Debt to Degree: A New Way of Measuring College Success. Charts You Can Trust

Autor/inn/en	Carey, Kevin; Dillon, Erin
Institution	Education Sector
Titel	Debt to Degree: A New Way of Measuring College Success. Charts You Can Trust
Quelle	(2011), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Credentials; Graduation Rate; Dropouts; Debt (Financial); Charts; Loan Default; Credit (Finance); Student Financial Aid; Public Agencies; Federal Government; Education; Higher Education; Tuition; College Students; Paying for College + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienbuch; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Diagram; Diagrams; Diagramm; Tabellarische Überischt; Tabelle; Schuldnerverzug; Credit; Kredit; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Bundesregierung; Bildung; Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Collegestudent
Abstract	The American higher education system is plagued by two chronic problems: dropouts and debt. Barely half of the students who start college get a degree within six years, and graduation rates at less-selective colleges often hover at 25 percent or less. At the same time, student loan debt is at an all-time high, recently passing credit card debt in total volume. Loan default rates have risen sharply in recent years, consigning a growing number of students to years of financial misery. In combination, drop-outs and debt are a major threat to the nation's ability to help students become productive, well-educated citizens. The federal government has tracked these issues separately by calculating for each college the total number of degrees awarded, the percentage of students who graduate on time, and the percentage of students who default on their loans. While each of these statistics provides valuable information, none shows a complete picture. In this paper, Education Sector has created a new, comprehensive measure, the "borrowing-to-credential ratio." For each college, the authors have taken newly available U.S. Department of Education data showing the total amount of money borrowed by undergraduates and divided that sum by the total number of degrees awarded. An explanation on borrowing to credential ratio is appended. (Contains 4 charts, 1 map and 21 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10