Michael Schwartz Library
Virtual Reference Desk: Colleges & Universities
- Directories
- Big Future by the College Board: Search for colleges using several criteria. The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity.
- College Navigator: Search for colleges using several criteria. It is provided by the National Center for Education Statistics and primarily consists of the latest data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). .
- CollegeNET: Search for colleges using several criteria.
- General Education Online - Find a School: A free and open resource database of links to higher education facilities worldwide for researchers, students and others. Disclaimer: General Education Online does not guarantee the accessibility, availability, viability, or accuracy of any external hyperlinks contained on its website.
- Gradschools.com Directory of Graduate School Programs: Browse thousands of grad school programs in the United States by location, school, Master's degrees, PhD programs, certificates and more.
- Open Education Database: A comprehensive online education directory for both free and for-credit learning options. It provides up-to-date, detailed program information from accredited online colleges for degree seekers and categorizes free online college courses from well-known universities and providers.
- Peterson.com College Search: A database that includes over 50,000 accredited schools and programs, and over 5,000 scholarships.
- Entrance Exams
- The College Board (SAT): From the Educational Testing Service Network, it includes information about the test and practice sessions.
- GRE: Provides information about the test and test preparation materials. It is part of .
- Higher Education: From the Educational Testing Service Network, it contains quick links to Praxis and TOEFEL in addition to the GRE.
- College Exam Preparation Resources
- Cleveland Public Library Gale Courses - Test Prep.: Courses are free with a Cleveland Public Library Card.
- Michael Schwartz Library Materials (Scholar Catalog searches)
- Ohio Means Jobs Assessment and Training: You will first need to set up an account, which you can do "anonymously" if you wish by selecting the "Access Learning Express Anonymously" button. Once signed in, choose "College Test Preparation." It will default to ACT but you can select other tests from the side navigation.
- Financial Aid/Scholarships
- CSU Financial Aid Office: Cleveland State University participates in or administers all of the major federal and state grant and loan programs as well as providing its own University grants and scholarships.
- FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid: Use this free online application to apply for federal aid for college, career school, or graduate school.
- fastWEB: An online scholarship matching and college search service.
- Federal School Code Search Page: Find the Federal School Code(s) you need to complete your FAFSA. Also find detailed college information, like tuition and fee amounts and graduation rates, and compare that information for up to 10 colleges at a time.
- Federal Student Aid: The largest provider of student financial aid in the nation and the part of the U.S. Department of Education that oversees the FAFSA.
- FinAid - The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid: A comprehensive, free source of student financial aid information, advice and tools.
- Ohio Higher Education - State Grants and Scholarships
- Rankings
- Affordable Colleges Online: Provides rankings for the "best" and "cheapest" accredited online colleges and degree programs.
- College and University Rankings: The purpose of this site is to draw together and provide context to various ranking services and to improve knowledge about rankings in general. From the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- The Top American Research Universities: From The Center for Measuring University Performance.
- U. S. News & World Report: