Colleges Worth Your Money: A Guide to What America's Top Schools Can Do for You

Colleges Worth Your Money: A Guide to What America's Top Schools Can Do for You is an invaluable guide for students making the crucial decision of where to attend college when our thinking about higher education is changing radically. At a time when costs are soaring and competition for admission is higher than ever, the college-bound need to know how prospective schools will benefit them both as students and as graduates. Colleges Worth Your Money provides the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive information for gauging the ROI of America's top schools.

Table of Contents:
Agnes Scott College American University Amherst College Arizona State University Auburn University Babson College Bard College Barnard College Baruch College (CUNY) Bates College Baylor University Bentley University Berea College Binghamton University (SUNY) Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brigham Young University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University California Institute of Technology California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Centre College Claremont McKenna College Clark University Clarkson University Clemson University Colby College Colgate University The College of New Jersey College of the Holy Cross College of William & Mary The College of Wooster Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Columbia University Connecticut College The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University DePauw University Dickinson College Drexel University Duke University Elon University Emory University Fairfield University Florida State University Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Furman University George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Gonzaga University Grinnell College Hamilton College Harvard University Union College (NY) United States Air Force Academy United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy University at Buffalo (SUNY) University at Alabama University of Arizona University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Riverside University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Cruz University of Central Florida University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Denver University of Florida University of Georgia University of Houston University of Illinois at Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa University of Kansas University of Maryland, College Park University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota – Twin Cities University of Missouri University of New Hampshire University of North Carolina Asheville University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Campus University of Richmond University of Rochester University of San Diego University of South Carolina University of South Florida University of Southern California University of Tennessee, Knoxville The University of Texas at Austin University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington – Seattle University of Wisconsin – Madison Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Tech Wake Forest University Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University Whitman College Willamette University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University Top Programs and Top Feeders Lists Recommended Summer Programs Recommended Test-Prep Providers

About the Author :
Andrew Belasco, PhD, a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard University, is CEO of College Transitions, an educational consulting firm, and the co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process. His work has been published in the nation's top higher education journals and featured in dozens of media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and NPR. Dave Bergman, EdD, is a co-founder of College Transitions and oversees the collegetransitions.com blog and dataverse, reaching an audience of more than twelve million readers annually. Dave is also the co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process. Kelsea Conlin is the Director of Writing Support at College Transitions and leads in developing content for collegetransitions.com. She holds a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Tufts University and an MA in Teaching Writing from Johns Hopkins University. Her short fiction has appeared in Chautauqua. Michael Trivette, PhD, is a co-founder of College Transitions and has experience working within the University of North Carolina System and the University of System of Georgia. His work has been published in Educational Policy, the Review of Higher Education, the Journal of Higher Education, and the Journal of Education Finance.

Review :
“In a world awash in rankings and guidebooks, Colleges Worth Your Money is the analytical compass every college-bound student needs. This meticulously researched guide cuts through the marketing hype to deliver hard data on what matters most: top employers, statistics on enrollment, well-known programs, earnings, test scores, and so on. For families seeking to make this major investment decision based on hard evidence rather than reputation alone, this book is invaluable." -- Jeffrey Selingo, New York Times bestseller author, Who Gets In and Why, and co-host, Future U. podcast “A refreshing combination of data and insight, this guide provides families with critical information that can often be difficult to locate or discern. Colleges Worth Your Money not only answers key questions but will also prompt families to ask important ones as they research, visit, and ultimately select from their college options.” “With some colleges now charging $300,000 for a single bachelor's degree, you need to be smart, alert, skeptical and armed with facts to know if your dream schools are not only worth the price, but will prepare you for a high-paying job after graduation. In an easy-to-digest way, Colleges Worth Your Money is an innovative and invaluable resource that will provide you with answers to make the best possible college decisions. With so much at stake, I'd urge you to use this book as your college lifeline.”