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2010 College Financial Aid Breakdown

Most students need help paying for college, but where does financial aid come from and how do you get it? Billions of dollars are used to finance higher education each year; in 2009-10 alone, $199.2 billion was awarded to students in the form of grants, in addition to another $8.5 billion in state and private loans. Want to see some numbers? Here’s a breakdown of college financial aid: where it comes from, where it goes and all the other details.

2011 State of the State Addresses & Higher Education -- AASCU

Do you remember what your governor said about higher education in the gubernatorial state of the state address this year?

If not, you might want to look at this information from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities: 

2011 State of the State Addresses and Higher Education by AASCU.

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(pic by flickr user Kevin Hutchison)

"Incoming college students rate emotional health at record low"-- UCLA HERI

Stress Level, Midnight by Sara. Nel

(pic by flickr user Sara. Nel) 

UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute has a led a study on incoming freshman for over 25 years. However, the Fall 2010 study shows that college freshman are coming to school with lower levels of mental health.

Student Borrowing Continues to Increase--Pew Research Center

 


pew image for borrowing trends

An article from Pew Research Center, "The Rise of College Student Borrowing," details the continued rise of student debt. The report was based off of Pew analysis of National Center for Education Statistics data. The analysis and report reveal that the level of borrowing has increased sharply over the past 15 years.

 

Among Pew Research Center's findings:

  • 60% of students are borrowing.
  • Average debt for those borrowers graduating with bachelor's degrees has increased to increased to about $23,000.
  • A greater percentage of students at for-profit schools borrow money than students at not-for-profit schools, and such students tend to borrow more.

 

Visualizing the Undergraduate Population-- The Chronicle of Higher Education

What does the statistically average undergraduate look like? And what are some of the characteristics of the undergraduate population as a whole?

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