The college search is complicated and confusing. There are hundreds of ranking list, but many include student happiness as a factor. Parents and students want to know which colleges will actually prepare students for the real world, for employment, and which colleges go beyond the classroom. A new book by Princeton Review, Colleges That Create Futures: 50 Schools That Launch Careers By Going Beyond the Classroom is aiming to do just … [Read more...]
Four Texas Universities Earn Tier One Status
The top Texas colleges, with the Carnegie designation of Tier One status, are Rice University, UT, Texas A&M, and UH. The Carnegie ranking- one of the most prestigious- is updated every five years and only lists 115 universities in the top category. In Spring 2016, four more Texas universities were added to the list: University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Arlington Texas Tech University University of North … [Read more...]
What You Will Actually Pay at Texas Colleges
There are two prices for every college degree: the sticker price and the net price. The sticker price is the number that most schools list in their brochures. The net price is that very same number less scholarships, grants and financial aid. It is what you actually pay. For an incoming freshman, this net price is the number that matters the most, and until recently, it was also the number that we knew the least about. This month, the … [Read more...]
Best Colleges for Engineering
Engineering is the application of science and math to solve problems. Engineers figure out how things work and find practical uses for scientific discoveries. Scientists and inventors often get the credit for innovations that advance the human condition, but it is engineers who are instrumental in making those innovations available to the world. Engineering is one of the cornerstones of STEM education, an interdisciplinary curriculum designed … [Read more...]
Comparing University of Texas and Texas A&M: A Look at the Numbers
University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M at College Station are the best public universities in Texas. Many families have a strong preference for one college over the other. Whether it's the football team, the academics or the legacy, students usually favor one as well. To help families decide which college is right for their students, we'll take a look at the college's statistics and admissions data. University of Texas- … [Read more...]
Best College Business Program Rankings
Here are the rankings for the best undergraduate business programs at US universities in 2016, courtesy of the US News and World Report. Cost of tuition includes tuition and fees, but not room and board costs. OOS= out of state # College/ University Cost of Tuition 6 yr Grad Rate 1 University of Pennsylvania $49,000 98% 2 MIT $46,000 98% 3 University of California- Berkeley $13,000 in state $38,000 … [Read more...]
New College List Ranks by Service to the Community
US News College Rankings is the 'popular' college ranking lists, but since they use questionable data that skews towards the Ivy Leagues, many professionals in the field want more, a better list, more information. Washington Monthly has given that to us. Using new criteria, Washington Monthly has developed a ranking system based on the three issues that are most important to higher education: social mobility, research, and community … [Read more...]
New College Scorecard Website
Two years, President Obama announced that the government planned to start ranking colleges based on their students' outcomes, such as their graduation rates, salaries, and success paying back loans. The idea was to help young adults make more informed decisions about applying to school while humiliating the worst-performing institutions into mending their ways. The administration also wanted to tie schools' eligibility for certain kinds of … [Read more...]
Top 4 Websites for College Research and Information
There are lots of resources for parents or students looking for college admission information online. The admission website for the specific college that the student want to apply to or attend is always the most accurate and relevant, but sometimes we need more information or comparisons. This is when these top four websites come in handy. College Results is a website with thousands of profiles on colleges. It lets users enter specific … [Read more...]
Texas Universities in the National College Rankings
U.S. News and World Report has ranked the top National Universities for more than 25 years. They recently released their new rankings and here are the Texas colleges that were ranked nationally in the top 200 colleges: #19 Rice University #53 University of Texas at Austin (also #7 Business school) #61 Southern Methodist University (also #43 Business school) #70 Texas A&M University (also #29 Business school) #72 Baylor … [Read more...]
