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CollegeXpress: A Resource Your Students Can Rely On

CollegeXpress is a premier resource for the college and scholarship search process that your students should be using now. Here are the top reasons why!

CollegeXpress is the place to send your students to start their college and scholarship search. We might be a little biased, but it’s only because we’re proud of what we do and the resources we provide to students, parents, and counselors! Since 1995 (when CollegeXpress.com first launched), our highest priority has been connecting students with their best-fit schools and giving them useful and relatable advice to go off to college confident and ready to succeed. 

But it’s not just about what we offer students; our work is also rooted in what students give back to us. We feel warm fuzzies whenever someone says our website helped them through their college search. We're proud when we see the passion behind the blogs our student writers pen for us. We smile at each student vlog posted on our YouTube channel. Students are the foundation of CollegeXpress—so if your students aren’t already a part of our community, here’s why they should be. 

Thousands of colleges and universities to discover

College Search tool

What schools are your students looking for? Do they want to attend a four-year or a two-year college? Are they looking at public or private universities? Do they want a school that's well known for science and engineering? Or maybe they’re thinking about taking a gap year? Whatever their preferences are, CollegeXpress has what they’re looking for. (And if they don’t yet know what the future holds, we have a ton of advice on how to figure it out.)

Our College Search tool makes it easy for students to search for schools by their preferences, including major, location, size, and more. It’s highly customizable so they can explore and research the right colleges for them with intention. Our school profiles make connecting with and comparing colleges easy, so their final choice becomes more informed than ever. With CollegeXpress, you and your students can feel confident that when they lock in the shortlist of their top schools, they’re making the right choice.

Unmatched college admissions data

You might be wondering, “What exactly are the students comparing in the school profiles?” College search websites vary widely in the information they collect, how they collect it, and how often. All of our college data is provided by the National Center for Education Statistics, which surveys colleges and universities annually through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Featured college profile information comes straight from the schools and their websites, while scholarship data is added and updated via sponsor submissions. You’ll find facts about application processes and deadlines, tuition and other costs, majors and minors, athletics, and much more. We take pride in providing the most up-to-date info possible for informed decision-making on your students’ top schools!

Related: Bookmark the CollegeXpress Ultimate Guide to the College Search 

Immediate connections to top schools

CX College Quick Connect feature

Many of the schools on our site are clients of our parent company, Carnegie. That means they’re dedicated to the same end goal as you: connecting students to the right schools. They want to be easily accessible to the students who feel their school could be a good fit for them.

All our featured colleges and universities have a green “Yes, connect me!” button that you'll see in a lot of places on the website. If your students are interested in a featured school, all they have to do is click this button when they're logged in to CollegeXpress, and we’ll send their profile information to the school of interest—then that school will reach out with more information. This feature is a great way to ensure your students are being seen by these schools and not lost in an inbox among thousands of other students with initial general interest. While not all of your students’ schools of interest have this perk, there are many well-known colleges and hidden gems available to connect with, which can act as a valuable leg-up in the college admission process. (If a school doesn’t have the green “Yes, connect me!” button on its CollegeXpress profile, students can find contact information to get in touch themselves.)

Related: Check out the Top 10 Ways You Can Help Your Students Stand Out to Colleges

Over $7 billion in scholarship opportunities

CX scholarship contests

Finding the right scholarships—let alone good scholarships—can be a long and difficult process; a process so arduous, in fact, that some students don’t even bother trying. At CollegeXpress, we want to make sure students find the best opportunities to receive money for school so they don’t give up before they even start.

With millions of scholarships available in one place, our Scholarship Search tool makes it easy to search by criteria your student knows they’ll be eligible for. It saves them the time of reading through long rules and descriptions by weeding out what they know isn’t available to them and condensing the most pertinent information into a quick overview. From there, they can delve deeper into the worthwhile awards and bypass the unnecessary ones.

Scholarships offered by CollegeXpress

We also have our own scholarship contests that students can enter. They just need to create a free account or log back in for their chance to win!

  • Our easy monthly scholarship contests could not be more simple to apply for! And there are no essays required—just answer the featured question in a couple of words (sometimes one!). Once they're fully registered, your students can answer a new question every month for another chance at the monthly prize.
  • Awarded on a quarterly basis, the CollegeXpress Scholarship for Students of Color is a unique opportunity for students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. (BIPOC) Your students could win $1,500 plus $500 for their favorite charity just by telling us one word they would use to describe a great leader. Deadlines are March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31, with four winners each year!
  • We have one more quarterly scholarship opportunity for students who are the first in their families to go to college. Our $1,000 Scholarship for First-Generation Students is also awarded four times a year with deadlines at the end of March, June, September, and December. All students have to do is tell us one thing they're most excited to learn about in college.

Please note: All CollegeXpress scholarship opportunities are only open to US residents ages 13 and over.

Related: Download and share our free Scholarship Search Spreadsheet Template 

Not-your-average college lists and rankings

Lists & Rankings

Another great resource on CollegeXpress is our unique Lists & Rankings. These weren’t created to showcase the “top 100 schools in America” based on national standings—these are lists that will really help students find the best-fit colleges for them! These lists cover just about everything, from top Business programs to football powerhouses to pet-friendly campuses and more. They're based on expert recommendations, along with some cool statistics and even student-recommended picks. Your students are likely to discover great schools that they've probably never even heard of before with our 800+ lists that cover majors, learning environments, worldviews, student experiences, athletics, hidden gems, and so much more. Plus, many of these lists come from The College Finder by Dr. Steven Antonoff—one of our counselor community's favorite college experts!

Top-notch articles and advice

Articles and advice on CX

Our content may be the most unique resource on CollegeXpress. We believe the importance of advice from individuals who understand the college search process (and struggle) cannot be understated! Whether a student needs SAT study resourcesadmission essay tips, advice on making friends when they get to college, or tricks for landing their first job, we have a blog post (or several) for it, all written by trusted experts and real-life students and counselors in the CollegeXpress community. We also have an ongoing Student Writers Program and feature student vloggers on our YouTube channel. Plus, we have a special Counselors and Consultants section just for you, featuring helpful blogs, monthly College Planning Calendars, and more. We welcome guest posts from counselors anytime—get in touch if you’re interested in contributing and sharing your knowledge with even more students!

Let your students know about CX!

If your students aren’t registered on CollegeXpress yet, they’re missing out on a free community of support throughout their college search process. We pride ourselves on providing the best information, resources, and advice we can possibly give to ensure students find the best-fit colleges for them in the easiest way possible. And we hope that as a counselor who's part of our community, you agree!

There's no time like the present! Create a counselor account here if you haven't already, and share this link to help your students create a free CollegeXpress account today.

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About CollegeXpress

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Welcome to CollegeXpress, your one-stop college shop! We’re a free college planning website used by millions of college-bound students, parents, and counselors—anyone who needs help navigating the college search and application process, financial aid opportunities, and more. 

You’ll find comprehensive College Search and Scholarship Search tools, tons of articles and expert advice, unique college Lists & Rankings, and lots of other resources to help make your life easier. Teen Vogue even named us one of the 7 Best College Search Websites!

Current college students and recent grads also love CollegeXpress for our Graduate Program Search tool and endless information on student life, internships, and beyond. We really have something for everyone, no matter where you are in your college journey.

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Jeannie Borin, MEd

Jeannie Borin, MEd

President and Founder, College Connections

I frequently visit CollegeXpress to answer questions from students and parents. There are countless hot topics in admissions that need to be addressed. I enjoy reading what my colleagues post and gain additional insight from different perspectives.

Ruth Aguilar

Ruth Aguilar

High School Class of 2021

CollegeXpress helped me by providing me with many scholarship opportunities and information about universities I want to attend. What I love about CollgeXpress is how it provides a variety of information, and as the first child attending a university next year, it has been very essential and helpful. I’m so grateful for this because the information provided by CollegeXpress has also helped me see that there are so many college opportunities, and it always informs me by email. In other words, CollegeXpress has been like a guide for me as a future college student.

Joan Franklin

Joan Franklin

Counselor

I love this website and have been using it for years with my students. I originally bought products through Wintergreen Orchard House and appreciated having key facts at my fingertips when advising students. Your site is easy to access and offers a wide array of topics I need as a busy college counselor.

Makiyah Murray

Makiyah Murray

High School Class of 2021

The college application process has been a stressful one, but CollegeXpress has eased some of that stress with its readily available college resources. At the beginning of the process, I frequently used the college search feature, and now that I’m almost done applying, I’ve started using the scholarship search. Both of these resources have made it easier to find relevant information.

Keydi Banegas

Keydi Banegas

Scholarship for Students of Color Winner, Class of 2022

CollegeXpress is a great application that helped me search for many different scholarships, and it narrows the scholarships depending on how you set your profile. Not only that, but it helps you choose different colleges to apply to by finding matches through the description of your profile. It was the best experience for me.