Choosing a college can be a huge pain, considering that there are nearly 2,700 four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. alone. These ten websites can help you narrow down the choices without wasting time.

Over 120,000 students were surveyed to narrow down the best colleges. The results rank schools by political activity, quality of life, extracurriculars, and other factors. Registration is required, but free.

A site for the detail-oriented, it has a guided search of colleges filtered by location, majors, cost and more that helps you narrow down schools to consider.

Don't be thrown by the fact this site is specific to Washington state. It has cool resources that can help you decide what you're really looking for in a school, regardless of where you're interested in going.

This is a no-frills website that allows you to search for potential schools. It's designed to provide bare-bones data for quick comparisons.

Search "college" at forbes.com to find a huge selection of relevant and professionally written articles about college. This site is perfect for those who don't appreciate hand-holding.

This site has tons of resources, and articles are ranked by readers. It also has a scholarship search and tools that can help you find the school with the biggest bang for your buck.

An uncomplicated, simple comparison of colleges that includes size, student-teacher ratio and more. Bonus: the results can be saved so you can see them again later.

This U.S. Department of Education database aggregates school data on degrees offered, available programs, tuition and fees, and even the percentage of applicants admitted.

Thousands of students, staff and faculty share video interviews telling what they think of their schools. It's a great place for checking out the environment and culture of a college straight from the trenches instead of glossy university literature.

Apart from offering abridged versions of Orwell, this site is a wealth of knowledge on college topics like how to write a college admissions essay and how many colleges you should apply to. Look under the "College" tab.