College and University

The Most Expensive College Town in America

By Beth Braverman

Living off-campus has long been seen as a way to save money on college expenses, but it’s getting a lot harder to find a deal. Here’s the most expensive college town for off-campus rents.
Do Public Universities Really Favor the Upper Middle Class?

By Edward Morrissey

A college education has always been described as an investment in the future – for students, and more broadly, for American society. Parents and students alike have already begun questioning the...
The Hardest College to Get Into in the US

By Janna Herron

The most difficult college to get into in the country, the California Institute of Technology, accepts less than one student for every 11 applicants. Caltech doesn’t actually have the lowest...
The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year

By Janna Herron

The proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
The Best Colleges for Older Students

By Beth Braverman

By 2020, nearly one in five students in higher educations will be over the age of 35.

What College Students Worry About Most

By Beth Braverman

The biggest driver of stress around college admissions is no longer about whether students will get into their top school.
College Endowments Take a Big Hit

By Beth Braverman

College endowments had a tough year in 2016, losing money even as the overall stock market racked up double-digit gains.
The Big Payoff for Cinderella Schools in the March Madness Tournament

By Beth Braverman

Lesser known schools can see a big jump in applications and merchandise sales after an appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament.
The Most Expensive College in America

By Beth Braverman

College tuition goes nowhere but up. Here’s the most expensive college of them all.
Ranking the Schools that Turn Poor Kids into Wealthy Ones

By Rob Garver

Schools that admit a lot of students from low-income families and help a significant percentage of them find their way into to the top tier of earners aren’t leafy private schools, but mostly urban...

11 Things You Didn’t Know About Student Loans

By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal Times

A look at recent changes and surprising facts about student loans.
Obama’s Ethics Lesson: Don’t Pay Your College Loan

By Edward Morrissey

For the last several days, Barack Obama has been trying to mitigate the damage done to his campaign from his claim in Roanoke, Virginia that small business owners didn’t deserve credit for their own...
CFPB Pushes Bankruptcy Protection for Student Loans

By Eric Pianin

With overall college debt now surpassing $1 trillion, advocates for college students and their families saddled with large private loans are pushing to liberalize the bankruptcy law to enable them to...
Colleges Pay Students to Graduate Faster

By Steve Yoder, The Fiscal Times

As states look for ways to control rising tuition and student debt, they’re using the power of the purse to accelerate students’ graduation time.
Families Earning $100K Struggle to Afford College

By BETH PINSKER GLADSTONE, Reuters

Even wealthy families are scrambling to cover rising college costs by borrowing more and spending less, according to new research.

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