty ratio, etc. The profile of each school
provides information on factors such as cost, admissions
difficulty, and the average H.S. GPA of incoming freshmen, and
then compares the school to the national average for each factor.
A link is provided to each school's home page, if one is
available.
Peterson's
Education and Career Center
Click on Colleges & Universities to search for
colleges in the U.S. and Canada by name, location, type of degree
(2-year or 4-year), type of college (2- or 4-year), religious
affiliation, professional degree programs, or by keywords that
you specify. A list of 650 schools that accept the "Universal
Application" is also available. You can download a Windows
or Macintosh version of the Universal Application form at no
charge.
Princeton
Review--So You Want to Go to College
Click on Finding It and then use the Find-O-Rama search
engine to search Princeton Review's list of schools by name, or
by criteria such as location, financial aid, sports offered,
student life, housing, etc. Provides a sketch of each school,
with basic information such as student demographics, most popular
majors, statistics on financial aid, tuition & expenses, etc.
Also provides a link to the school's home page if one is
available. Offers lists of the top 10 colleges in a variety of
categories such as academics, politics, social life, and others.
Universities.com
A searchable database of over 4,000 college and university home
pages worldwide. Search by name or geographic location.
University
Pages
A state-by-state list of links to American college and university
home pages.
Yahoo!
Colleges and Universities List
Links to college and university home pages worldwide.
Gradschools.com
A directory of graduate programs in the U.S. and worldwide.
Search by choosing a field of study from pre-selected categories,
or by typing in a keyword(s). Programs are arranged
geographically within each category (East of the Mississippi
River or West of the Mississippi River), and programs outside the
U.S. as well as distance learning options are also listed.
Jobtrak
Guide to Graduate School
Provides links to general information on applying to graduate
school, as well as to information on law, business and medical
schools. Also offers links to financial aid information for
graduate students.
Peterson's
Education & Career Center--Graduate Study
Provides information on graduate and professional programs
offered by more than 1,600 accredited colleges and universities
in the U.S. and its territories, and by institutions in Canada,
Mexico, Europe and Africa that are accredited by U.S. accrediting
bodies. Search by school name or location, by discipline, or by
keyword.
Princeton Review--So
You Want to Go to Grad School
Click on Go to Grad School for information on the GRE
and other admission tests. Click on Be a Lawyer, Be a Doctor,
or Go to B-School to access Princeton Review's Find-o-Rama
software to search for U.S. graduate schools by name or by
criteria that you select, such as Student Life, Tuition,
Admissions Rating, etc.
CollegeXpress
Information for International Students
Answers questions international students might have about
applying to American colleges and universities.
Study in the USA
Provides information for international students on colleges,
universities, and Intensive English programs in the U.S. You can
search this list of schools by name or by geographic location. A
Resource Guide provides additional information and advice about
studying in the U.S. Also offers an electronic form that you can
send to the schools listed to request additional information.
.edu:
U.S. News Colleges and
Careers Center--The Rankings
Select Get Into College to access the rankings of 1,400
colleges as compiled by U.S. News. Select Beyond
College to access U.S. News' rankings of graduate
schools.
Money
Online: The College Guide
Take a look at Money magazine's top ten school picks.
Also, view the rankings of Money's top 100 schools--along
with an additional 50 runners-up.
Common Application Form
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
develops and distributes the Common Application. This Internet
version of the Application is exactly the same as the paper
version, and you can download it to your own computer.
XAP
Corporation's Colleges & Universities A-Z
Search XAP Corporation's database of U.S. colleges offering
applications that can be downloaded or sent over the Internet.
Search for schools by name or geographic region.
Campus
Newspapers on the Internet Web & Gopher
A list of links to daily, almost daily or weekly, and biweekly/monthly
and less frequent college newspapers.
College
Newspapers Online
A clickable U.S. map lets you view a list of links to the college
newspapers published in each state. Or you can view the entire
list of newspapers separated into three categories-- daily,
weekly or monthly.
College
Press Network--U.S. Newspapers
Provides links to college newspapers arranged in order by state,
and then alphabetically by name of school.
Digital
Campus--College Newspapers
Links to college newspapers arranged in alphabetical order by
name of school.
Yahoo!
College and University Newspapers
Links to college newspapers arranged in alphabetical order by
name of school. Includes links to colleges newspapers in the U.S.
and other countries.