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Can it be that this
young cheerleader at BYU is smiling big because she just learned Money Magazine says her undergrad degree is worth just as much as
one from MIT, Harvard, Yale, Stanford?
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If you click the link
below
you
will discover Money Magazine’s best
colleges and universities in the nation when comparing cost with value of
education received.
In
other words, what’s a degree worth in potential earnings fairly soon after
graduation?
The
usual suspects dot the top 12 (MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford), but
about midway down the list you’ll notice Brigham Young University (Provo, UT).
Using
Money Magazine’s criteria, BYU is a bargain but it also delivers the
goods. Click above for the chart otherwise this post won’t make much sense.
Money’s Best Colleges
Here's
how Money determined which of the
roughly 2,000 four-year U.S. colleges and universities deliver the most
value—that is, a great education, at an affordable price, that prepares
students for rewarding careers.
Money screened out
schools with graduation rates below the median, financial difficulties, or
fewer than 500 undergraduates.
The
remaining 705 colleges were ranked on 24 factors in three categories:
educational quality, affordability, and alumni success.
Plus, Money measured comparative value, by
assessing how well students at each school did vs. what’s expected for students
with similar economic and academic backgrounds, and the college’s mix of
majors.
Sources: U.S. Department of
Education, Peterson's, PayScale.com, MONEY/College Measures calculations.
Also of Interest:
--Money’s Best College in Every State:
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