New York College Sends Students to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics

Internships can play a huge role in the jobs graduates are able to secure after graduation. It is important when researching colleges to also research their internship policies including a list of employers who serve as internship hosts and also have a record of hiring college students after graduation.
Having a great college internship with excellent [...]

Colleges Are Offering More Financial Aid to Latino Students

Traditionally, Latino students have lagged other ethnic groups in completing high school and attending colleges away from home. In a 2007 survey conducted by the Department of Education, 27% of Latinos ages 18-24 were enrolled in college, with more than half enrolled in community colleges. Although this number has risen greatly from the 1980’s it’s [...]

The Battle Over College Student Loans Continues

President Obama has called the idea of overhauling student loans and ending government subsidies to private lenders a “no brainer.” But actually this overhaul has many brains working overtime, and it can become quite confusing – especially for those of us trying to figure out the least expensive way to pay for college.
There are of [...]

Visiting Colleges—The Backstage Tour

When looking at colleges, what are the first things we consider? Generally, it’s the numbers we find in the college guides, such as U.S. News & World Report — number of students, class size, average SAT scores, graduation rate, etc. And that’s fine because, after all, academics come first.
But as we start narrowing down our [...]

Do Elite Colleges Equal Elite Salaries for Graduates?

Payscale is an Internet site that collects salary data from 1.2 million college graduates based on their highest median mid-career salary (at least 10 years after graduation), highest median starting salary (5 years or less after graduation), and professions. This data is based only on graduates with a bachelor’s degree and begs the question, Does [...]

Does Your College Degree Have Value?

In today’s economy, it’s thought to be more important than ever to get a college degree to stay competitive in the work world. But just because you obtain a college degree, do you have the necessary critical thinking skills to succeed and add value in the workplace? Many employers would say no!
The National Association of [...]

College-bound Students Taking AP Courses at All-Time High

For many high school students, AP stands for Added Pressure. As if the stress of weighted GPA’s, class rank, SAT’s, SAT II’s, and six-hour-per-night homework overloads aren’t enough, the educational establishment has decreed as unwritten doctrine that any serious college-bound student must enroll in as many AP courses as possible. So they do – in [...]

How to Know Which College Major is Best for You

Our college database tracks the percentage of each college’s graduates who get jobs. Which of the following colleges do you think has the best track record for its graduates landing a full-time job within six months of graduating college? Which has the worst?

St. Joseph’s University
Stevens Tech
Boston College
Rutgers

St. Joseph’s and Stevens Tech are tied at the [...]

The Recession Hits College Freshman

The Cooperative Institutional Research Program Freshman Survey is the largest and longest-running survey of American college students. It includes the responses of 219,864 first-time, full time students at approximately 297 national baccalaureate colleges and universities. Many of the findings this year are directly related to the nationwide recession.
More than half of the 219,864 students responded [...]