SEARCH FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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With over 3,000 Regionally Accredited educational institutions in the U.S., there is bound to be more than one to match your goals! Use Xello, take the personality tests, then search for colleges and universities! The more information you enter about yourself, the more specific your search results will be! All Broward County students in grades 9-12 have access to Xello, where they can find and search for colleges and universities. Parents/Guardians with up-to-date email addresses in the district's database also have access to Xello. Ask your school's BRACE Advisor how to get parent access!
 

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View great, detailed college planning resources and videos from KhanAcademy.org at https://www.khanacademy.org/college-admissions

 

College admission isn't as competitive as you might think. Fewer than 100 colleges in the U.S. are elite and highly selective, which means they accept less than 25 percent of applicants. Close to 500 four-year colleges accept more than 75 percent of applicants. And open-admission colleges accept all or most high school graduates.

 

Watch a terrific video about how to choose which colleges to apply to at https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started/video-transcription/how-should-you-choose-colleges-to-apply-to

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View a list of colleges and universities committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need of admitted students, click here.

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View a list of colleges and universities committed to meeting 100% of demonstrated financial need of admitted students who are undocumented by clicking here.

 

College rankings found on websites, newspapers and magazines can great places to view LISTS of schools that you may never have heard of! But don't take the rankings too seriously. Each student's needs are different. Even a well-ranked school can be a mismatch!

 

Wherever you decide to go, make sure the credits you earn will transfer to another institution at http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation. The goal of accreditation is to ensure the education provided by institutions of higher education meets acceptable levels of quality. Accrediting agencies, which are private educational associations of regional or national scope, develop evaluation criteria and conduct peer evaluations to assess whether or not those criteria are met. Institutions and/or programs that request an agency's evaluation and that meet an agency's criteria are then "accredited" by that agency. 

For more information on accreditation in the United States, please visit: www.ed.gov/accreditation

 

For information about regional accreditation: https://cihe.neasc.org/about-accreditation/us-regional-accreditation-overview.