Level of Award Definitions
Certificate - A postsecondary professional award that normally requires 2 years or less of full-time study to complete; examples include a certificate in cosmetology or emergency medical technology.
Associate's - An award that normally requires between 2 and 4 years of full-time study; examples include an associate degree in biology or computer information systems.
Bachelor's - An award that normally requires 4 years of full-time study; for example, a Bachelor's degree in English or engineering.
Advanced - An award after the bachelor degree; includes master and doctoral degrees. This category also includes post-baccalaureate and post-master's certificates.
Institution Type Definitions
Public - An educational institution whose programs and activities are operated by publicly elected or appointed school officials and which is supported primarily by public funds.
Private not-for-profit (non-profit) - An educational institution in which the individual(s) or agency in control receives no compensation, other than wages, rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk. These include both independent not-for-profit schools and those affiliated with a religious organization.
Private for-profit - An educational institution in which the individual(s) or agency in control receives compensation other than wages, rent, or other expenses for the assumption of risk.
4-year - An institution authorized primarily to award Bachelor (or higher) degrees, such as a college or university.
2-year - An institution authorized to award Associate degrees or 2-year or longer certificates, such as a community or technical college.
Less than 2-year - An institution authorized to award certificates that are typically obtained in less than two years, such as licensed practical nurse or cosmetology.
Tuition & Fees Definitions
Tuition is a payment or charge for instruction. Fees are one-time charges for services and for the use of equipment or facilities. Amounts may be reduced by the award of financial aid.
Housing Definitions
This institution provides residential facilities (such as dormitories) on or near campus.
Campus Setting Definitions
Rural - Census-defined rural territory that ranges in distance from less than 5 miles to more than 25 miles from an urbanized area, as well as being less than 2.5 miles to more than 10 miles from an urban cluster.
Town - Territory inside an urban cluster that ranges in distance of less than 10 miles to more than 35 miles from an urbanized area.
Suburban - Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with a population ranging from less than 100,000 to one of more than 250,000.
City - Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population ranging from less than 100,000 to one of more than 250,000.
Test Scores Definitions
The search returns schools with 25th percentile scores within the selected min and max.
The 25th percentile is the score which 75% of students scored above (or 25% of students scored at or below).
Reported test score percentiles are for first-time enrolled students.

College Search Database Privacy Policy

College Search Database LLC (CSD) respects the privacy of our website users and has created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its commitment to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy is intended to describe for you the information we collect about you, how that information may be used, with whom it may be shared, and your choices about such uses and disclosures. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy when using our website or services. CSD believes that the information that we gather about you should be used solely to assist you in finding, comparing, reviewing, enrolling or inquiring about courses, degrees, certificate courses or related services. We gather personal information that you expressly provide when you enter information into a form or register on our website including, without limitation, your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and other unique personal identifiers such as your date of birth. If you choose not to provide the requested personal information, we may not be able to offer you personalized services that require such information. We do not sell or make available this information for any other reason than having our partners contact users about services or courses for which they have requested information or expressed interest. By using our websites, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please refer to the end of this Privacy Policy for information on how to contact us.

Cookies

Cookie data is never shared with or sold to any third parties or with any of the colleges linked to from this website. CSD uses cookies to track which areas of our site are most popular amount website visitors for the purpose of better website optimization and improved user experience. If users reject the cookie, they may still use our site. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by CSD only and does not cover the use of cookies by any third party or website being linked to from this website.

Profile

We store information that we collect through log files, cookies, clear gifs, and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that contains details of their viewing preferences. This information is not tied to the user's personal information. We do not share your profile with other third parties.

Log Files

Like most standard website servers we employ log files. This includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, Internet service provider (ISP), browser type, referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. No information including IP addresses, etc. are linked in any way to personal information.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, CSD, are not responsible for the privacy practices of any sites linked to. We encourage you, the user, to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website. Certain links on CSD may be i-framed, in an RSS feed or in a redirect form for tracking purposes only. If a URL appears to be masked, it is done to ensure our internal tracking systems log activity. CSD does not condone nor tolerate deceptive link building.

"Email This Link" Service

Throughout the site, users are able to "Email This Link" to a friend that sends the particular course, program, article or related service offered by CSD. To facilitate this service, CSD collects the sending parties email address, name and a brief comment (optional) as well as the receiving parties email address and name. This information is gathered for the purpose of notifying sending a one-time invitation to the visitor's friend(s) and the visitor of CSD services. This information is not sold or given to any third party source.

Notification of Changes

We may modify our privacy policy from time to time. If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. If, however, we are going to use users' personal information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner.

Limitation of Liability

You understand and agree that any dispute over privacy is subject to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy. You agree that our liability for any breach of this privacy policy shall be limited to the value of the transactions or services provided to you by us to the extent such claim is not otherwise barred by our terms and conditions.

Contact Information

If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact by email at info@educationcorner.com.

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