Niche: College Search

Niche.com Inc.

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About this app

On the Niche app, you have access to comprehensive profiles on every college in America — from the ones you already know about to the ones you have yet to discover. You can use Niche to read student and alumni reviews, browse our personalized college recommendations, apply for scholarships and more.

FEATURES

• In-depth college profiles: Explore nearly 7,000 college profiles that include data on cost and financial aid, admissions requirements, student life and more. You can also read reviews from current students and alumni.
• Personalized recommendations: Once you start using the app, we’ll create customized lists of colleges that might be a good fit for you based on your specific priorities and interests.
• My List: As you explore your options, you can save the colleges you like to your list. The more schools you add, the better we can personalize our recommendations for you.
• Scholarship search: Browse and apply for college scholarships by category or get matched directly with scholarships you are eligible for.
• College rankings: Explore college rankings by state, major, student life and more. Whether you’re looking for a liberal arts college, public university or the best college for nursing, Niche rankings serve as a starting point to find the best school for you.
• Expert tips and advice: Visit the Niche Blog to find posts on topics ranging from getting into college and getting through college to life after graduation.


WHAT SETS NICHE APART?

Quality data
• Niche takes the most comprehensive data available on colleges in the U.S. and puts it all in one place. We’re constantly updating and connecting millions of data points to produce new rankings and insights.

Honest reviews
• Since day one, Niche has been committed to showing our users what it’s really like at a college or school. You’ll be able to read about real experiences people have had to get a sense of what life at a certain college might be like.

Ratings and reviews

Just like many others have noted, the recent update has completely overhauled a main focus of the previous versions. A big swing and a miss. Maybe could have designed the app to have more of these college/student-focused features be more prominent, but to basically hide the city/town and other familiar features really pushes away what is seemingly a large user base. Even if you want to keep the focus as-is, to even use the app you need to fill in contact info?! Way off the mark

It has been really helpful in my search for colleges, considering I didn't know where to go before installing this app. However, it has some issues. 1. It refreshes when you change to other apps, so you lose the progress you have made. 2. When looking colleges by majors, it doesn't show the Classics major! Please fix this, since it is offered almost everywhere. If you show History, you should also show Classics.

The Niche website is great on a desktop but glitchy on mobile. The app doesn't let you do anything without providing your address and phone number which is an absolute non-starter for me. Also, the password field is set to start with a capital letter, suggesting that the app developers aren't taking full advantage of security features to protect passwords. Making it possible to use the app without providing a complete profile, and ironing out some of the bugs during login would go a long way.

What's new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

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