College Planning Resources

View College Planning Resources in Spanish by clicking here:
Recursos de Planificación para la Universidad

Exploring degree programs and careers

MEFA Pathway: Your Plan for the Future
www.mefapathway.org
Free, interactive planning tool for students in middle school, high school and beyond, as well as families and school counselors.

University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Career Center, What Can I Do With a Major In…www.uncw.edu/career/WhatCanIDoWithaMajorIn.html

US Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration, My Next Move
www.mynextmove.org/

Finding the Right Fit Colleges

Loper
Personalized college search app to help students find their right next step
getloper.com

US Department of Education College Scorecard
collegescorecard.ed.gov
Search and compare colleges, location, degrees, programs, costs, etc.

US Department of Education’s College Navigator
National Center for Education Statistics
nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/

The Common Application
www.commonapp.org/search-colleges
Member organization of more than 1,000 colleges and universities. Students can complete one application for an unlimited number of member institutions.

Common Data Set (CDS)
A number of colleges voluntarily participate in the CDS and post their annual data set on their websites. Data includes enrollment data and breakdowns by various criteria (including race, ethnicity, gender, international), acceptance rates (such as % of freshman accepted), high school rank for their incoming freshman
Find a college’s CDS by searching online for the college name and Common Data Set.

College fairs
National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NACAC)

New England Association of College Admissions Counselors (NEACAC)

State agencies for college planning information

Connecticut Office of Higher Education
www.ctohe.org/StudentsFamilies/StudentsFamilies.shtml
www.ctohe.org/HEWeb/CollegesList.asp

Finance Authority of Maine (FAME)
www.famemaine.com/education/topics/choosing-a-college

Massachusetts Education Finance Authority (MEFA)
mefapathway.org/

New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation (NHHEAF)
www.nhheaf.org/choosing-a-college.asp

Rhode Island Student Loan Authority (RISLA)
www.risla.com/college-planning/plan

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC)
www.vsac.org/plan/searching-for-a-college

Assessment Tests

FairTest
www.fairtest.org/university/optional
Information on more than 1,000 colleges that do not require admissions assessments (SAT, ACT) in all cases.

SAT Assessments: College Board
collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat

ACT
www.act.org/

The Princeton Review
www.princetonreview.com/college-education
College search, test prep and tutoring

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
www.ets.org/toefl

Resources for students with disabilities

Directory of Transition Websites
www.heath.gwu.edu/directory-of-transition-websites

The National Center for College Students with Disabilities (NCCSD)
www.nccsdonline.org/

National Organizations Working on Disability and Higher Education
www.nccsdclearinghouse.org/national-organizations.html

National Resources for Students with Disabilities in Higher Education
www.dreamcollegedisability.org/national-resources-for-college-students-with-disabilities.html

Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability
thinkcollege.net/tpsid