College Compass 4+
Find the Best Colleges for you
U.S. News & World Report L.P.
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
iPhone Screenshots
Description
U.S. News College Compass is a personalized college search tool designed to help you find schools that fit your needs.
The app considers 18 customizable factors, including GPA and test scores, as well as a school’s location, cost, size and majors offered, to understand your background and requirements in a college. The algorithm takes that data and blends it with the academic quality assessments of our Best Colleges rankings to create a list of schools tailored to your needs and desires.
Dive deeper by browsing the recommended school profiles, which provide core information on admissions, financial aid, academics and student demographics.
Once you’ve identified schools of interest, get organized by saving them to your list and tracking them throughout the application process.
Our goal is to make the college search process as easy as possible for you. Check back for developments in the app, and send any feedback or suggestions to usnewscollegecompass@usnews.com.
Ratings and Reviews
College Compass is too inflexible
There seems to be no way to simple look at colleges and universities as ranked. The My Fit algorithm is garbage, and the help and FAQ buttons take you to the US News & World Report website with links to everything BUT help with the APP. Let the user go through schools in rank order (and choose from any of the many ranking categories). Right now the App is unusable and more distracting than helpful in research colleges to make a list.
Waste of time
For a tool that could be useful if done properly, this app clearly gets no time or attention. It does not deliver any of the personalization it claims, crashes constantly, and offers no support whatsoever. It’s an embarrassment to US News to have something like this out there. You’ve been warned here - Don’t bother with this. For the developers - Just take this app down and save everyone the headache!
Hangs and crashes constantly
The UI looks really great. Way easier to search and set parameters than USN website. But then it crashes or hangs on a black screen, totally unresponsive. What’s the point if you can’t see any details.
App Privacy
The developer, U.S. News & World Report L.P., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- Search History
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Sensitive Info
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- U.S.News & World Report L.P.
- Size
- 30 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- Copyright 2022 © U.S. News & World Report L.P.
- Price
- Free