About CollegePul
Pul (sounds like “pull”) means bridge in Hindi and Urdu. We’re a bridge between what you know from back home and how college works in America.
CollegePul is a free guide for South Asian parents who are new to the US college system. There are no ads and no sign-up, and we never sell or share data.
What we are, and what we aren’t
General guidance only. Not legal, immigration, or financial advice. Rules change, so always confirm with the college, your child’s school counselor, and the official sites we link to.
Where our numbers come from
Every number on CollegePul comes from a public source, and each page shows the source and year next to it.
- College costs, net price by income, graduation rates, debt, admission rates, and earnings by major: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), data year 2024 (downloaded October 7, 2026). collegescorecard.ed.gov
- Typical pay and job outlook: BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, projections for 2025–35, wages for 2025 (downloaded October 6, 2026). bls.gov
- Career descriptions and alternate job titles: O*NET Web Services (downloaded October 7, 2026).
- Which college majors lead to which careers: NCES CIP 2020 – SOC 2018 Crosswalk (downloaded October 6, 2026). nces.ed.gov
- Scholarships: 114 entries, each checked by hand against the provider’s official page. Each card shows when it was last checked. We re-check every August and flag anything older than a year.
How “best value” works
Best value = typical earnings of graduates in the related majors, 4 years after graduating ÷ (average net price per year × years of study). We count 4 years for a bachelor’s degree and 2 for an associate degree. Net prices under $1,000 count as $1,000. When a college offers several related majors, we use the median of their earnings. Colleges that don’t report earnings or net price can’t be ranked this way and are listed separately as “limited data”.
Admission rates, not rankings
College lists can be sorted by admission rate (the share of applicants a college admits), from College Scorecard. We don’t show commercial rankings such as U.S. News or QS: those are licensed products, and they change their methods often. A low admission rate means a college is hard to get into, not that it is the right fit.
We never ask about immigration status
Scholarship rules often depend on citizenship. Instead of asking, we show each scholarship’s rules so your family can check privately. The “Who can apply” filter works only on your screen and is never saved or sent.
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