College Characteristics

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I started off this series of How to Pay Less for College by discussing how the economics of supply and demand are the basis for cutting the cost of college. The next two posts on college rankings and geography were basically explaining two significant elements that affect how much families will pay for college. Today I want to talk about a third factor that falls under the supply and demand of college admissions: college size.

50-50 Highlights: Is Your College Degree Worth More Than a High School Diploma?

07/26/201609/17/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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Something happened this weekend that most families trying to figure out how to pick and pay for college missed–and most colleges are probably good with this. This weekend the government released a revised College Scorecard that lets users filter schools based on graduation rates, average annual costs, and graduate median salary. Better yet, all the data collected (although not necessarily used) by the College Scorecard was also released for downloading. Guess what I’ve been doing since Sunday?

50-50 Highlights: Schools in The Washington Monthly College Rankings

07/26/201609/03/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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With the increasing number of college rankings available, it’s easy to forget that the US News Best College Rankings reigned without competition for 20 years. In 2005, The Washington Monthly published its alternative college rankings designed to evaluate the value of colleges as a social institution. For 10 years, The Washington Monthly College Rankings have been asking what can colleges do for society rather than ranking them on the quality of their students.

50-50 Highlights: Colleges in the Top 100 of PayScale College Salary Rankings

05/03/202208/27/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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Another week and another set of college rankings-must be back to school time. This week PayScale released its College Salary Report. As far as rankings go, it has several features to recommend it. The primary advantage is that it really is exclusively focused on outcomes. No national reputation score, no attempts to measure the qualities of the students. It’s strictly based on income of graduates.

Choosing a College After the Military

07/26/201606/25/2015 by Scott Huntington

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The following is a guest post by Scott Huntington.

In order to properly use the GI Bill – or any military benefit – you can’t choose just any college. Don’t pick your college based on its proximity to the beach or even your family. Not all colleges are interested in helping military personnel achieve their career goals; they’re more interested in the guaranteed funds from your GI Bill.

50-50 Highlights: Colleges for Non-traditional Students

07/26/201604/30/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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In case you haven’t heard, most college students aren’t the traditional 18-year-olds, starting college full-time the fall after they graduate from high school. That’s because the term college students include both part-time and full-time as well as those attending community colleges, for-profit schools, and school that don’t offer degrees.

Resources to Find Ohio Colleges

07/26/201604/17/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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Student to Faculty Ratios: Should they be part of your college rankings?

07/26/201604/14/2015 by Michelle Kretzschmar

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