The New Math: College Return on Investment

Mulling over multiple college offers? Choose wisely. Not every school will deliver on the promise of an affluent future

College's Holy Grail: Low Cost, High Returns

They're few and far between, but some schools deliver top-notch returns without breaking the bank. The reason: generous financial aid
College ROI: What We Found

The PayScale methodology reveals which schools prepare students for well-paying careers and which schools make for poor investments
Visualizing College ROI

Use our new data visualization tool to take a deep dive into the college ROI data
Q&A: Aid Guru Mark Kantrowitz

The founder of the financial aid website FinAid.org fields questions on how to qualify for grants and get noticed by scholarship committees
Slide Show: Best Colleges for Return on Investment

Which college degrees deliver the biggest financial bang for the buck? PayScale and Bloomberg Businessweek crunched the numbers to find out

Slide Show: Fifty Affordable Colleges With the Best ROI

If you qualify for aid, these schools will deliver big returns on your education dollar at a price that won't bankrupt most families
What's Your College Degree Worth?

Find out how nearly 700 colleges and universities stack up on return on investment, calculated eight different ways
College Bargains 2011

Find out how many students get aid, how much they get, how much of total costs are covered by aid, and the real cost of a degree
A College Degree Is Still Worth It

Sure, it costs more, and technology is threatening high-paying jobs. But the Great Recession shows postsecondary education is more valuable than ever