Public Reference Resources

A directory with list of undergrad and graduate schools and links to resources for study abroad, financial aid, and test preparation.

A directory of nearly 67,000 master’s, doctorate and graduate certificate programs is searchable by subject, location, format and even school.

This site gives links to many ranking services, along with cautionary notes and a discussion of the ongoing controversy over rankings.

Provided by the National Center for Education Statistics, this side allows you to search colleges and universities by criteria. You can find out information about this schools and do a side-by-side also comparision.

The Chronicle of Higher Education has the nation’s largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities.

A leading scholarship database, this website is designed to simplify the scholarship search for high school and college students.

This is the form you need to fill out to get any financial aid from the federal government, including federal grants, work-study, and loans.

Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation.

Graduate Record Examination, or GRE, is a multiple-choice, computer-based, standardized exam that is often required for admission to graduate programs and graduate business programs.

A free resource available to Indiana residents that gives helpful tips, free learning guides, and even practice exams for various tests, including GRE, LSAT, MCAT, CLEP, and more.

This exam is taken to give an institution that students who have proven they have what it takes to succeed in an English-speaking academic environment.

The Medical College Admission Test® (MCAT®), developed and administered by the AAMC, is a standardized, multiple-choice examination created to help medical school admissions offices assess your problem solving, critical thinking, and knowledge of natural, behavioral, and social science concepts and principles.

The Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) is to test the skills necessary for success in the first year of law school.

The Occupational Classification System manual was created for Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) field economists to help ensure correct occupational matches when collecting compensation data. The public can benefit from this manual by looking up job descriptions for occupations.

Provided by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, this resource provides information on what workers do; the work environment; education, training, and other qualifications; pay; the job outlook; information on state and area data; similar occupations; and sources of additional information for more than 300 occupational profiles covering about 4 out of 5 jobs in the economy.

A resource for finding jobs in Indiana.

This is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.