BACKGROUND
Education-Advancement is a Web-based database providing users a simple way to search multiple colleges and universities at once to shop side-by-side. Education-Advancement will help you to identify the best school for your area of interest, whether you’d like to attend a traditional brick-and-mortar college or university, or attend an online school.
PRO
– Search by ZIP code, as well as identify average salary by education in that ZIP
– Simple to use
– Ideal for working adults
– Offers online and brick-and-mortar universities
– Service is free
– Provides detailed review of each school
CON
– Narrow list of degree programs to search
– Does not provide link to each school
EXPENSE
Education-Advancement is a free service. Just visit the Web site and complete a few questions to help them identify the best results for you.
There are not any posted advertisements, so it is likely that the featured universities are paying for placement.
DEGREE PROGRAMS
Education-Advancement offers about 14 degree programs in its pre-populated list. Additionally, each program breaks out into sub-programs to provide a more specific search.
For instance, select Criminal Justice as a program and then choose from several sub-programs:
– Administration
– Criminal Justice
– Homeland Security
– Investigation
– Law Enforcement
Education-Advancement also provides search for all level of degrees:
– Associate’s
– Bachelor’s
– Master’s
– Doctorate
– Certificate/Diploma
SCHOOLS
Education-Advancement has about 100 universities, colleges and schools in its database.
Each school provides a brief review that can include information about history, degree programs, enrollment, financial aid, class sizes and schedules and campus locations. Also, many go into detail about each degree program including number of hours needed to complete degree, topics to learn and of course a synopsis of the program.
Education-Advancement also provides a search of Canadian schools.
CONCLUSION
While Education-Advancement does have an extensive list of schools in their database (about 100), there are not as many degree programs available for search. An added feature is that once you’ve selected a program that interests you, you can narrow the search by selecting a sub-program. The site is very simple to use and is presented in a clean format. If you’re seeking additional information to what is presented on Education-Advancement, you’ll need to visit the respective school’s individual sites. This site can be a valuable tool for any individual interested in comparison shopping schools so that they can further their career.
COMMON MISSPELLINGS
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