How much to undergrads pay in tuition?
The Center for College Affordability and Productivity's Chart of the Week shows the Distribution of Undergraduate Enrollment by Tuition Charges: See more on the CCAP.
The Coming Shakeup in American Higher Education
Due to high tuition, room and board costs that far exceed the ability of students and parents to pay for a college education, education consumers are beginning to vote for lower cost alternatives. Community colleges are bulging at the seams with escapees from high cost "non profit" colleges and universities. But, after two years they have to go somewhere and flagship state universities are expensive. Even two years at a public institution can run in excess of $30,000. The budding for-profit education sector offers some relief with lower costs alternatives online or in classrooms. Here is a list Yorktown University compiled when ...
Student Loan Defaults on the Rise
Libby Nelson is reporting on Inside Higher Ed this morning that student loan default rates are on the rise. As the recession took hold and unemployment rose at the turn of the decade, the proportion of borrowers defaulting on federal student loans continued to increase, according to Education Department data released Monday. The two-year "cohort" default rate, which represents the proportion of federal loan borrowers who entered repayment between October 2008 and September 2009 and had defaulted on their loans by the end of September 2010, increased to 8.8 percent, the highest such rate since 1997. The rate increased 1.8 percentage ...
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