Choosing colleges by geography

Parents Forum
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<p>Every student should have some sort of hit list of priorities when they are looking for a college, whether that’s a major, a size of student body, or a specific geographic location. A few years ago there was a parent that had a nearby airport as a priority, which led to a discussion of Colleges serviced by Southwest Airlines. I thought that was just as good a priority as any.</p>

<p>I found this link on FB today in a post from my son’s college in Burlington, VT. [Consortium</a> of Vermont Colleges: Start Your Vermont College Search Here!](<a href=“http://www.vtcolleges.org/]Consortium”>http://www.vtcolleges.org/) If you are interested in Vermont, but don’t know much about the colleges, this may help. That link made me think about this one for Virginia: [Council</a> of Independent Colleges in Virginia [CICV]](<a href=“http://www.cicv.org/]Council”>http://www.cicv.org/) and that made me wonder if there are others out there that may be helpful to other families.</p>

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<p>A round up of useful info and data on every NY state private college and university: [New</a> York’s Private Colleges & Universities](<a href=“http://www.nycolleges.org/]New”>http://www.nycolleges.org/)</p>

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<p>Iowa private colleges and universities…</p>

<p>[Iowa</a> Private Colleges and Universities - Iowa Private College Week](<a href=“http://www.thinkindependently.com/]Iowa”>http://www.thinkindependently.com/)</p>

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<p>Great idea Kathiep. When SecondToGo started his college search he was interested in D3 sports … which led to investigating a ton of lesser known schools in the northeast and mid-atlantic … a host of very nice schools which I never knew existed before his search. FYI - instead of using links we got SecondToGo a fat college guide book and he slugged through all the school in his target states (typically while watching a game on TV) … it really didn’t take that long to do.</p>

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<p>Good point 3togo. My coworkers wanted to watch their son play basketball in college. He generally wanted to stay within a few hours of home and thought he would major in business. They did their search by colleges in a certain area division. They found that colleges that played in that league were quite similar.</p>

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<p>[CaliforniaColleges.edu</a> - Home](<a href=“http://californiacolleges.edu/default.asp]CaliforniaColleges.edu”>http://californiacolleges.edu/default.asp)</p>

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<p>**U.S. Universities
by state **</p>

<p>[U.S&lt;/a&gt;. Universities, by State](<a href=“http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/#NC]U.S”>http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/#NC)</p>

<p>(website provided by UT Austin)</p>

<p>Links also provided to State higher education oversight agency where they exist.</p>

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<p>[AICUM</a> - Home](<a href=“http://www.masscolleges.org/]AICUM”>http://www.masscolleges.org/) Massachusetts Private Colleges & Universities</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.cfnc.org%5B/url%5D”>www.cfnc.org</a> The College Foundation of North Carolina. It has info on all colleges in NC both private and public.</p>

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<p>Great Lakes College Association
[Home[/url</a>]</p>

<p>Associated Colleges of the Midwest
[url=&lt;a href=“http://www.acm.edu/index.html]Associated”&gt;Associated Colleges of the Midwest]Associated</a> Colleges of the Midwest Home](<a href=“http://www.glca.org/home]Home[/url”>http://www.glca.org/home)</p>

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<p>My D2012 wants to be near a Trader Joe’s market: [Find</a> a Trader Joe’s](<a href=“http://www.traderjoes.com/stores/index.asp]Find”>http://www.traderjoes.com/stores/index.asp)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the helpful links!</p>

<p>Mihcal, my S wanted a school close to In-n-Out Burger. :)</p>

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<p>My favorite map!
[US</a> College & University Reference Map: Over 1300 top colleges in the US and Canada](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/US-College-University-Reference-Map/dp/1593530064]US”>http://www.amazon.com/US-College-University-Reference-Map/dp/1593530064)</p>

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<p>You can also go to google maps and type in ( colleges universities ) - no parentheses Putting an “and” between them messes up the search.</p>

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<p>Be careful with this one. It’s only for private colleges, and some of the most interesting colleges in Virginia are public.</p>