Up-to-date information on enrollments, tuition and fees, academic programs, campus environment, available financial aid, and much more, combine to make 27th edition of Profiles of American Colleges America’s most authoritative source for information on colleges and universities. College-bound students, parents, and high school guidance counselors will find information on more than 1,650 accredited four-year colleges across the United States. A CD-ROM enclosed with each copy of this comprehensive directory presents an interactive format and lets students find individual schools by entering specific criteria. In addition to the above-cited information, each college profile gives details on admission requirements, library and computer facilities, athletic facilities, extracurricular activities, e-mail addresses, fax numbers, web sites, and more. Schools are rated according to Barron’s famous competitiveness scale, from “Noncompetitive” to “Most Competitive.” The book’s extra section of tinted pages presents a complete, quick-reference Index of College Majors—listing all available major study programs at each school. Also profiled are many of the best-known colleges in Canada and several other countries.

Updated with the latest information on enrollments, tuition and fees, academic programs, campus environment, available financial aid, and much more, the brand-new edition of Profiles of American Colleges presents information on more than 1,650 accredited four-year colleges across the United States. A CD-ROM is enclosed with each copy of this comprehensive directory. The software is set up in an interactive format that allows students to ask specific questions about individual schools. In addition to the above-cited information, each college profile gives details on admission requirements, library and computer facilities, athletic facilities, extracurricular activities, e-mail addresses, fax numbers, web sites, and more. Schools are rated according to Barron’s well-known competitiveness scale, from “Noncompetitive” to “Most Competitive.” An extra section of tinted pages presents a complete, quick-reference Index of College Majors, listing all available major study programs at each school. Also profiled are many of the best-known colleges in Canada and several other countries.

Up-to-date facts and figures on enrollments, tuition and fees, academic programs, campus environment, available financial aid, and much more make the 28th edition of Profiles of American Colleges America’s most authoritative data source for college-bound high school students, their parents, and high school guidance counselors. More than 1,650 accredited four-year colleges are profiled. An interactive CD-ROM enclosed with the directory guides students to specific schools when they enter details describing their personal academic plans and aptitudes. In addition to the above-cited information, each college profile gives details on: • Admission requirements • Library and computer facilities • Admissions procedures for freshmen • Campus safety and security • Thumbnail descriptions of faculty • Requirements for a degree • Athletic facilities • Extracurricular activities • E-mail addresses • College fax numbers and web sites • Admissions Contacts • and much more Schools are rated according to Barron’s well-known competitiveness scale, from “Noncompetitive” to “Most Competitive.” Unlike some other publications, Barron’s refrains from the unreliable practice of ranking colleges on a first-through-last basis. The book’s tinted pages section presents a quick-reference Index of College Majors that lists all available major study programs at each school. Also profiled are many excellent colleges in Canada and several other countries, as well as brief profiles of religious colleges, and American colleges based in foreign countries.

1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.