Identifying Graduate/Professional Programs:

Identifying/Researching Graduate Schools and Programs:

• Peterson’s Guide to graduate schools, profiles accredited masters and doctoral programs; able to sort by program, region, etc.
• All About Grad School.com — Directory of graduate schools in the U.S., focusing on business schools, engineering schools, law schools, and medical schools.
• All Engineering Schools — Directory of engineering schools. Search by type of degrees, programs, and specialties.
• Grad Schools.com — Directory of 18,000 graduate and post-graduate programs worldwide, including descriptions, contact information and institutional advertising.
• Grad View.com — Directory of graduate schools. Includes virtual tours of selected graduate schools able to sort by program, region, etc.
• E-Learners — Directory of online graduate and undergraduate degrees, classes, and certificate programs.

Identifying Programs through Faculty:

• Talk to faculty in your discipline of interest. Ask them to recommend graduate programs; ask faculty for feedback on programs you're considering.
  
• You may also be able to identify relavant graduate programs by reading scholarly papers, articles, and books that are a direct 'fit' with your academic areas of interest. Identify faculty by name and current institutional affiliation. Read the authors' vitas to identify their educational paths — where did they obtain their academic training?
  
• If you attend professional conferences, you may be able to identify faculty with whom you share academic interests. Ask which workshop and keynote presenters engaged you and challenged you to want to learn more; ask where do they teach/do their research; ask where they did their graduate work?
• Google the faculty names/institutions, read their faculty bios, and read some more of their work. Then contact them and ask them about their program, letting them know that you have read and appreciate their work.