Best Colleges

Date: Open

Contact Person: Michael Fowler, (443) 423-6132

Purpose: The purpose of this announcement is to provide BCDSS youth and staff with information about an educational opportunity.

Description: Choosing a college can affect significant aspects of our youth lives – it can influence their major of choice, the connections they make, where they end up living, and their future career. Needless to say, choosing a college could be one of the most important life decisions our youth will make.

BestColleges.com is that resource for any prospective college student, and they strive to help students make an educated choice about their future. Through the use of student surveys, faculty surveys, independent research, ranking systems and the input of highly credible and authoritative sources, they have created a database of schools to help students and their families learn more about their best options for higher education.

To give prospective students the best recommendations for programs in their field of study, Best Colleges created a customizable database of the best colleges across the nation. Selecting the intended major from the provided options yields a comprehensive list of all colleges that offer degrees in that area; youth can then sort the results based on how important they find the following:

· In-state tuition

· Acceptance rate

· Enrollment rate

· Retention rate

· Graduation rate

Best Colleges database will sort the schools based on what the youth prioritize, and from there, the youth can further investigate each school based on degree levels offered, campus location, and school type. This will give you the colleges that best match the youth’s academic and personal needs.

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Special Instructions: Please contact Michael Fowler for all questions and concerns.