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348,659 U.S. borrowers in default on student loans from 4-year schools

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

University of Phoenix in Tempe, Everest University in Tampa and Ashford University in San Francisco reported the largest share of borrowers from four-year institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

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Princeton tops women's March Madness bracket with 90% graduation rate

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

Four-year graduation rates range widely at schools that sent teams to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Davidson College tops March Madness bracket with 91% graduation rate

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

Four-year graduation rates range widely at schools that sent teams to the NCAA men's basketball tournament, according to the National Center for Education Statistics..

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585,402 U.S. borrowers in default on student loans

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

University of Phoenix, Everest University and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana University had the most students who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

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61% of students graduated on time at Illinois’ top two-year school in 2016

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

Frontier Community College in Fairfield, Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel and Lincoln Trail College in Robinson had the highest “on time” graduation rates among two-year schools in Illinois, according to the latest data compiled from U.S. Department of Education and Illinois State Comptroller tracking the performance and spending at 49 Illinois community colleges.

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Analysis: College women's basketball grosses $903 million

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

Stanford women's basketball tops the list of highest grossing programs with more than $21 million – or $1.5 million per athlete – in 2016, followed by UConn ($9 million), Baylor ($7.6 million), Florida State ($7 million) and Vanderbilt ($5.2 million), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

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March Madness money: How do women's teams in the tournament rank?

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

Of the 64 teams in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Stanford is No. 1 for how much money it makes, grossing more than $21.4 million – or $1.5 million per player – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

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Beauty schools report highest default rates on student loans

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

At Nashville Barber and Style Academy and Ambiance Beauty & Barber Academy, at least half of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

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Analysis: College men's basketball grosses $2 billion

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

Though excluded from the NCAA tournament, University of Louisville men's basketball tops the list of highest grossing programs with nearly $44 million – or $2.9 million per athlete – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

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March Madness money: How do tournament teams rank?

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

Of the 68 teams in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Duke is No. 1 for how much money it makes, grossing more than $34 million – or $2.1 million per player – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

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Illinois’ top-spending two-year school spent $2.3 million per graduate in 2016

By Higher Education Tribune | 7 years ago

Three colleges in Chicago spent more per graduate of all Illinois two-year schools during the 2016 academic year, according to the latest data compiled from U.S. Department of Education and Illinois State Comptroller tracking the performance and spending at 48 Illinois community colleges.