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

(Paperback, 6th edition)

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Colleges Worth Your Money: A Guide to What Americas 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 Americas top schools.

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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. -- Rick Clark, former executive director of undergraduate admission at Georgia Tech and coauthor of The Truth about College Admission: A Family Guide to Getting In and Staying Together
With some colleges now charging $300,000 for a single bachelors 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, Id urge you to use this book as your college lifeline. -- Lynn OShaughnessy, nationally recognized college expert, author of The College Solution.

Author Bio

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 nations 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.