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Free college-planning worksheets & checklists

Printable worksheets and checklists for students, parents, counselors, and teachers, plus CampusPin's free interactive tools. Everything here is free, requires no account, and is fine to print, save as a PDF, or share. Educators and counselors are welcome to distribute these to students and families.

Printable worksheets & checklists

Counselors · students · familiesCollege comparison worksheetCompare up to four colleges side by side across cost, location, size, programs, deadlines, and fit. One printable page.Open & print →Parents and familiesParent college-search checklistA calm, phase-by-phase checklist, explore, narrow, apply, decide, with the tasks and questions that matter at each stage.Open & print →StudentsCollege research worksheetOne sheet per school: net price, acceptance rate, programs, deadlines, your reasons, and the questions to ask.Open & print →Counselors and studentsCollege search by state worksheetPick states to explore, note public/private and two- vs four-year preferences, and list candidate colleges. Backed by verified institution-distribution data.Open & print →

Free interactive tools

Prefer to work on screen? These run free in your browser, see all of them on the tools page.

Resources by audience

For students

Self-guided search and shortlisting.

For parents

Family-focused planning and cost.

For counselors

Advising workflows and classroom use.

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