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Filter thousands of U.S. colleges by major, state, admission rate and cost, then compare a shortlist side by side. The cost filter runs on average net price, what families paid after grant aid, rather than the sticker price almost nobody pays in full.
Profile pages for 383 colleges across 50 states and Washington D.C. California has the most at 50. Each state hub lists its schools ordered by selectivity.
The search covers every accredited U.S. institution reported in the federal College Scorecard, roughly 6,000 schools. A smaller set of the most-searched schools also has a full public profile page with acceptance rate, test score ranges, tuition and average net price.
No. Filtering, comparing and reading school profiles all work signed out. An account is what lets you save a shortlist, get admission-odds estimates against your own child’s GPA and test scores, and keep notes on each school.
Tuition is the sticker price for instruction. Average net price is what students actually paid after grants and scholarships were subtracted, including housing, books and fees. Net price is the number worth comparing, because generous aid at an expensive private school often beats a cheaper public one out of state.
State governments subsidise residents at their public universities, so the same degree carries two prices. The gap is often larger than the entire tuition bill at a mid-priced private school, which is why residency is worth checking before a family falls in love with an out-of-state flagship.
No. Acceptance rate measures demand and marketing reach, not teaching quality or outcomes. It matters for building a balanced list, because it tells you how likely admission is, but graduation rate, median earnings by field and average net price say more about what a family gets for the money.
Acceptance rates, test score ranges, tuition, net price and Pell figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, which publishes what institutions report federally. Where a school has published a Common Data Set, its profile page also shows the admission factors that school says it weighs.