How to Research Graduate Schools
Our library contains information about graduate programs in the U.S. and Canada. Here are some examples of books in our collection:
Online Graduate School Planning Links
Specific Graduate Programs
International Graduate Programs
Financial Aid
Graduate Admissions Tests
UT-Specific Information
MBA Programs
Counseling Programs
Psychology Programs
Social Work Programs
The UT library maintains an online collection of over 4000 catalogs from two-year, four-year, and graduate schools. Click on "College Source Online " to search by size, tuition, cost, state, degree, and major. Includes a profile of every accredited college in the United States along with links to college web pages, career information and financial aid information.
Grad Schools.com allows you to search for programs by university name or by academic subject. There's also lots of information on financial aid and an interesting section on distance learning.
Peterson's Guides to Graduate and Professional Programs
Graduate School Guide has a database you can search by location and academic subject as well as a question and answer section on applying to graduate school.
Review.com, a division of Princeton Review, helps you search for schools, manage the application process, and find the funds to pay for it all.
U.S. News and World Report has a site that ranks graduate schools, including medical, law, business, engineering, and education programs. You can type in a school and do a search to get the ranking or information like admissions or financial aid.
E-Learners lists many resources related to online degrees, both graduate and undergraduate, and certificates, and classes.
International Graduate Programs
International Graduate Programs lets you search for programs by academic discipline.
Career Owl lists international programs alphabetically by name.
Universities Worldwide allows you to search for schools by country.
Educational and Social Science Library provides links to sites that rank international graduate programs.
Graduate Schools and Postgraduate Courses Worldwide contains articles on international graduate study and information on specific schools in the UK and Eurpore.
U.S. Department of Education maintains a site describing its international education programs.
FAFSA Online allows you to register for the government's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Financial Aid provides a wealth of information about grants, loans, scholarships, and other sources of money to pay for graduate school.
Financial Aid Resources provides extensive links to organizations that can help you fund graduate school.
The GMAT maintains a site with information on how to prepare for the exam, truths and myths about MBAs, profiles of MBA programs, and financial aid.
The GRE also has a site where you can register for the test, get study tips, and take a practice exam.
The MCAT site has everything you need to know about the Medical College Admission Test for medical school.
The Law School Admission Council site contains testing dates for the LSAT, online registration, and practice tests.
Want to know what grad school is really like? The Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program offers an internship for UT undergraduates who want to learn about the unique aspects of graduate school that make it different from the undergraduate experience. The program helps link students with faculty members and grad students in their area of academic interest and provides an internship for academic credit. There is also an IE Job/Career Resources page that addresses academic jobs, non-academic careers, CVs, and interviewing.
UT's Office of Graduate Studies has a site containing everything you could possibly want to know about applying to graduate programs at UT.
Check out the national rankings of different UT graduate programs.
McCombs School of Business MBA Program
To Do MBA Directory (includes international listings)
Which MBA? (includes program rankings)
National Black MBA Association
MBA Central (includes international listings)
UT Department of Educational Psychology
Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
American School Counselor Association
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
American Psychological Association - Considering a Career in Psychology
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
University of Texas Department of Psychology Graduate Program
Rider University Graduate School and Careers in Psychology
Psi Chi Psychology Career Exploration Made Easy
Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
National Association of Social Workers