These guides include information such as tuition rates, admission requirements, programs offered, and other data for graduate programs in American colleges and universities. For more specific information on a particular school, consult the collection of college catalogs on microfiche housed in the Newspapers & Microforms Department.

General Guides

America's Best Graduate Schools
Latest Ed. at Perkins Reference Desk L901 .A546

Peterson's Annual Guides/Graduate Study
Latest Ed. at Perkins Reference Desk LB2371. P4851
This series consists of six volumes: an overview volume and subject volumes on the humanities and social sciences; biological and agricultural sciences; physical sciences and mathematics; engineering and applied sciences; and business, education, health, and law. The quantity of information included varies from school to school. However, amount of tuition, numbers of faculty and students, financial aid available, and entrance requirements are usually listed.

Directory of Graduate Programs 4 vols.
Perkins Stacks L901 .G72
Volume A: Natural Sciences
Volume B: Engineering, Business
Volume C: Social Sciences, Education
Volume D: Arts, Humanities, Other Fields
The data contained in these books are arranged into grids, each addressing a specific area of study. These grids list schools offering graduate studies, information on enrollment, faculty, degrees awarded, departmental prerequisites, types of financial aid, etc. Charts are supplemented by a separate section of short narrative descriptions for each school and yet another section for addresses. There is also a bibliography of additional resources. .

Educational Rankings Annual.
Latest Ed. in Perkins Ref. LB2331.63 .E34
This source compiles ranking information that appears in newspapers, popular magazines, books, scholarly journals, and government publications. Use the index to look up a school or subject area. Along with the rankings, you will find the criteria used in the rankings as well as the citation to the source where they were originally published.

Graduate Programs in Arts, Humanities & Social Science
Perkins Stacks L901 .G723 1997

Guides by Field of Study