The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ offers a strong return on investment, according to the U.S. Department of Education¡¯s . The free, easy-to-navigate, online tool provides data on college costs, student debt, graduation rates, post-college earnings and more to help students and their families make informed decisions when choosing a college or university.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ performs well on the key indicators and is above the national median for four-year schools in graduation rate (63% vs. 58%) and earnings ($56,055 vs. $50,391), and below the national median in average annual cost for in-state students ($13,430 vs. $18,902).
“The College Scoreboard findings show that Â鶹´«Ã½¡¯s flagship public university continues to be a tremendous value,” said UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Provost Michael Bruno. “You couple the College Scorecard data-based information with the fact that UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ is consistently ranked in the top 2% nationally and internationally by the major university rankings services, and ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ is meeting its goal of providing high-quality, affordable higher education to the people of Â鶹´«Ã½.”
The College Scorecard provides a wide range of information and data, including each school¡¯s top fields of study and earnings after graduation for each of those fields, campus diversity, student to faculty ratio, acceptance rate, retention and more.