This year's edition of Peterson's bestselling guide features extended coverage of student life, faculty and programs, career-planning services, and financial policies, in addition to the unparalleled, detailed information on nearly 2,000 four-year colleges that readers have come to expect.

Here is complete, accurate information on more than 1,400 U.S. "two-year colleges"--schools that grant the associate degree as their highest degree. Backed by Peterson's more than 25 years of helping students find the right college, this guide presents concise statistical data plus in-depth descriptions of each college.

With more than 700 color paintings arranged by families for quick comparison of similar species, and with detailed information on range, habitat, size, and voice, this field guide describes and illustrates 1,038 species of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador.

Compares the relative effectiveness of grants and loans in helping students stay in college until graduation. Focuses on low-income students. Assesses the relative effects of grant and loan aid throughout a student's academic career and then separately by year.