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10 Ways to Pick a College

on April 10, 2012 in Academic quality, Academics, Admissions, Applying, Evaluating Schools, Research

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’ve been getting questions from parents who are agonizing about where their teenagers should attend college. It’s a tough decision and time is running out to pick the winners. The national deposit day for freshman is May 1. Here are some of choices facing a family that contacted me [...]

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Measuring the Worth of a College

on August 11, 2011 in Academic majors, Academics, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

Some things about college are easy to measure. It’s easy to determine the win-loss record of the football or basketball teams. It’s easy to find out how many kids graduate in four years. (Nationally only about 35% pull this off.) It’s easy to determine if the campus is pretty or if the dorm food sucks. [...]

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Colleges and Universities With the Best Graduation Rates

on May 3, 2011 in California universities, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

In my last post, I shared how you can pinpoint the four-year graduation rates of any college or university. If you missed it, here is the post: Will Your Child Graduate From College in 4 Years? As I mentioned yesterday, it should be no surprise that students at private non-profit schools typically graduate sooner than [...]

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Will Your Child Graduate from College in 4 Years?

on May 2, 2011 in California universities, College Costs, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Money, Research, Universities

One of the best ways to cut the cost of college is to graduate in four years. This might seem like a no-brainer, but most college students can’t pull it off. Just over 50% of students, who started out as full-time freshmen, end up graduating in six years. In general, private schools do a better [...]

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Public Universities With the Best Grad Rates

on February 2, 2011 in California universities, Colleges, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

Yesterday I wrote a post that explored what types of schools enjoy the best graduation rates. If you missed it, here it is: Who Graduates In 4 Years? Today I’m sharing the 25 public universities where students enjoy the best chances of earning a diploma in four years. I pulled these figures off the federal [...]

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Who Graduates in 4 Years?

on January 31, 2011 in Colleges, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Universities

Time is money and that is especially true when it comes to college. College students usually don’t graduate in four years and that comes as a shock to most parents. It should be no surprise that students at private non-profit schools graduate sooner than students at state universities, but there is variation within those two [...]

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