Colleges That Pay You Back

Colleges That Pay You Back Synopsis

An updated edition of this college guide to public and private schools that shows students and parents where to get the best "ROE"-Return-on-Education-for their buck. ROE weighs 40+ data points (including academics, cost of attendance, financial aid, and statistics on graduation rates, alumni salaries, and job satisfaction) to decide which schools to include. Sending a student to college is a major financial investment, and as the price tag per diploma goes up (averaging $47,800 for a year at a private college in the 2015-2016 school year!), parents and students are increasingly focused on making sure that their money is well spent. In this updated edition of Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck, the experts at The Princeton Review select and profile 200 colleges that give you the best bang for your buck: reasonable tuition and/or fantastic financial aid opportunities, academic excellence, and a great learning environment. For example, a year of tuition at Swarthmore College is over $45,000, but the school is a great value because students receive not only a top-quality education but also an average financial aid award of over $40,000. Colleges That Pay You Back is a resource that families can't afford to miss in this economic climate!