This fact-filled guide to America's top colleges provides objective data so that students can make informed decisions about which school is best for them. In addition to its useful college data, this trusted "adviser" offers a majors directory and athletics directory, college-financing chart, full-page profiles for each college, interview questions, and more.

Presents alphabetized profiles of 440 competitive colleges in the U.S. and Canada, providing contact information and covering academics, the student body, facilities and resources, campus life, safety, and application requirements and deadlines; and includes "A Parent's Guide to Paying for College" on a CD, presented in English and Spanish.

Offers information on more than three hundred career training programs and apprenticeships, and includes advice on how to select the right program, find scholarships, and plan a successful career.

Graduate & Professional Programs: An Overview--Close-Ups of Institutions Offering Graduate & Professional Work contains dozens of two-page in-depth descriptions, written by administrators at featured institutions, that give complete details on the graduate study available. Information includes programs of study, research facilities, location, cost, financial aid, living and housing, student group, the university, applying, contact information, and faculty details