Due to increased demand for skilled workers, it has become increasingly important for students to continue with higher education after obtaining a high school diploma. Nonetheless, although college enrollment rates have increased for all groups over the past three decades, gaps across socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups still persist, and students from low-income families whose parents have not attended college, and those of African American or Hispanic descent are less likely than those who are more economically stable, from more educated households, to enroll in college. When students from underrepresented groups enroll in college, they tend to be concentrated in public two-year colleges, as well as less selective and less well-resourced four-year colleges and universities.

There is a definite need for more strategies to help students make a well-educated decision. Not all students in high school have the necessary means to pick the right college that will benefit them the most. This study is an investigation into one way to help those students when applying to college; the website developed is a positive strategy.

The researcher analyzed data quantitatively and qualitatively concurrently to draw more definite conclusions regarding student knowledge of post-secondary education. Most survey and interviewed participants were females, demographically Hispanic/Latino and White. All survey questions were discussed, and some were grouped to detect patterns. Five themes emerged in the inteviews which discussed the students' reasoning for choosing which institution to attend. In conclusion, both reported the website to be a positive resource for students that helped them through the college application process.

Keywords: post-secondary education, first-generation, higher education, socioeconmically disadvantaged, college readiness, career readiness, decision-making.