Nice list, but only the top three have annual tuition rates under $30K per year. Is this what they call affordable now?
um... a high graduation rate to me implies they are just giving diplomas away.
I don’t think I would be advertising such a thing.
Come to our college... we give you a worthless piece of paper after you have learned nothing!
$40,000 a year in tuition is hardly “affordable”.
They recently banned the word as sexist. The students formerly called freshmen are now to be called first-year students.
How selective are these schools in admissions, because that’s part of the graduation rate.
I’ve been teaching for over 20 years, grad and undergrad, private university and community college.
I know that some school will schedule classes in such a way that students need more than 4 years to complete their course work, which is very wrong.
But I also know, from the community college experience, that some schools let in students who have no chance of graduating - that is even more wrong.
Private school is worth the extra money, IMHO. Plus, scholarships are very helpful.
Or you can go to a state school, pay far less, pay attention, work hard and ignore the sports teams, major in something that actually leaves you with a marketable skill, graduate and get a real job.
Well, worked for me.
All but #1 and #2 have annual tuition above $30K, and most are around $40K. So - unless grants and scholarships are involved - the debt at graduation (assuming some parental and student payments prior to graduation) will generally be between $80K-$100K, or $4K-$5K for twenty years. And these are the best bargains available.
About to place my FIFTH child in a college program next Fall.
We are looking very seriously at Grove City (son already accepted at a Penn State branch campus, and will soon learn if he is accepted into their Honors College. He wants to major in Software Engineering).
We have had our kids attend a state school (Pitt); a small Catholic University (Seton Hill); and a small Liberal Arts College (Marietta of Ohio—Pertroleum/Natural Gas Program). We have found smaller “specialty” programs (like the Petro) have smaller classes; more intense work loads and placement offices (Seton Hill included) that make finding internships/interviews their mission. Bigger was more affordable, but also had lecture hall physics and not a lot of job finding support.
I think I’d be more interested in the employment rate AFTER graduation.
I have one daughter at the number rated Wolverines (also known as Grovers!!!) and a son soon to follow next year. I can tell Freepers this is an excellent school. My son is excited, he will be a dual major in history and economics. They teach the Austrian school!!!
I was surprised to see Rice there so I read more closely.
“Professors give students timed, closed-book exams to take home and complete at their convenience.”
Ah yes, it all makes sense now. Yeesh!
BTTT from a proud GCC double alum papa. Both daughters loved GCC and graduated suma cum laude. One became a PhD & college physics prof (at 26) and the other an MLS & library branch manager at (also at 26). You gotta love a college where the two main social organisms are 1) study groups, and 2) Bible study groups.
GCC has a high graduation rate because they’re selective. The low tuition gets parents attention. They have low tuition because they stay out of debt. GCC would not take me with my high school grades but Penn St would. My PSU grades were good so I was able to transfer in after two years. Let me tell you, GCC is a lot tougher than PSU.