Does College Pay Off? ROI
College_ROI.pdfGeorgetown University- Comprehensive Study on the Return on Investment for 4,500 Colleges
Book Resources: EHS LIBRARY
"Will College Pay Off: A Guide to the Most Important Financial Decision You'll Ever Make" by Peter Cappelli
"The Price you Pay for College" by Ron Lieber
"Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside the College Admissions Process" by Jeffrey Selingo
"Valedictorians at the Gate: Standing Out, Getting In, and Staying Sane While Applying to College" by Becky Sabky
"Indebted How Families Make College Work at Any Cost" by Caitilin Zaloom
Databases for scholarly text
Proquest- elibrary- see database page above
Gale- see database page above
Jstor- see database page above- Full text online of all issues of important core journals (with a 3-5 year lag) including many in economics, finance, statistics, and business.
Research-CT- select University (left column)- ABI Inform Collection
Research CT- select Databases A-z (left column) select ERIC- Articles and reports on education, including economic and policy aspects.
Videos and Images
Youtube search: use limiting terms like TEDTALKS and make sure to check the source for credibility
Post-secondary
This website allows you to select features about schools and they will provide a list. Great for quick facts about a particular school. The academic profile of a college's freshman class, financial aid and merit aid stats, available majors.
College content—based on feedback from real students—will help you make a list of schools that fit you academically, socially, and financially.
This federal website contains more data on the nation's colleges and universities than any place else on the Internet.
Created by the Institute for College Access and Success, this site has gathered detailed information on thousands of colleges. Students can find statistics for any school on such topics as college affordability, graduation rates, and college diversity.
The College Scorecard provides up-to-date, comprehensive, and reliable information on colleges. The site allows visitors to sort and filter their search results to easily compare schools and decide which college makes the most sense when considering the typical costs, average student loan amount, students’ ability to repay their loans, and their future earnings. Presented by the US Department of Education.
Works with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the World Bank. Research and breakdowns number of college graduates per year, calculating the true cost of college.
Financial Health, True Costs, Merit Scholarships- one of the best resource sites available
Future Earning Potential
SCROLL DOWN AND FIND THE CHART, ENTER YOUR MAJOR AND FIND YOUR UNIVERSITY
