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Higher Education
 | Allegany
County Community College - Allegany College provides quality educational programs,
training, and services at reasonable cost in a convenient, comfortable environment. The
College is dedicated to excellence and is responsive to meeting the present and future
needs of its students and community. The faculty, staff, and trustees of the College are
committed to providing personal attention to those they serve.. |
| California
University of Pennsylvania - Located about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA, this
small university is popular among students desiring more personal attention and assistance
than they can get from larger schools. |
| Carnegie Mellon
University - With seven colleges and over 60 research centers and institutes,
Carnegie Mellon University has gained worldwide recognition. |
| Frostburg
State University - "Through
the efforts of an excellent teaching faculty and a caring and responsible staff, the
University provides a learner-centered environment which nurtures the physical and
emotional well-being of its students and which aspires to involve every student in active
learning." |
| Garrett Community College - A small college located in the mountains of Western Maryland,
overlooking Deep Creek Lake. Serving students from Maryland, as well as nearby West
Virginia and Pennsylvania. |
| Penn State
University - One of America's ten largest universities, Penn State has 23 campuses
spread out across Pennsylvania. |
| St Vincent College - Saint Vincent College is a four-year Catholic, Benedictine, liberal
arts college. Located in the Laurel Highlands recreational region near Latrobe.SVC is a
small college with a personalized approach to undergraduate study in many fields including
biology, business, computing and information science, economics, environmental studies and
psychology. Special programs include internships, cooperative education, honors,
interdisciplinary writing, foreign study, independent study, career planning and
placement. |
| University
of Pittsburgh - Founded in 1787, the
University of Pittsburgh is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the
United States. Today Pitt is an internationally recognized center of learning and
research, strong in the arts and sciences and the professions. In addition to it's
Pittsburgh campus, Pitt has regional campusses in nearby Greensburg and Johnstown. |
| Washington
and Jefferson College - Washington and
Jefferson is one of America's finest national liberal arts colleges. At W & J
the focus is on personal attention and on developing students one at a time. All
classes are taught by master teachers who are caring mentors and advisors, and
opportunities abound for internships, study-abroad programs, student activities, and
volunteer service.. |
| Westmoreland County Community College - Westmoreland County Community College, a publicly supported institution,
offers a broad range of programs and services to meet the educational needs of the
community. The college offers academic programs which parallel the first two years of a
baccalaureate degree program, comprehensive occupational programs which prepare students
for employment in a broad array of technical fields, a strong core of general education
which prepares students to live and work in an increasingly complex and diverse society,
and developmental education, which enables students to overcome academic deficiencies in
order to be successful in college-level courses. |
| West Virginia
University - WVU's main campus is located in Morgantown, WV. They offer an
excellent medical program, and tuition is surprisingly affordable for West Virginia
residents, given the University's size and recognition level.
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| Potomac
State College - WVU's Keyser, West Virginia campus
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Financial Aid
| Fastweb
- Fastweb, regardless of its capitalization, is an acronym. It stands for Financial Aid
Search Through the WEB, which is pretty much what it is. :) It claims to be the Internet's
largest free scholarship search, and we wouldn't disagree. It even automatically mails you
when you've become eligible for a new award! |
| FinAid - FinAid, the Financial Aid
Information Page, has tons of financial aid tools. It had links to financial aid
consulting services, financial aid internet search forms, and even a scam alert page, to
keep you abreast of the latest scholarship scams.
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