A 15th edition of the college guide is now in print from HarperCollins.

Such scores are published by college guides and often requested by families of prospective students.

About 1,400 institutions will be ranked in the book, which for several years, industry sources report, has been the best-selling college guide.

In addition, the magazine sells about a million copies of its paperback book version of the college guide.

With our son careering toward his senior year in high school, my wife and I pore over college guides.

Rupert Hall's short history of the college guides us through the years leading up to this event, then on through the 20th century to recent times.

Now high school students want science fiction and college guides.

"There weren't enough college guides that addressed issues affecting minority students," he said.

At no point, however, do the college guides acknowledge the extraordinary difficulty of the task they have set themselves.

U.S. News also publishes comprehensive college guides in book form.