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How Students Research Colleges

  
  
  

The process of researching colleges has evolved over the last couple decades. As high school seniors and their families begin to research colleges online before anything else, colleges can can see opportunity to save some trees, as glossy marketing materials mailed to prospective students barely breach the top 5 ways college students seek information about schools.

The following infographic illustrates the trends and averages for researching colleges in the United States. How does your experience compare?

How Students Research Colleges Infographic

Let us know in the comments if you agree with these averages. How did you research colleges?

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