Licensure passage rates are important for students who are about one year into their college career and are ready to commit to a major that requires licensing. …

Since nobody wants to graduate with a lot of debt, college costs can play an important role in the college selection process. Tuition discounting is a common practice used by institutions (colleges and universities) to decrease costs and attract students. Tuition discounting represents the amount of grants and scholarships that…

So you just finished the first semester in college. It wasn’t an easy one and things couldn’t have been more different than what you were expecting. But don’t despair your experience is not unique and there is nothing abnormal about it. …

One of the greatest contemporary myths is that college is a 4-year experience. However, only about 19–36%of the students graduate college in 4-years. The problem is that every extra year spent in college after the 4-year mark can cost a student up to $65,000 in immediate expenses (cost of attendance…

College transfer can provide significant benefits when done well. However, when left to chance it can be fraught with problems. Today we discuss some of the issues related to college transfer and some of the most common reasons why credits don’t transfer from one institution to another. Institutions are in…

Credit transfer between a college (2-year institution) and a university (4-year institution) is referred to as vertical transfer. Credit transfer between community college and university is one of the most common types of credit transfer and one of the most efficient ones. It is the most common one because most…

Out of the students that start at a community college, 80 percent intend to transfer to a 4-year institution and complete a baccalaureate degree. However, only 25 percent do it and only 17 percent graduate with a bachelor degree six years later. The goal of this post is to provide…

Here is the link to some historical information on tuition and fees charged by about 3,000 colleges and universities in the US, between 1998 and 2016. The list includes 2- and 4-year, public and private-for, and private not-for-profit. These are sticker prices (as in published tuition and fees) and do not include tuition discounts. http://www.chronicle.com/interactives/tuition-and-fees Please keep in mind that most students qualify for some type of grant aid that lead to discounts in the sticker price (i.e. tuition discounts) and hence very few students pay sticker price.

More than 30% of the students nowadays attend more than one university or college during their college career. This poses an issue because transferring credits between institutions can be a challenging process. Namely students that complete credits at one institution — sending institution — may not get recognition for these…