College Guides
Peterson’s Guide to Colleges–College Selection Tool
Princeton Review– College Majors, etc. (Note-the Princeton Review site asks you to submit your personal information and they do sell some college guides, so you may or may not choose to enter it in.) Check the list of majors, etc. for information that is free.
College Board– College Search — Match the college to your needs with this easy to use tool.
College Navigator (govt statistics on price, graduation rates, colleges and more from National Center for Education Statistics) — build side by side comparisons
Small Colleges:
Specially selected liberal arts colleges Colleges that Change Lives
Small Liberal Arts Colleges — with ability to pick schools by interests
International Universities — rankings, descriptions, maps, and comparisons of international schools
Career Quizzes and Assessments
✦Career onestop Skills Matcher: https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/Skills/skills-matcher.aspx
✦ Interest Assessment https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/careers/interest-assessment.aspx
✦O*Net Interest Profiler: https://www.onetcenter.org/IP.html#web-based
✦Skills Matcher https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/Skills/skills-matcher.aspx
✦Texas Reality Check: https://texasrealitycheck.com/
✦Truity Career Personality Profiler (free version): https://www.truity.com/test/career-personality-profiler-test
✦Truity Holland Code Career Test (free version): https://www.truity.com/test/holland-code-career-test
Career Websites
AmeriCorps: https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps
Apprenticeship.gov: https://www.apprenticeship.gov
Jobs Y’all (Texas Workforce Commission): https://jobsyall.com/
Join the Military: https://www.usa.gov/join-military
Learn How to Become…: https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/
Occupational Outlook Handbook: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
O*Net Online: https://www.onetonline.org/
U.S. Dept. of Labor – Salaries in Texas
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_tx.htm#25-0000
Youth Service America: https://ysa.org/
Gap Year
Gap Work: http://www.gapwork.com/
Gap Year Association: https://www.gapyearassociation.org/
Gap Year Libguide of links https://libguides.milton.edu/c.php?g=682141&p=5662063
Transitions Abroad: https://www.transitionsabroad.com/