Careers and Employment > 3: Look Into Educational Options
3A: Training, Courses and Degree Programs
Some occupations will require additional training or education. Finding training and educational resources that fit your time contraints and budget can be a challenge. Here are some resources worth exploring:
- CareerOneStop: Training and Education Center
This guide will help you learn about vocational/technical schools, colleges, and federal job training programs. See the "Guide to Colleges" for a useful list of Web resources.
- College Navigator
Use this free database to locate public and private college and training programs across the U.S.
- OhioLEARNS
Many states now have catalogs or directories of online courses offered by institutions in that state. In Ohio, use OhioLEARNS.
3B: Exploring Graduate Schools
Does your prospective career require a graduate degree? When exploring graduate programs, consider factors such as reputation, cost, location, specializations offered. Here are some guides that can help you in this process:
3C: Program Rankings
Many people also look at an educational program's ranking -- how well it compares to other programs like it.
A variety of factors, both subjective (reputation of program) as well as objective (such as placement of graduates, academic credentials of faculty, etc.) can be used to compile rankings. Be sure to learn what factors were used to determine the rankings that you find.
- U.S. News: America's Best Colleges
Colleges are ranked by specific programs (engineering, business, etc.) or other criteria, such as best value.
- U.S. News: America's Best Graduate Schools
This is a popular source for rankings of graduate and professional programs. Look at "How We Rank Graduate Schools" and the "Methodology" links under each category to understand more about their process.
- College and University Rankings
This page from University of Illinois Library is a guide to many different sources for rankings data of both graduate and undergraduate programs.
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