Choosing the right school is difficult; even narrowing your choices down to a few likely candidates can be an exercise in frustration. With thousands of schools in the US, how will you ever find the right one for you?

In addition to providing the most popular free scholarship search service, FastWeb also provides a free and powerful College Search service. This service helps you find the best college from you, and features profiles of every accredited undergraduate college and university in the United States. FastWeb will match schools to your preferences for location, major, size and other factors. FastWeb also provides informative articles about college selection and admissions.

Another useful site is Monster Learning. Monster Learning is one of the best resources for information about distance learning programs.

The US Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics also provides a searchable database of information about colleges and universities at College Navigator, previously known as IPEDS College Opportunities On-Line (COOL).