Re:College Choice
by audioburn_ on Sunday September 13, 2015 @05:10PM
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According to this data, University of Phoenix grads make more on average than UT, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, etc. grads. Something smells fishy.
Re:College Choice
by ryanmonroe on Sunday September 13, 2015 @05:24PM
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Here's the data file they used. The University of Phoenix only has 72 data points.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ed-college-choice-public/Most+Recen...
I can't find anything about methodology other than the fact that only students who receive federal financial aid may be included.
I'll guess the data is skewed because University of Phoenix caters to people who are already working. Work experience + degree is better than just a degree.
That was my thought too. It would be interesting if there was some measure of salary increase upon graduation.
I suspect that all state universities in locations that have cheaper cost of living that the national average (Texas, for instance) are hampered by viewing the data in the way it is being shown.
Re:College Choice
by GFK_of_xmaspast on Monday September 14, 2015 @12:14PM
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As a Texas Tech grad, I'm not that shocked.
This is the github repo for this site: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov
If you want just the data, here's the landing page with documentation: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/
Direct link to the zip: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ed-college-choice-public/CollegeSco...
The NYT recently wrote an analysis of the salaries data, finding that "at some expensive colleges, the salaries of students 10 years after enrollment are bleak, and there is an earnings gender gap at every top university":
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/14/upshot/gaps-in-alumni-earn...
18F is the GSA team that is building a lot of the federal websites and APIs and open sourcing them.