The table “jumps” to different sections every few seconds.
I guess that depends on who you ask! WashU has one of the richest overall student bodies with very little socioeconomic diversity. I read that they are starting to give out a lot more aid this year. That hadn’t been the case.
And yes, that Forbes website is terrible! It has the feel of a spammy online gambling site.
@Tigerle the best I could do with this is to click inside the confines of the table and hit Control-A (select all on Windows, not sure on Mac), then Control-C (copy on Windows, not sure on Mac). Then I pasted it (Control-V or whatever on Mac) into a text editor (Notepad, in my case) or Excel.
It was a little ugly but good enough for my purposes.
Not for me @Publisher - there is always Stanford and MIT at the top, they just get bigger and bigger! @ThisNameNotTaken, maybe I’ll try on a windows desktop. Thanks for letting me know what to expect at best.
“Institutional aid” includes both merit and need based aid. While some may come from endowed funds most is simply tuition discounting.
Fores is a great example of a site that simply doesn’t work without an ad blocker. Ublock Origin is, IMO, the best one.
Oof…the private university I work for earned a C (actually, not surprised…the issues discussed have been on the table for my entire 14 year tenure here).
On the bright side, the two schools D20 has been accepted to so far scored a B and a C+.
How can Hampshire College have a C given its financial crisis?
Hampshire College recognized the financial issues “before the alarm bells went off”.
Hampshire College is being proactive as much as it is being reactive.
Nevertheless, it seems as though a lower grade–maybe a “C-”–would better inform potential applicants of the problem.
There’s more to financial strength than having a bigger endowment. It’s about cash flows and assets and liabilities. Being less generous with financial aid, for example, improves a school’s financial strength.
I am surprised that Oberlin scored as well as it did. They give out a lot of merit money. Wellesley, OTOH, is good with need-based aid, but gives no merit scholarships, and has a generous and loyal alumnae base, so their rating makes some sense. And I am pleased that my alma mater, Mount Holyoke, is doing well considering its drop in the academic rankings since I went there.