Universities and colleges on a map?

[Grantmom]

Does anyone know if there is a website or a way to do a university or college search by map?  If you wanted to look and see what colleges are close to certain cities on a map?  I want to just look at a map that shows all the universities and colleges, so that if we are traveling, we can look and see what schools might be along the route or somewhere nearby.  I haven't had any luck yet.  Is there a way to do this on Google maps, like the way you can search for nearby hotels?

 

Thanks for any links or advice!

[wapiti]

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1cpqi1yFsJlRwqUfpBinTEqLfbp4&ll=36.4566360115962%2C-76.11328125&z=4

This is the only one I have, though if I recall, it may be missing some of the "top 100" it purports to list.  (I doubt there's a map showing all colleges everywhere - too many!)

Edited April 5, 2017 by wapiti

[Nancy in NH]

http://vistacollegesearch.com

 

If you choose a region on this map, it will show how many schools in that region on the US map.  Then just zoom in on a smaller region to see which colleges are located nearby.  I haven't used it, but thought I'd pass along.  Hope it helps!

Nancy in NH

[Arcadia]

I can see that info on apple maps on my iPhone by just typing college. The universities would show up too. We do that often as my husband's business trip is to universities or near universities and we tag along.

 

My Garmin Nuvi GPS in the car can do that easily too. I just put in city name or choose along route, and then pick schools.

Edited April 5, 2017 by Arcadia

[Grantmom]

Thanks all!  I just found this one, too, but it is just top colleges:

 

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2016-09-14/map-where-to-find-the-2017-us-news-best-colleges

 

 

[Grantmom]

Good to know you can look them up on the GPS.  I wonder if I can do that on Google maps on my phone.

[KarenNC]

When we started looking, I just put "colleges near ....." and the city name in Google. That gave answers for a wide variety of schools.

[*LC]

wikipedia has a listing of colleges by state or at least for any state that I have ever searched. just search List of colleges and universities in (state name)

 

A search will work on google maps on a phone, however, something with a bigger screen may be easier to work with especially in an area with many schools. You will want to search college and university as some schools only come up with when the word in their school names is searched. Others come up either way. Some schools are named on the map and some just get a dot,that will display name if clicked.