Choosing colleges by geography

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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! 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] 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>