Best Colleges 2020: Find the Right Colleges for You!

The 2020 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges guidebook will offer comprehensive advice for high school students and their families regarding how to find the most suitable colleges, to navigate the application process, and to pay for a college education. In a colorful, magazine-style format, Best Colleges 2020 will feature interviews with college admissions officers about what to include and to avoid on applications, plus U.S. News' extensive and exclusive rankings of U.S. undergraduate programs. Leading education journalists will explain emerging trends in higher education and what they mean for undergraduate students.

Plus:
• Profiles of recent high school grads and how they selected a college
• A calendar of important tasks for the college-bound student
• State-by-state directory profiling nearly 1,600 schools

For more than 30 years, U.S. News’ “Best” publications have been the definitive consumer guides to higher education in the United States. As The Washington Post noted, “You can’t pass up the granddaddy of college rankings.”

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