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Minnesota Information
- Minnesota Career College Association - A career education focused organization that represents private post-secondary colleges in Minnesota.
- Minnesota Office of Higher Education - A state agency that provides students with financial aid programs and serves as the state's clearinghouse for data, research, and analysis on post-secondary enrollment, financial aid, finance, and trends.
- Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (MNSCU) - A statewide system of state universities, community, and technical colleges.
- MN Web Directory: Education - Directory of state colleges and universities, private colleges, public and private K-12 schools, and education associations.
- Minnesota's Private Colleges - A variety of information on 17 Minnesota four-year liberal arts private colleges.
- University of Minnesota - Information on departments and services, admissions, and access to the Minnesota Daily.
Organizations
- ACT - The latest ACT test scores are provided.
- American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) - The AACC works to promote the goals of community colleges. Research and statistics are available.
- College Board - See the latest SAT test scores.
- College Savings Plans Network (CSPN) - The CSPN serves as a clearinghouse for information about college savings programs including states' programs.
- Education Commission of the States (ECS) - To link directly to information on postsecondary education, go to their Education Issues page. A Postsecondary Governance Structures Database is also available.
- Institute for Higher Education Policy - The Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to foster access to, and quality in, postsecondary education.
- Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) - Promoting interstate cooperation and resource sharing in higher education with a focus on cost savings programs, student access, and policy research. Search the Postsecondary Education Resource Library for higher education data by state or by issue.
- National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education - Analyses of state and federal policies, including a state-by-state report card for higher education.
- NCHEMS Information Center for State Higher Education Policymaking and Analysis - Comparative state data on a variety of higher education issues.
- Sallie Mae - The leading provider of student loans in the U.S.
- State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) - Information on a variety of higher education issues as well as financial data, including the report, State Higher Education Finance FY2007.
Higher Education Directories
- American School Search - Search by schools, by degree programs, and by state.
- American Universities - An alphabetical list of American universities with websites.
- College Navigator - A product of the U.S. Department of Education, this site has information about preparing for higher education, including financial aid options. Search for colleges using a variety of criteria.
- College Scholarships, Colleges, and Online Degrees - Quick access to a variety of higher education-related topics.
- Distance Learning: Colleges and Universities With Distance Education Programs - Organized by state or province; search by institution name, program, or by zip code.
- EdRef College Search Directory - Information about thousands of US colleges.
- Peterson's - Databases on colleges and universities and on higher education issues.
- Search for Schools, Colleges, and Libraries - This National Center for Education Statistics database is searchable by institution name, city, or zip code. A variety of statistics are available for each institution.
- University and College Accountability Network (U-CAN) - Comparable data for private colleges and universities and links to campus information.
- U.S. College Search - Search for colleges by state, degree programs, and college name. Includes a directory of online colleges and an occupations guide.
Other Information
- Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool - Data on reported criminal offenses for many colleges and universities in the United States.
- College and University Rankings - A compilation of higher education rankings.
- Economic Diversity of Colleges - Campus-level data on student income, race, ethnicity, and student loan usage.
- Educational Attainment - Data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) for the United States, with limited data for states and selected metropolitan areas.
- Grapevine - A national database of tax support for higher education, provided by the Center for Higher Education & Educational Finance.
- Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education - Information on federal higher education programs, including student aid.
- U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges - View their annual college rankings report.