July 2020 kiplinger Covid College article:

https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/careers/college/601110/college-during-covid

US NEWS 2020:

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges

2020-21 Best Value Undergraduate Business Schools:

https://www.valuecolleges.com/rankings/best-value-undergraduate-business-schools/

2020-21 best colleges based on different criteria ( best value, top ranked, etc).

https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges/s/california/

Money Magazine 2019 best value colleges:

 http://money.com/money/best-colleges/ 

 Kiplinger 2019 best value colleges (consider your search by need based aid and non-need based aid columns?)

https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/college/T014-S001-best-college-values-college-finder/index.php#Table

Kiplinger 2019 Best public colleges--with out of state tuition prices included!!!

 2019 out of state tuition best public colleges

Best paying majors

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-americas-no-1-college-major-for-salary-and-job-availability-2019-08-26

College Scorecard (from US dept. of ed.  compares college majors, pay, debt at universities) 

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

Best undergraduate business schools (2015)  (UCs = Berkeley, Irvine, UC Riverside)

https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/loans/student-loans/best-colleges-for-business-major-2015/

WUE:  Western Undergraduate Exchange (for saving on tuition at select out of state public schools in the west):

https://www.wiche.edu/tuition-savings/wue/wue-savings-finder/

https://www.wiche.edu/files/files/WUEsavingsChart.pdf

Establishing residency in all 50 states to get "in-state tuition":  requirements:

http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/stateresidency.phtml

https://www.wiche.edu/wue

Interesting strategy to save on college costs:

https://www.kiplinger.com/article/college/T063-C032-S014-how-i-slashed-my-kids-college-tuition-bill-in-half.html