Locate a college in your city, or in nearby areas using College Board's "College MatchMaker" database. With College MatchMaker, you can search for colleges by type-- public or private, two or four-year colleges, location, degree type, major, cost, admissions selectivity, sports and extracurricular activity and even housing. Click on the result to read a profile about the school.
Look for colleges near you using Peterson's College Search index. Select your state and all colleges, including four-year, two-year community colleges and trade schools in that state, will be listed. Click on a result and read the profile about the school, which includes information such as setting-- rural, suburban or urban, the types of degrees offered, whether the school is public or private and how difficult it is to get in.
Find a college near you using the University of Texas at Austin's college index. The index lists colleges by state in alphabetical order. Each entry has a link to the college's website. Only four-year universities and colleges are indexed. Trade schools and community colleges are absent from the directory.