College Grads With the Least Debt For many college students and parents, student loans are inevitable. Loans become the financial bridge between personal means and institutional financial aid. How common is student debt? Let’s put some data in place to properly frame the concept of student debt: NCES reports 17 million students current attend college…
Top Ranked Colleges Providing the Most Financial Aid One of the largest barriers for college students is money. Money to pay for tuition, books, room & board, fees, parking, books, laundry, telephone, and the list goes on. The facts remain, as a nation we have reached an all-time high for college graduates. Over 33% of…
Trends in Out of State College Enrollment Data provided by The U.S. Department of Education can be extracted for hundreds of data points. Some pieces are useful to students while others are not useful to current or prospective college students. Examples of useful data include things like acceptance rates, on-campus residence, number of enrolled graduate…
ROI of Alternative College Credentials In a recent study by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS), research dives deep into the burgeoning field of alternative college credentials. As an alternative for traditional college degrees, the industry has seen its share of disruptive technologies and pathway programs for soon-to-be college students. Examples of alternative credentials…
Discounts for College Tuition at Historic Levels Mainstream media would like prospective college students that tuition is on a runaway path and private college affordability is out of reach. Taking a step back and analyzing the facts will provide a holistic picture on private college tuition trends. Our goal is to provide a fact-based, no-nonsense…
Top Colleges by Return on Investment The top colleges in the United States organized by ROI, Return on Investment, are listed below along with other data elements. The Seattle-based data company Payscale published a report breaking down the top colleges in the country organized by value-orientation. The majority of the programs listed below or schools…
Are College Tuition Guarantees the Answer? It is a generally understood axiom in higher education that the sticker price or retail price of college is not what you will pay. For students and parents this can seem a bit confusing, frustrating, and perplexing. With some recent hype about free college tuition programs we will dive…
Facts About the SAT & ACT It is vital to the success of students to invest the time to understand what is needed in order to graduate high school and prepare for college. As such, we have received many questions from parents and students around the country asking about standardized tests. Some of the most…
Careers with the Biggest Income Gains The jobs below represent the vocations with the biggest income gains for the latest reporting year. The jobs were first sorted for occupations with at least a 10% job growth from the previous calendar year to help minimize income gains for statistical anomalies for U.S. jobs during that time. …
College Degrees with Over 100% Growth Would you believe some of the fastest growing college degree programs in the United States are not on your radar? Put another way, the list of the college degree programs with over 100% year-over-year growth are not popular college degrees. Using the overall number of degrees conferred along with…