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Activity 2 - School-Data

The document outlines the learning objectives for evaluating school data, emphasizing the importance of comparing schools based on academic quality, program availability, job placement, and cost. It introduces a comparison feature that allows users to analyze up to 10 schools and fields of study, highlighting key metrics such as graduation rates, average annual costs, and median earnings. The document concludes with an activity for students to identify their priorities and use the College Scorecard to find suitable institutions.

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Activity 2 - School-Data

The document outlines the learning objectives for evaluating school data, emphasizing the importance of comparing schools based on academic quality, program availability, job placement, and cost. It introduces a comparison feature that allows users to analyze up to 10 schools and fields of study, highlighting key metrics such as graduation rates, average annual costs, and median earnings. The document concludes with an activity for students to identify their priorities and use the College Scorecard to find suitable institutions.

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School Data

Activity 2

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Learning Objectives
• Understand how to compare schools' data to evaluate
similarities and differences across institutions.
• Identify specific school-level data points, discuss their
significance, and determine how they are relevant to a
student's unique college search priorities.

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Group Activator What is most important to
you when it comes to
selecting an institution?

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Factors Most Important to Students
According to a report from the U.S. Department of Education, the
following are factors that most students rate as important when
they are choosing a school or college to attend after high school.
• Academic quality/reputation
What data points on
• Having a desired program of study the school profile
• Job placement after graduation page could help you
• Cost of attendance learn more about
these factors?

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics, 2019

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Understanding How to Use
the Comparison Feature

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Comparison Feature
• Compare up to 10 schools
• Compare up to 10 fields of study
• If you have a list of schools you are interested in, search by
school and add schools to the Compare Schools List
• If you want to explore schools based on the fields of study,
search by field of study, then add schools to compare by
fields of study.

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Let’s Explore

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Key Data Metrics
Key Term Description
Graduation Rate Share of students who graduated within 8 years of entering the
school for the first time

Average Annual Cost (in- School’s cost of attendance minus any grants and scholarships
state only) students receive

Median Earnings The median annual earning of individuals that received federal
student aid and began college at the institution 10 years ago,
regardless of their completion status

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Graduation Rate
The share of students who graduated within 8 years of entering this
school for the first time.

• Why would one want to know the percentage of students who


graduated within 8 years of entering the school?

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Average Annual Cost
The average net price for students who receive federal financial aid
(e.g., Pell grants, federal loans) for one academic year of study. Net
price is calculated by adding the advertised price for tuition, fees, books,
supplies, and the average living costs at the school (on-campus, off-
campus not with family, and off-campus with family) and subtracting the
average grant and/or scholarship aid.

• Why does the school’s average cost of attendance matter to students


and families?

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Median Earnings
The median annual earnings of individuals that received federal student
aid and began college at this institution 10 year ago, regardless of their
completion status.

• What does “median earnings” mean in layman’s terms?


• How might different fields of studies and completion statuses impact
the median earnings?
• Why might one want to know how much graduates with federal
student loan debt earn after leaving the school or college?

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College Scorecard
Comparison Analysis

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Comparison Analysis Activity
Earlier you identified what is important to you when considering
a postsecondary institution to attend. What you value as
important becomes a priority for you in your college search.

Example:
• My top priorities are to find a school that has an annual cost of
less than $15,000, is in Florida, and has a high graduation
rate. How can I search for schools based on these priorities?
What data sources could I use?

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Comparison Analysis Activity
Task:
• In your handout, write down your top 3 priorities.
• Based on those priorities, use the College Scorecard to flag
schools that have a strong match to your priorities. Select at
least three schools.
• Once you have a list, use the Compare Feature and each
school's Scorecard to compare the schools based on your top
priorities.
• Complete the chart and respond to the questions in your
handout.
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Closing
• What did you find useful with
the comparison feature?
• How could you use the
comparison feature to make
decisions about college?
• What questions do you still
have?

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