Colleges Worth Your Money

Andrew Belasco, PhD, a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard University, is CEO of College Transitions, an educational consulting firm, and the co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process. His work has been published in the nation’s top higher education journals and featured in dozens of media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and NPR.Dave Bergman, EdD, is a co-founder of College Transitions and oversees the collegetransitions.com blog and dataverse, reaching an audience of more than twelve million readers annually. Dave is also the co-author of The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process.Kelsea Conlin is the Director of Writing Support at College Transitions and leads in developing content for collegetransitions.com. She holds a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Tufts University and an MA in Teaching Writing from Johns Hopkins University. Her short fiction has appeared in Chautauqua.Michael Trivette, PhD, is a co-founder of College Transitions and has experience working within the University of North Carolina System and the University of System of Georgia. His work has been published in Educational Policy, the Review of Higher Education, the Journal of Higher Education, and the Journal of Education Finance.

“In a world awash in rankings and guidebooks, Colleges Worth Your Money is the analytical compass every college-bound student needs. This meticulously researched guide cuts through the marketing hype to deliver hard data on what matters most: top employers, statistics on enrollment, well-known programs, earnings, test scores, and so on. For families seeking to make this major investment decision based on hard evidence rather than reputation alone, this book is invaluable."-- Jeffrey Selingo, New York Times bestseller author, Who Gets In and Why, and co-host, Future U. podcast

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