Colleges serving mostly low-income students tend to offer a worse return on investment than schools serving mostly well-off students
Higher Education
Student debt now exceeds $1.5 trillion. We must overhaul a system that, for too long, has incentivized colleges and universities to charge unaffordable prices for degrees that do not always improve the lives of their recipients. Measures of return on investment (ROI) can help ensure that that institutions are accountable for the economic outcomes of the students they plunge into indebtedness.
All Higher Education
Higher education is supposed to be a path to the middle class. But new research from FREOPP shows that millions of college students are pursuing degrees that are not likely to boost their earnings enough to justify the cost of college.
FREOPP’s ROI analysis shows that attending college part-time comes with significant hidden costs
The Biden administration’s latest loan-cancellation plan rests on a dubious legal foundation
The project incorporates data from a wide range of sources to help prospective students make better choices around higher education — including whether to go, where to go, and what to study.
While prospective students often ask themselves if college is worth it, this report shows the more important question is when college is worth it.
Among students with a “C” average or worse, two-thirds of those who start college do not finish
A comprehensive guide to the Biden administration’s various student loan cancellation initiatives