Using the user profile fields as the search criteria

Now that we have created and populated our customized user profile fields, how can we use the information as criteria for searching for groups of students? There are various methods for viewing the information entered into the user profile fields. One very simple method is to search for a student and view his or her profile to see the information stored in the fields. If however, we would like to produce a list of all students who are enrolled in the Pre-law program, for example, this method is not useful. The following are two methods of accessing lists of users based upon information or values stored in the user profile fields.