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College Insight College Insight provides statistical data on college cost, class composition, and student success for the college of your choice with an easy to use interface.
GradProfiles Features graduate and professional school profiles, information on programs of study, degree requirements, facilities, faculty research, and more.
GradSchools.com Searchable resources for locating graduate schools and programs internationally.
GraduateGuide GraduateGuide is a searchable directory of graduate schools in the United States and Canada.
InternationalGraduate.net Searchable database of hundreds of graduate programs at top universities across the globe.
MastersDegree.net This site includes information to help you identify reputable online master's programs, succeed in the program and then land a career that makes the most of your degree.
Peterson's Online Resources Searchable database of graduate school programs by location, subject, keyword and more.
U.S. News & World Report Graduate school rankings from U.S. News & World Report.

Educational Testing Service The Educational Testing Service site includes links to information for most graduate school admissions tests, including information about registering for tests, practice tests and more.
GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) The official website for the GMAT allows you to find a test center, sign-up, and prepare for the test.
GRE (Graduate Record Examination) The official website for the GRE allows you to find a test center, sign-up and prepare for the test.
Kaplan A commercial test preparation service.
Magoosh Online Test Prep Fully online test prep courses for the GRE, GMAT, and LSAT.
MAT Exam Practice Test Practice tests to prepare for the MAT exam.
MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) Information from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Princeton Review A commercial test preparation service.
Test Prep Review Listing of professional exams and tests to get into graduate programs.

Graduate School Admissions 101 This guide provides an overview of the basic requirements for admission to most graduate programs.
Guide to Graduate School Admissions This guide answers many of the questions you might have about getting into graduate school.
Grad School Application Timeline This page provides a sample schedule for a student hoping to enter grad school in the fall.
Grad School Planning Timeline Geared towards working professionals, this guide walks you through application tasks the year before you plan to attend.
Purdue OWL: Graduate School Applications This comprehensive site includes resources to help you through the process of applying to graduate school.
Write a Graduate School Essay that Will Knock Their Socks Off Use this guide from Peterson's Online to help prepare an effective essay.
Writing Your Graduate Admissions Essay or Personal Statement Common questions, points to consider to get you started, etc.

AcademicKeys AcademicKeys.com includes 17 discipline-focused sites that offer comprehensive information about faculty, educational resources, research interests, and professional activities pertinent to institutions of higher education. More than 89% of the top 120 universities (as ranked by US News and World Report) post their available higher ed jobs with AcademicKeys.com.
Career Resources from the MLA Links to articles and other resources about graduate school and careers from the Modern Language Association.
Chronicle of Higher Education Special Reports This section of the Chronicle of Higher Education online includes data on average faculty salaries, graduate student stipends, trends in faculty employment, and more. Full access available on-campus only.
The Education of Historians for the Twenty-first Century Revisited This report from the American Historical Association offers recommendations for improving the state of graduate education. It stands as the first investigation of graduate training for historians in more than four decades.
Graduate Student Resource for Choosing a Postdoc Thinking about doing a post-doc? Use this guide to decide if it's the right path for you.
The Many Careers of History PhDs: A Study of Job Outcomes, Spring 2013 As part of the American Historical Association’s assessment of careers for history PhDs, the authors of this study undertook a detailed analysis of the current employment held by 2,500 history PhDs, all of whom earned their degrees between 1998 and 2009.
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students An advocacy and support group for graduate students, this site includes resources on writing a dissertation, insurance information, listservs and more.
Some Modest Advice for Graduate Students Words of wisdom for the aspiring grad student from Stephen Stearns, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale.

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