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The Family Debt Reality: It's not just Student Debt, it's Family Debt.
400,000 families a year can't afford their Parent PLUS loans. At private universities, 58% are underwater. Here's what return on investment calculations miss.
Daniel Rogers
Is College Worth It? The Net Price Problem No One Talks About
The median college grad breaks even by 27. But at the same school, net price can vary by $50K+ based on income. Here's what the affordability debates miss.
Programs
College Program Rankings: How to Actually Evaluate Programs
Stop choosing programs by school prestige. SIU-Carbondale ranks #1 nationally in 2 fields. Here's the data-driven framework for evaluating college programs.
Illinois
Intro to College Azimuth: The Data of Higher education in Illinois.
A little over a decade ago, I moved back home for family reasons and used it as an opportunity to step back and think about the problems I wanted to work on. The question of how people pay for college was the one that kept resonating with me, time and
A Note on This Blog How I Think About This Work
Thanks for stopping by College Azimuth. This site exists to help everyday people—students, families, parents, counselors, policymakers—make sense of the enormous amount of information surrounding higher education. College, despite all the debate around it, remains one of the most consequential financial decisions a person and their family can