Exploring and Researching

As a potential grad student, you need to understand your interests and aptitudes, gather information about schools and programs, and be clear about your goals and the best ways to achieve them.

Explore

Research

Once you have reflected on the reasons why you may want to pursue grad school, the resources below can help you get started.

  • Peterson's Guide works in the same way as it did when you were in high school: to help you locate schools where you might want to apply. It's a great resource for grad schools as well.
  • The Princeton Review can be used to search by area of interest or graduate program.
  • Gradschools.com is a site used to identify a broad range of graduate programs and schools.
  • College Navigator, from the National Center for Education Statistics, is a division of the U.S. Department of Education, which runs this site for the purpose of researching graduate programs.
  • GraduateGuide.com provides search tools for graduate school programs in the U.S. and Canada.
  • General Education Online: search grad school options by country of choice.
  • U.S. News and World Report (Publishers of America's Best Graduate Schools)

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