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lists and text boxes are available to select and enter criteria to limit your
search to those institutions that meet your needs. The following tips will improve your search results:
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noncontiguous selections.
Search criteria are not case sensitive.
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If you are not sure how to spell a city name, enter only the portion of the name of which you are certain.
For school names or city names that contain an abbreviation or that may be abbreviated, you may need to try different
spellings. For example, if St. Mary's doesn't work, try St Mary's or Saint Mary's.
The following fields allow you to select or enter search criteria:
Geographic Region - Limits
your search to institutions located in a particular geographic region.
State or Outlying Area - Limits your search to institutions located in the selected state(s) or outlying area(s).
City - Limits your search to institutions located in a particular city.
Type of Institution - Limits your search to institutions of a particular type or types.
| Administrative unit | The system or central office in a multi-campus environment. |
| Four-year institution | A postsecondary institution that offers programs of at least 4 years duration
or one that offers programs at or above the baccalaureate level. Includes schools that offer postbaccalaureate certificates
only or those that offer graduate programs only. Also includes free-standing medical, law or other first-professional schools. |
| Private for-profit institution |
A private institution in which the individual(s) or agency in control
receives compensation other than wages, rent, or expenses for the assumption of risk. |
| Private institution |
An educational institution controlled by a private individual(s) or by a nongovernmental agency, usually
supported primarily by other than public funds, and operated by other than publicly elected or appointed officials.
These institutions may be either for-profit or not-for-profit. |
| Private not-for-profit institution |
A private institution in which the individual(s) or agency in control receives no compensation, other
than wages, rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk. These include both independent not-for-profit schools
and those affiliated with a religious organization. |
| Public institution |
An educational institution whose programs and activities are operated by publicly elected or appointed school
officials and which is supported primarily by public funds. |
| Two-year institution |
A postsecondary institution that offers programs of at least 2 but less than 4 years duration.
Includes occupational and vocational schools with programs of at least 1800 hours and academic institutions with programs
of less than 4 years. Does not include bachelor's degree-granting institutions where the baccalaureate program
can be completed in 3 years. |
Instructional Program - Limits your search to institutions offering a
particular course or courses of study.
Name of Institution - Limits your search to a particular institution.
Title IV Institution - An institution that has a written agreement with the
Secretary of Education that allows the institution to participate in any of the Title IV federal
student financial assistance programs other than the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) and
the National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership (NEISP) programs.
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