2009 Barrons Profiles of American
Colleges 28 Edition with CD-ROM
Wow! What A Resource!
Up-to-date facts and figures on enrollments, tuition and fees, academic
programs, campus environment, available financial aid, and much more
make the 28th edition of Profiles of American Colleges America’s most
authoritative data source for college-bound high school students, their
parents, and high school guidance counselors. More than 1,650 accredited
four-year colleges are profiled. An interactive CD-ROM enclosed with the
directory guides students to specific schools when they enter details
describing their personal academic plans and aptitudes. In addition to the
above-cited information, each college profile gives details on:
• Admission requirements • Library and computer facilities • Admissions
procedures for freshmen • Campus safety and security • Thumbnail
descriptions of faculty • Requirements for a degree • Athletic facilities •

Extracurricular activities • E-mail addresses • College fax numbers and
web sites • Admissions Contacts • and much more
Schools are rated according to Barron’s well-known competitiveness
scale, from “Noncompetitive” to “Most Competitive.” Unlike some other
publications, Barron’s refrains from the unreliable practice of ranking
colleges on a first-through-last basis. The book’s tinted pages section
presents a quick-reference Index of College Majors that lists all available
major study programs at each school. Also profiled are many excellent
colleges in Canada and several other countries, as well as brief profiles of
religious colleges, and American colleges based in foreign countries.
Personal Review: 2009 Barrons Profiles of American Colleges
28 Edition with CD-ROM
It's been a few years since I graduated college but I needed to do some
research on colleges for a book I recently wrote. I remember using
Barron's many years ago but when I saw it on the bookstore shelf, it was
like seeing an old friend. I looked at a couple of other reference books on
colleges but this one was organized the best. It's amazing how much
information there is at the beginning of the book before you even get to the
individual colleges. Barron's organizes schools by tuition costs (from
lowest to highest), by admissions competitiveness (Most Competitive to
Noncompetitive), and it contains an index of majors. There's also a chart
for median SAT and ACT scores for every school.
Once you actually get into the individual colleges, there's a ton of
information, pretty much everything you would need to know without
actually visiting the campus. I like how the states and colleges within each
state are organized alphabetically which I would assume other reference
guides would do but I'm not so sure. I think the only thing missing from this
book are pictures of all of the campuses, but that would create a need for a
Volume II. I haven't even used the CD that's included in the book but you
can't go wrong using this great reference guide.
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