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The Hidden Crisis in College Planning: What’s Happening to Middle-Income Families

Ruffaloni

Among middle-income families: 71% report loan concerns actively impacting college selection. Develop clear scholarship retention criteria. Project career-based loan scenarios. The data that should change your strategy Let’s start with the numbers that matter. Highlight internship-to-career pathways.

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Wake Forest University 

Ivy Central

Wake Forest University’s first-year retention rate is 94%. The student population includes 9% international students. Four-Year Completion Rate The graduation rate is among the most important factors when selecting a college. This means that 94% of first-year students continue their education for their sophomore year and beyond.

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What We Learned About College Students and Families in 2023

Ruffaloni

Highlights for four-year private institutions Highlights for four-year public institutions Effective Practices for Student Success, Retention, and Completion : What strategies help students succeed? This survey of campus retention leaders highlights their most used and most effective practices.

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Institutional Research: Get to Know Them (and Let Them Get to Know You)!

Ruffaloni

Of course, there is interest in knowing the “usual things”” such as the percent of Pell eligible/receiving students, but there are implications in knowing less typical data points—percent of students (and parents) taking out loans, average loan amount, and work study.

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Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness

EAB

Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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The enrollment cliff crisis: How to pivot, not panic

Niche

In fact, a Niche user survey revealed that while students are willing to take out loans for college, 74% are worried about debt accumulation. From merit and need-based to transfer and retention scholarships, review your current scholarship offerings.

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Basic Needs Assistance Bolstered College Student Retention: Report

BestColleges

Southern New Hampshire University students who received basic needs assistance from the school saw higher retention rates. government distributes over $22 billion in Title IV funding nationally each year (including both grants and loans), but the majority goes to tuition, with very little left to help with students' basic needs."