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Re:Is college worth it? A return-on-investment analysis by westurner on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:48PM (#29007377)
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18833730 :

>> Why would people make an investment with insufficient ROI (Return on Investment)?

> Insufficient information.

> College Scorecard [1] is a database with a web interface for finding and comparing schools according to a number of objective criteria. CollegeScorecard launched in 2015. It lists "Average Annual Cost", "Graduation Rate", and "Salary After Attending" on the search results pages. When you review a detail page for an institution, there are many additional statistics; things like: "Typical Total Debt After Graduation" and "Typical Monthly Loan Payment".

> The raw data behind CollegeScorecard can be downloaded from [2]. The "data_dictionary" tab of the "Data Dictionary" spreadsheet describes the data schema.

> [1] https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/

> [2] https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/

> Khan Academy > "College, careers, and more" [3] may be a helpful supplement for funding a full-time college admissions counselor in a secondary education institution

> [3] https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more

https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/college-adm... :

- [ ] Video & exercise / Jupyter notebook under Exploring college options for Return on Investment (according to e.g. CollegeScorecard data)

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