What You Need to Know About Mental Health Attending college is an exciting adventure rife with opportunities and challenges for everyone. A mix of emotions can come from gaining greater independence, meeting new people, integrating into a new community, and creating memories that last a lifetime. For many college students, college creates stress and anxiety…
Ranking Schools by Classroom Experience Below you will discover a short list of 4-year private and public colleges in the United States. The schools we have listed are rated exceptionally high for their overall classroom experience. Current and former college students have provided key input as part of our peer-based metric tool during the ranking…
Is Having an Undecided Major a Bad Thing? The short answer is that in most cases you should select a college major on your application rather than writing undecided. Understand if you decide to put business administration, biotechnology, Latin American Studies, robotics, or psychology as your intended major, you are not contractually bound to retain…
What is Dentistry? The term dentistry comes from the Ancient Greek word related to odontology which is the study of the development, structure, and health of the teeth. Dentistry, as it is practiced today, is a branch of medicine that includes: Study, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of issues relating to the oral cavity and oral…
Top 6 Skills for a College Grad Regardless of your age or your job title in life, you will need to be disciplined about learning. Consciously working on building key skills and attributes will help ensure a successful vocational trajectory year over year. As educators and national publishers, we continue to see compelling evidence of…
Sociology Career Guide Today’s job market is experiencing a constant, ever-evolving transformation. To this end, skills developed by sociology majors continue to be essential to the fabric of our society. These skills include the ability to: Assess changes in the broader social structure Analyze the effect of these changes individually and globally Understand diverse peoples…
Can an Obscure College Major Boost Admissions Chances for Applicants? It should be well understood by all college applicants and their parents, that getting into a selective college is not easy. In fact, the average acceptance rate for top ranked colleges in the United States is currently around seven percent. This is still the case…
College Degree Trends in the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s recent NCES report on education statistics, there are a significant number of important trends with respect to higher education degrees. First we will define postsecondary education to get a working baseline of the institutions we are talking about. Postsecondary education includes academic…
Enrollment Trends in College Please see below for a summation of enrollment trends in colleges and universities in the United States. The data has been culled from the NCES’ most recent survey which is managed by the U.S. Department of Education. Growing Total College Enrollment This graph shows the actual and projected total enrollment numbers…
What We Know About Adults in College We have gathered some importance information about the growing trend of adults in college that has been summarized below. Our goal is to help shed light on data and trends that you may find important. The short, bullet-point nature is designed to give you the essence of changes…