The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: NerdWallet Compares Colleges On Post-Graduate Experience

June 08, 2012

NerdWallet Compares Colleges On Post-Graduate Experience

The financial Web site NerdWallet has compiled results of the questionnaires, collected by the top 60 colleges and universities as well as 160 specialty undergraduate programs within those schools, and created a comparison tool with the information. The tool allows prospective students to compare the “top” institutions by, for instance, area of study or starting salary, to get an idea of what students from different colleges do after graduation.The tool isn’t comprehensive, cautioned Stephanie Wei, the NerdWallet vice president who oversaw its creation. Read more at:
http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/comparing-colleges-by-what-new-graduates-are-doing/

Jun 8, 2012 1:57:00 AM | admissions

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