September 2020 Archives

Kiplinger Ranking Prioritizes Affordability and Best Value

Posted on 2020-09-252020-09-25by Elise Rust

…and places UNC at Chapel Hill and Swarthmore College at the top of their 500 school list. The personal finance magazine assesses total cost per year, average financial aid, average debt at graduation, and median earnings 10 years post-graduation, among other criteria, to generate their overall rankings.

Best Bang for Your Buck Colleges (Highest ROI)

Posted on 2020-09-242020-09-25by Elise Rust

A new ranking by Washington Monthly offers a nuanced assessment of different colleges’ “Return on Investment”. The study calculates a social mobility score comprised of many factors including schools’ net price after aid, median earnings 10 years after initial enrollment, and loan repayment rate. The rankings are broken down by…

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Claremont Colleges Consortium Boasts High Yields Among Liberal Arts Schools

Posted on 2020-09-112020-09-11by Andrew Nguyen

Yield refers to the percentage of students admitted to an institution who choose to enroll. Colleges pride themselves on this metric as it demonstrates their value and reputation to high-caliber students. High yields are also financially valuable as they bring in more tuition money every year. Liberal arts schools saw…

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College Costs Continue to Rise

Posted on 2020-09-112020-09-11by Elise Rust

…as public universities saw 2.5% increases in tuition and room and board between 2018-19 and 2019-20, and private non-profit four-year colleges saw a 3.3% increase. Public universities remain significantly cheaper than private non-profit four-year colleges, charging almost $22,000 for tuition, room, and board for in-state students and $38,330 for…

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Improving Remote Learning for Fall 2020

Posted on 2020-09-112024-01-11by Elise Rust

International Students Contributed $41 billion to the US Economy

Posted on 2020-09-112020-09-25by Andrew Nguyen

…as well as 458,290 jobs during the 2018-2019 academic year a new NAFSA report finds. Trump’s July 6th announcement of his intention to bar international college students from entering the country if their school went fully remote was met with swift outrage and backlash by both students and colleges. Along …

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University Presidents’ Compensation Outweighs Faculty Salaries 17 to 1

Posted on 2020-09-042020-10-30by Elise Rust

17 public universities and 64 private universities issued executive compensation over 1 million USD in 2017, with Pennsylvania State University rising to the top of the public sector and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and University of Pennsylvania’s presidents topping out the private sector. Of the highest-paid public and private university…

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College Fit is Key to Completion of STEM Degrees

Posted on 2020-09-042022-07-26by Andrew Nguyen

…as Malcolm Gladwell’s 2013 book David and Goliath finds that choosing a school where you excel may be more important than choosing a school for its elite status, especially for those interested in science. Largely based on a 1988 study by Strenata et. al, Gladwell’s book proposes that being…

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