Your brother is starting 9th grade next year and is thinking about going to college. What steps would you recommend he take?

I'm in the 8th grade taking High School course so I'm not very experienced with finding colleges but i recommend he follow these steps:

1) Find about 5 - 10 colleges with tuition prices he can afford.

2) Narrow down the colleges to about 3 or 4 based on which offers the best education, which would look best on a job résumé, and finally which offers majors he is interested in.

3) This may sound shallow but i think he could also look at what schools his friends are going to and maybe get some of their advice.