Find Your Perfect Cove.

CollegeCove is the fun college search platform that helps high school students discover their perfect college using lifestyle filters they care about.

Our Mission

Choosing a college is one of the biggest decisions of your life — but most college search tools feel like sorting through a boring spreadsheet. They show you all the academic rankings, but they miss what actually shapes your college experience: the lifestyle.

We built CollegeCove to fix that. Think of it like Zillow, but for colleges. You wouldn't buy a house without knowing if it's near a beach, in a walkable neighborhood, or close to your favorite coffee shop. Why should picking a college be any different?

With CollegeCove, you can filter schools by proximity to a beach or ski resort, size of the Greek life scene, sports (Go Big Ten!), tuition budget, ACT score range — all at once.

What We Built

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6,000+ School Profiles

Every accredited U.S. college and university, dynamically generated with tuition, admissions data, ACT scores, and campus lifestyle info.

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Interactive Map

Pin-coded map of every college in the U.S. Click any school to see key stats, then jump to its full profile.

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Side-by-Side Compare

Add up to 4 schools and compare on every metric. Green highlights show you which school wins on cost, selectivity, or vibe.

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Lifestyle Filters

Filter by beach proximity, ski resort distance, Greek life, party scene, HBCU status, athletic division, and more.

Our Data

All academic data on CollegeCove comes from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) maintained by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2024 survey year. This includes:

  • ✓Institution names, locations, and contact information (HD2024)
  • ✓Admissions data: applications, admits, enrollment, ACT/SAT scores (ADM2024)
  • ✓Cost data: tuition, fees, room & board, application fees (IC2024_AY)
  • ✓Institutional characteristics and Carnegie Classification
  • ✓NCAA athletics data from NCAA.org 2025
  • ✓Greek life data from GreekRank.net

Lifestyle data (beach/ski proximity, party rankings) is manually curated and updated periodically. Always verify costs and admissions requirements directly with each institution — data may not reflect the most recent changes.

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Built Just for Fun

CollegeCove is a passion project — built because it's what our high schoolers wanted and couldn't find. The search just deserved to be way more fun. We are not affiliated with any college, university, or government agency. All opinions and curated rankings are our own.

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