College Search Engines

Here are two great websites to help you narrow down your college search:
http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/index.jsp
http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/searches/srchCrit1.asp

Here are a few more websites with some tips on planning for college:
-http://www.ed.gov/thinkcollege  
-http://www.mapping-your-future.org
-http://www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/   
 
PA Next was designed for High School Juniors to provide them with some suggestions and ideas for life after high school.  Check the site out at:
For Higher Education Opportunities in Pennsylvania:
http://panext.com/2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18&Itemid=6

Why consider higher education?
Read this quick fact sheet about the financial benefits of a college education.
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2007/08-0416-education-pays-event-factsheet-financial-benefit.pdf

Read this article titled, The Big Payoff:  Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings published by the U.S. Department of Commerce after the 2002 Census. 
http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf

Some highlights: 
Average Annual Earnings of Workers 25-64 Years Old by Educational Attainment (1997-1999):
Doctoral degree - $81,400 (Ph.D. candidates)
Professional degree  - $99,300 (doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, etc.)
Master's degree - $54,500
Bachelor's degree - $45,400
Associate's degree - $33,000
Some college - $31,200
High school graduate - $25,900
Not high school graduate - $18,900
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Surveys, March 1998, 1999 and 2000

Need more evidence?  Check out this press release from the College Board:
http://www.collegeboard.com/press/releases/185478.html

Read this 2007 report from Sandy Baum and Jennifer Ma, Education Pays:  The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2007/ed-pays-2007.pdf

Interested in College?  Start preparing NOW!
According to Rosenbaum (2001), less than 40% of students who plan to go to college actually earn a two or four year degree within 10 years of graduating from high school. 

ONLY 40%---that's only 4 out of every 10 students. 

Only a freshman?
Are you only a freshman?  Check out this website to see a timeline of ways to prepare now for college.
http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/file.asp?id=908&path=ug.gs.planning

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