In most cases, college loans themselves aren’t the problem. It’s really a repayment crisis, and colleges and universities must play a role in solving it.
"This raises challenging questions about unequal access to the best university education across America and the implications for social mobility and economic disparities between US regions," said Phil Baty, THE's Chief global affairs officer.
Scholaroo's new report helps college leaders know which states prioritize remedying students' biggest concerns: college cost and financial aid. Did your state make the cut?
A degree from a university on this last can add over $94,000 on top of the $61,600 median salary earned by a 25-34-year-old, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Despite the barrage of criticism the seminal college ranking service endured earlier this year, 99% of the top 100 nationally ranked universities reported data for this year's undergraduate rankings.
Harvard University, currently ranked 9th and 6th on Forbes' and The Wall Street Journal's latest college rankings, is the only institution to have received an "Abysmal" speech climate rating in FIRE's 2024 College Free Speech Rankings.
Political interference and declining enrollment, two of higher education's most formidable trends, have already begun to impact several colleges and universities this Fall—and at one major university system, the two are coalescing.
Traditional college rankings measure the wrong things and penalize the vast majority of regional public institutions that support first-generation and underrepresented students.
Berkeley and Cornell climbed 7 and 17 spots, respectively, to make the shortlist. MIT sits at #1 for the 12th time in the 20 editions of Quacquarelli Symonds' world ranking.
International student enrollment has largely recouped to pre-pandemic numbers, including at the graduate level, with students from India, China, Sub-Saharan Africa and Iran helping drive the way.
