BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A new online bachelor's degree program at Brigham Young University-Idaho and Ensign College will let students complete their degree in three years by eliminating elective credits — a move that school officials hope will make higher education more accessible. The degree programs will launch in April 2024.

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

Blogs Are you prepared for what’s next in the enrollment landscape? In doing so, it has also brought clarity to the question of which challenges are most likely to define near-term enrollment success or failure. decrease in freshman enrollment, and their private counterparts saw that figure drop by 1.8%.

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SSA Online College Prep

MAY 5, 2022

A new bill proposed by the Senate, overrules the enrollment freeze ruling for UC Berkeley. In the midst of the enrollment freeze, Berkeley finds different ways to admit new students ! While the enrollment cap was still in place, the ruling stipulated that Berkeley had to maintain admissions rates from the 2020-21 admissions cycle.

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BestColleges

JUNE 19, 2024

Yet even as world-class universities jumped into the fray, questions of quality, legitimacy, and integrity lingered. Recognizing this burgeoning opportunity, traditional universities tossed their hats into the coding bootcamp ring. University-based bootcamps grew from five in 2015 to 120 in 2020. No college required.

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EAB

JULY 17, 2023

Blogs What enrollment teams need to know about the GMAT Focus Edition And why it is still only one part of a successful lead generation strategy This spring, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) announced the release of the GMAT Focus Edition , a new, shorter version of the business admissions test.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 23, 2024

Kathy Hochul announced a series of initiatives designed to increase access to the state's colleges and universities. 9 an ambitious plan offering high school students graduating in the top 10% of their class direct admission to colleges within the State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) systems.

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BestColleges

JUNE 13, 2023

Maryland is home to a number of great higher education institutions , and that includes historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Our Methodology Medium Retention Rate 77% Admission Rate 81% Students Enrolled 6,250 Institution Type Public Percent Online Enrollment 99% Percentage of all students who are enrolled online.

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Tex Admissions

MAY 26, 2024

My Early Decision clients gained admission to Duke, Rice, Cornell CS, Washington University in St. I assisted over half of my clients with their applications nationwide, including admission to over thirty-five universities on the US News Top 50 list. He is excited to start his college career at his favorite university.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 30, 2024

Today, more than 1,900 colleges and universities remain test-optional. Using admissions records and first-year grades from several "Ivy-Plus" colleges between 2017 and 2022, the group determined that keeping all other variables equal, students who scored highest on the SAT and ACT earned college GPAs 0.43

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the life of a campus information technology or institutional research professional, rarely a day goes by that data is not positioned as a universal solution, whether by a vendor or the higher education media. New Directions for Institutional Research, 2017 (173), 63-74. The Journal of Higher Education, 85 (6), 826-857.

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BestColleges

JULY 7, 2023

A new lawsuit claims Harvard University discriminates against minority students by favoring legacy applicants. We might soon see more universities abandon legacy preferences in the face of growing public pressure. This time, the suit involves legacy admissions , the university's policy of favoring children of alumni.

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BestColleges

MAY 3, 2023

Note Reference [1] Check Immediate college enrollment for Asian students was 82%, a rate much higher than those for white students (69%), Hispanic and Latino/a students (64%), and Black students (57%). [3] 5] AANHPI Undergraduate Student Enrollment In 2022, women made up 53% of the Asian undergraduate population and men made up 47%.

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Top Tier Admissions

JULY 19, 2023

Now that we’ve processed the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action , the next admissions practice under scrutiny is legacy admissions, especially at the most highly selective colleges and universities. Pomona College ended legacy preferences in 2017. Today, Wesleyan announced the end of legacy preferences in admissions.

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The Koppelman Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Over the past decade, Vanderbilt has transformed from a well-respected and strong university, but not absurdly competitive to get into, into one of the hardest schools to gain admission to in the country. Since 2017, the yield rate has risen from just over 40% to 57%. Now back to yield rate.

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BestColleges

APRIL 27, 2023

"If you're only paying attention to college sports during March Madness or the college football season, you would have a very skewed view of who is the average athlete," Jayson Weingarten, a senior consultant with Ivy Coach and a former admissions officer at the University of Pennsylvania, told BestColleges. Just over 59% of the U.S.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The University of Kansas School of Business received a $50 million anonymous donation, school officials announced in September. The University of Kansas (KU) School of Business just got the largest gift in school history — from an anonymous donor. The school has had record enrollment growth, according to the release.

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BestColleges

MARCH 25, 2024

Universities now offer microcredentials for prospective students, adult learners, and industry workers who want to learn more about the plant. Green Flower is currently partnering with 27 universities on courses covering everything from business and risk management to medical education to agriculture and horticulture.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the 2017 cohort of incoming first-time college students, 65.6% 30 showing that the overall rate of students completing college within six years has stalled for the incoming 2017 fall cohort at 62.2%, unchanged since the 2015 cohort. in the 2017 cohort year. for the 2017 cohort. for the 2017 cohort.

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BestColleges

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Costs vary depending on several factors, including whether you pursue your degree at a public or private university, pay in-state or out-of-state tuition, and get financial assistance through scholarships and other support. The university has other scholarships to ease the burden of other academic-related expenses.

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BestColleges

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Butler University is the third school to partner with the Come to Believe (CTB) Network to provide free two-year college for underserved students. Students who complete the associate degree can go on to earn a bachelor's degree from the university for less than $10,000. Thomas in Minnesota created Dougherty Family College in 2017.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 11, 2023

The average MCAT score for all medical school applicants who ended up enrolling was 511.9. The average overall GPA of applicants was 3.62, while those who enrolled had an average overall GPA of 3.75. Between 2016-2017 and 2021-2022, the average MCAT score jumped nearly two points, from 499.6 May 2016-April 2017.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 22, 2024

The University of Georgia may soon launch a new medical school. UGA's current medical school is in partnership with Augusta University. Georgia's flagship university may soon launch its own medical school in the wake of a $50 million proposal from the governor's office. In his latest budget proposals, Gov.

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BestColleges

JUNE 7, 2024

Only 30% of eligible community college students, 22% of eligible UC undergraduates, and 29% of eligible UC graduate students were enrolled in CalFresh in fall 2019. While a large portion of community college students live with their families, students enrolled at a UC campus are less likely to.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 22, 2022

More than 1 in 4 men are no longer enrolled in college six years after initially enrolling. In addition to enrolling less than women, fewer men also complete college than women. Four years after enrolling in 2014, only about 41% of male students had completed their degree, compared to 51% of female students.

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BestColleges

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Courses on constructed languages — "conlangs" — are offered at numerous universities. But did you know you can study constructed languages — "conlangs," as they're called — at several universities? He learned Esperanto at age 13 and has taught it at UC San Diego and San Francisco State University.

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College Transitions

MARCH 29, 2024

In fact, reports say that undergraduate enrollment in the major grew 34% between 2017 and 2022, and it continues to expand rapidly. Even before that, at Stanford University alone, the computer science major […] BS – The computer science major has grown enormously in popularity over the past five or ten years.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Raijanel Crockem and Naomi Lawrence-Lee from Texas Southern University join EAB’s Joanie Garcia to discuss their work to strengthen TSU’s approach to student success. And today I'm joined by the wonderful Dr. Raijanel Crockem and Dr. Lawrence-Lee from Texas Southern University. Transcript 0:00:12.0 Dr. Crockem, we'll start with you.

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BestColleges

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Despite all the rhetoric around access and equity, American colleges care more about enrolling the "right" mix of students, and part of that strategy involves enticing wealthy students with "merit" aid — even students who don't need it. Today's colleges still employ these enrollment techniques.

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 12, 2024

“Narrowed scope of recommendation letters” UT-Austin is not Test Optional This is probably the most significant change and one that isn’t surprising, given that many elite universities, like Brown, Yale, Dartmouth, Georgetown, MIT, and the University of Florida, have returned to requiring the SAT/ACT.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The CodePath E³ Program is open to students at Georgia State University (GSU), GSU's Perimeter College, and Miami Dade College in Florida. The CodePath E³ Program offers courses, one-on-one mentoring, career resources, and support services to enrolled students.

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Tex Admissions

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Public Service Announcement: Enrolling at Austin Community College (ACC) does not improve your UT transfer chances. Others enroll at a great university, but the major they come to love isn’t offered there, so they must switch campuses to pursue their new interest. There are a few reasons why students might attempt a transfer.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MAY 19, 2023

For example, depending on your GPA, a 514 MCAT score might be sufficient for, say, University of Florida College of Medicine (515 average MCAT score) and other medical schools in Florida , but not for NYU Medical School (522 average MCAT score). 2017–2018 504.7 2018–2019 505.6 2019–2020 506.1 2020–2021 506.4 2021–2022 505.9

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Humbach Education Consulting

MARCH 28, 2018

Here are the facts: Culture · History: Founded in 1837 by Presbyterians · Campus: 665-acre main campus; 110-acre lake campus · Number of students: 1,810 enrolled, 51% male 49% female · Student Distribution: 48 states and Washington D.C.;

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 30, 2022

UT received approximately 70,000 applications admitting around 17,000 applicants for an enrolling freshmen class of 8,500 for Fall 2022 applicants. Since UT and most other universities “holistically review” their applicants, you need to have a strong resume that demonstrates your “fit” for your desired program.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The University of California (UC), Riverside announced it will be offering a bachelor of arts degree program at Norco California Rehabilitation Center starting in fall 2024. colleges and universities offer a bachelor of arts prison education program. UC Riverside estimates that only 1% of U.S. and become our colleagues eventually."

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Humbach Education Consulting

OCTOBER 10, 2017

1700 Seniors Will Apply to College Over a 5-Day Period Denver, Colorado: October is College & Career Readiness Month and starting October 16, 2017 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Denver, Denver Public Schools will be hosting their College Access for All Event. Started in the fall of 2014, this program has nearly doubled every year.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

How hard is it to get into the University of Pennsylvania? If they also happen to be interested in interdisciplinary thinking and attending college in a historic, thriving city, they should consider applying to the nation’s first university, the University of Pennsylvania.

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