Students often expect to complete their undergraduate study in four years, but an analysis of the Common Data Set shows that spending an additional year or two is not uncommon.
At a group of selected technical universities (listed in the graph below), the median four-year graduation rate is 69%. This …
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Test optional policies across U.S. Colleges have resulted in a widespread increase in admitted scores. Looking at the small range of schools depicted below, we see that during the fall of 2019 (prior to test optional policies) the 25th percentile of ACT scores from admitted students were between 26 and …
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Over the past decade, tuition has increased by between 40 and 50 percent, for an average annual increase of 3.2%. In the 2022-2023 academic year, most colleges and universities increased their tuition by between 3 and 5%. Some of the highest percentage increases among schools were at the University of …
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In a study of data collected from high schools across the United States, College Board has indicated that students with several passing AP exam scores tend to double major in college. According to the report, 4,330 students out of 52,551 (8%) with one AP exam score of greater than …
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As college tuition rises, many are asking: is it worth it? In our research of the question, we selected a number of universities across the United States and compared the cost of tuition with early-career (0-5 years) and mid-career (10+ years) salaries earned by graduates.
Given the lower cost of …
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The annual release of the U.S. News Best Colleges list came with new methodologies for ranking schools. While the recent change in approach includes parameters such as faculty salaries and rank, the most controversial change focuses on test scores during the pandemic.
Colleges reporting less than 50% of their admitted …
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According to the UC Information Center, computer science, business, and engineering are the most highly paid majors of UC graduates. The salaries of these majors across different schools tend to correlate with the Times Higher Education national ranking of the school. Among these three majors (computer science, business, and …
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In 2021, the UC’s saw an increase in the number of admitted students by 19% from 2019. The number of admitted underrepresented freshmen increased by about 22%, whereas the number of well-represented groups–Caucasian and Asian American students–increased by about 10%.
In 2019, 28,547 underrepresented freshmen were admitted across all UC …
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Canadian universities have grown in visibility as U.S. families seek affordable college tuition. An examination of Canada’s top-ranked schools reveals that ranking does not correlate with the cost of international tuition. The University of Toronto is an exception; it is both the most highly ranked and most expensive college …
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At various points in the past decade, the admission data of the University of California has come under scrutiny. Below is a graph depicting the proportion of students of each origin admitted to each UC campus for the 2020 season. UC Irvine admitted the highest proportion of international students, making …
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