The Department of Education just launched yesterday a new website to help prospective college students. Click here to see it. According to the website the "College Scorecards in the U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordability and Transparency Center make it easier for you to search for a college that is a good fit for you. You can use the College Scorecard to find out more about a college’s affordability and value so you can make more informed decisions about which college to attend. To start, enter the name of a college of interest to you or select factors that are important in your college search. You can find scorecards for colleges based on factors such as programs or majors offered, location, and enrollment size."
The site seems fairly easy to use and will provide you a general idea of what that college may cost you. In addition they will show you the graduation rate of full time students. Pay attention to the fact that these statistics are for any students who graduated within 6 years not just 4 years.
You can also see if the price of a particular college has been rising or falling as well as a net price calculator which better estimates the cost to you. There are statics for what the typically borrowing amount and rate is as well as default rates.
There is also a link to http://www.mynextmove.org/ which gives you even more information on jobs and employment statistics. All in all if you are considering going to any type of 2 or 4 year program I would recommend spending some time on this new resource.
The site seems fairly easy to use and will provide you a general idea of what that college may cost you. In addition they will show you the graduation rate of full time students. Pay attention to the fact that these statistics are for any students who graduated within 6 years not just 4 years.
You can also see if the price of a particular college has been rising or falling as well as a net price calculator which better estimates the cost to you. There are statics for what the typically borrowing amount and rate is as well as default rates.
There is also a link to http://www.mynextmove.org/ which gives you even more information on jobs and employment statistics. All in all if you are considering going to any type of 2 or 4 year program I would recommend spending some time on this new resource.
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