FAQ
Students
Finding the right college starts with exploration. The more campuses, student experiences, and college environments you discover, the more likely you are to find a school that feels like the right fit.
The College Tour helps students explore colleges in three ways:
Watch the TV Series – Stream episodes of The College Tour and hear directly from real students as they share their experiences with academics, campus life, housing, athletics, internships, student organizations, and more.
Tour Colleges Now – Explore dedicated college tour pages featuring videos, campus information, student stories, and resources that allow you to learn about colleges from anywhere.
Find Your College Fit – Complete our interactive college discovery experience designed to help you better understand your interests, goals, and preferences while exploring authentic student stories from campuses across the country.
Together, these resources help students move beyond rankings and brochures to discover colleges through the voices of real students and gain a clearer understanding of what type of college experience is right for them.
The College Tour is a free college discovery platform and TV series that helps students explore colleges and universities through authentic student stories. Each episode of the TV series is told by current students who share what campus life is really like—from academics and housing to athletics, internships, clubs, and student life.
Yes. The College Tour is completely free for students, families, and counselors. You can watch episodes, explore college tour pages, and use our college discovery resources at no cost.
You can stream episodes directly on TheCollegeTour.com, watch episodes and featured student stories on individual college pages, download The College Tour app, or stream seasons on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi or YouTube.
No. While seasons are available on Amazon Prime Video, all colleges featured on The College Tour can be explored for free through TheCollegeTour.com.
The College Tour allows you to compare colleges through real student experiences. By exploring different campuses, majors, student organizations, athletic programs, and campus cultures, you can better understand what type of college environment might be the best fit for you.
Absolutely. Many families use The College Tour together as part of the college search process. It helps parents and students have more informed conversations about potential colleges and universities.
Students can explore hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States through episodes, student stories, and dedicated college tour pages.
Instead of hearing only from the institution, you’ll hear directly from current students. Their stories provide authentic insights into campus life, academics, housing, student organizations, athletics, internships, and more.
Find Your College Fit is a free, interactive college discovery experience designed to help students better understand the type of college environment, campus culture, and academic pathways that may be right for them. Through real student stories, guided exploration, and reflection exercises, students can begin identifying what matters most in their college search.
Most college matching tools ask a few questions and immediately suggest schools. Find Your College Fit is designed to help students learn about themselves by exploring authentic student experiences from colleges across the country. The goal is not simply to generate a list of schools, but to help students discover what they are looking for in a college experience.
No. Many students begin the college search process without knowing exactly what they want to study. Find Your College Fit helps students explore academic interests, campus environments, student life, and career pathways while discovering what feels right for them.
Students can complete the experience at their own pace. Most students spend between 20 and 45 minutes exploring videos, answering questions, and reflecting on what matters most to them in a college experience.
Yes. Find Your College Fit is completely free for students, families, counselors, and educators.
Counselors
The College Tour is a free college discovery platform and TV series that helps students explore colleges and universities through authentic student stories. Students can watch episodes of The College Tour TV series, explore colleges through Tour Now pages, and complete the Find Your College Fit experience to better understand what type of college environment may be right for them.
Our mission is to help students make more informed college decisions by hearing directly from real students about academics, campus life, housing, athletics, internships, student organizations, and career opportunities.
Yes. The College Tour is completely free for counselors, students, families, and educators. Episodes, college tour pages, and Find Your College Fit are all available at no cost.
Counselors use The College Tour as a trusted college exploration resource that helps students discover colleges through authentic student voices.
The platform provides students with:
- Real student stories
- College and university exploration tools
- Career and academic pathway insights
- Virtual college discovery experiences
- Guided self-reflection through Find Your College Fit
Many counselors use The College Tour to supplement college advising, college fairs, classroom activities, and family engagement programs.
Many counselors incorporate The College Tour into their college and career readiness programming by:
- Sharing episodes during advisory periods or counseling sessions
- Assigning students to compare colleges and discuss their findings
- Using Tour Now pages as a college research activity
- Encouraging students to complete Find Your College Fit
- Including The College Tour as part of college application workshops
- Sharing resources through counseling websites and newsletters
Find Your College Fit is a free, interactive college discovery experience designed to help students better understand their interests, goals, and preferences while exploring real student stories from colleges across the country.
Rather than simply generating a list of recommended schools, the experience encourages students to reflect on what matters most to them while learning about different campus cultures, different majors, student life opportunities, and career pathways.
Many students begin the college search process without knowing what type of institution is right for them.
Find Your College Fit helps students:
- Explore academic interests and potential majors
- Learn about different campus cultures
- Discover what type of college environment appeals to them
- Gain exposure to colleges they may not have previously considered
- Develop greater confidence in their college search process
The experience is designed to support meaningful college exploration and self-discovery.
Find Your College Fit can be used at any stage of the college search process.
Many counselors introduce it to:
- Freshmen and sophomores beginning college exploration
- Juniors building a college list
- Seniors refining their choices and priorities
It is also an excellent resource for college and career readiness programs, advisory classes, counseling groups, and family engagement events.
Yes. Many counselors, teachers, and schools use The College Tour episodes, student stories, and college tour pages during classroom instruction, advisory periods, college readiness programs, and college planning events.
Tour Now is The College Tour’s college exploration feature that allows students to discover colleges through dedicated tour pages.
Each page may include:
- Student stories
- Academic information
- Admissions resources
- Campus highlights
- Opportunities to learn more directly from the institution
Tour Now allows students to explore colleges from anywhere at their own pace.
No. While The College Tour TV series is available on Amazon Prime Video, students and families can explore colleges, watch student stories, and access many resources directly through TheCollegeTour.com.
Absolutely. We encourage counselors and schools to add a link to TheCollegeTour.com as a free college exploration resource for students and families.
Many schools include The College Tour within:
- Counseling websites
- College and career centers
- Parent resource pages
- College planning resources
- Student success programs
Yes. We send newsletters weekly. We encourage you to share with families and students.
The College Tour is an excellent resource for family college planning.
Parents can watch episodes with their kids, explore colleges together through Tour Now, and discuss the results of the Find Your College Fit experience. Many schools also use The College Tour during family college nights and parent information sessions.
New colleges, student stories, and episodes are added throughout the year as The College Tour continues to film campuses across the country and expand its library of student experiences.
Students can explore hundreds of colleges and universities through The College Tour’s TV series, Tour Now college pages, and thousands of student stories representing a wide range of academic programs, campus cultures, and student experiences.
Most college search tools focus on statistics, rankings, and institutional marketing.
The College Tour focuses on authentic student experiences.
By combining a nationally distributed TV series, interactive college tour pages, and the Find Your College Fit experience, students gain a deeper understanding of what life is actually like on campus and can make more informed decisions about their future.
College and University Partners
The College Tour is a nationally distributed TV series and college discovery platform that helps students explore colleges through authentic student stories. Our platform reaches students, families, and high school counselors across the country.
Contact us through our Partner With Us page to schedule a conversation.
Our audience includes prospective students, parents, families, high school counselors, and educational professionals who are helping students navigate the college search process.
We partner with public universities, private colleges, community colleges, HBCUs, tribal colleges, faith-based institutions, career-focused schools, and specialized educational programs.
Institutions can partner with The College Tour to create a professionally produced episode showcasing their campus through the voices of current students. To learn more, contact our production team through our partner inquiry form.
Each episode highlights multiple student stories that showcase academics, campus life, housing, athletics, student organizations, internships, career preparation, and unique campus opportunities.
The College Tour Spotlight provides institutions with a dedicated presence on The College Tour platform, including a branded tour page, lead generation opportunities, and visibility within our counselor network.
Partner institutions are featured in counselor newsletters, dedicated college pages and other resources designed to help students explore colleges more effectively.
Yes. Partner institutions receive access to valuable production assets that can often be used across admissions marketing, social media, presentations, websites, and recruitment campaigns.
Filming schedules are often booked months in advance. Institutions interested in being featured should contact our team as early as possible to discuss production timelines and availability.