Colleges Worth Your Money: A Guide to What America's Top Schools Can Do for You is an invaluable guide for students making the crucial decision of where to attend college when our thinking about higher education is radically changing. At a time when costs are soaring and competition for admission is higher than ever, the college-bound need to know how prospective schools will benefit them both as students and after graduation. Colleges Worth Your Money provides the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive information for gauging the ROI of America's top schools, including: In-depth profiles of 175 of the top colleges and universities across the U.S.; Over 75 key statistics about each school that cover unique admissions-related data points such as gender-specific acceptance rates, early decision acceptance rates, and five-year admissions trends at each college. The solid facts on career outcomes, including the school's connections with recruiters, the rate of employment post-graduation, where students land internships, the companies most likely to hire students from a particular school, and much more. Data and commentary on each college's merit and need-based aid awards, average student debt, and starting salary outcomes. Top Colleges for America's Top Majors lists highlighting schools that have the best programs in 40+ disciplines. Lists of the "Top Feeder" undergraduate colleges into medical school, law school, tech, journalism, Wall Street, engineering, and more.
Andrew Belasco, PhD, a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard University, is CEO of College Transitions, an educational consulting firm and a co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). His work has been published in the nation's top higher education journals and featured in dozens of media outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Time, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and NPR Dave Bergman, EdD oversees the collegetransitions.com blog and Dataverse, reaching an audience in excess of two million readers annually. Dave is also the co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admission Process (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). Michael Trivette, PhD is a co-founder of College Transitions and has experience working within the University of North Carolina System and the University System of Georgia. His research has been published in Educational Policy, Review of Higher Education, The Journal of Higher Education, and the Journal of Education Finance.
Introduction & Methodology Agnes Scott College American University Amherst College Arizona State University Babson College Bard College Barnard College Baruch College (CUNY) Bates College Baylor University Bentley University Berea College Binghamton University (SUNY) Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brigham Young University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University California Institute of Technology California Polytechnic Institute, San Luis Obispo Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Centre College Claremont McKenna College Clark University Clarkson University Clemson University Colby College Colgate University The College of New Jersey College of the Holy Cross The College of Wooster College of William & Mary Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Columbia University Connecticut College The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University DePauw University Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University Elon University Emerson College Emory University Fairfield University Florida State University Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Furman University George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Gonzaga University Grinnell College Hamilton College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Howard University Illinois Institute of Technology Indiana University Bloomington Ithaca College James Madison University Johns Hopkins University Juniata College Kalamazoo College Kenyon College Lafayette College Lawrence University Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Maryland Macalester College Marist College Marquette University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Miami University - Oxford Michigan State University Middlebury College Mount Holyoke College New College of Florida New York University North Carolina State University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Occidental College The Ohio State University - Columbus Pennsylvania State University - University Park Pepperdine University Pitzer College Pomona College Princeton University Providence College Purdue University - West Lafayette Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhodes College Rice University Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ................. 248 Rutgers University - New Brunswick San Diego State University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Scripps College Sewanee - The University of the South Skidmore College Smith College Southern Methodist University Spelman College St. Lawrence University St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Olaf College Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Stony Brook University (SUNY) Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University Texas A&M University - College Station Texas Christian University Trinity College (CT) Trinity University Tufts University Tulane University Union College (NY) United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy University at Buffalo (SUNY) University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Denver University of Florida University of Georgia University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa University of Maryland, College Park University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota - Twin Cities University of North Carolina at Asheville University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Diego University of South Carolina University of Southern California The University of Texas at Austin University of Utah University of Virginia University of Washington - Seattle University of Wisconsin - Madison Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Tech Wake Forest University Washington & Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University Whitman College Willamette University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University Top Programs and Top Feeders Lists
Previous edition praise: A top guide to higher education choices, Belasco's book is a succinct, affordable, and highly readable resource to suit the individual student looking for the perfect collegiate match. Candid summations identify the most sports- and Greek-crazy campuses and the prime majors for academic depth and future earnings. Coverage of student aid, counseling and recruiting services, top employers, and retention rates point high school seniors and transfer students to the best deals. Tidbits of data-the high crime rate around Wake Forest University, Notre Dame's Catholic background, Yale's music and drama opportunities, Memphis biking lanes, immense enrollment of the University of Washington at Seattle, progressive perspective of Oberlin College-enlighten families to peripheral aspects of campus life. Lacking from overviews are details of gender safety programs, especially the size of security forces. A superb choice for high school libraries and counseling offices, homeschoolers, and public libraries. YA/Curriculum Support: College-bound teens will find well-presented information to help inform their decisions * Booklist *
