Paying for College Data Crunch
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Paying for College Data Crunch
MATH: Central Tendency of College Costs
In this activity, students will be able to:
- Calculate mean, median, and mode
- Analyze data on college costs
Source: NGPF
DATA CRUNCH: What's the Distribution of Federal Student Loan Debt in the U.S.?
In this activity, students will be able to:
- Analyze a histogram of student loan debt
- Make predictions about the future distribution of student loan debt
Source: ValuePenguin
DATA CRUNCH: What's The Average College Budget?
In this activity, students will be able to:
- Analyze a stacked bar graph that breaks down student expenses for different types of colleges.
- Compare the cost of tuition, room and board, boks, transportation, and other college expenses.
- Compare college costs at private four-year colleges, public four-year out-of-state colleges, public four-year in-state colleges, and public two-year commuter colleges.
Source: Business Insider
DATA CRUNCH: What’s The Value of A College Major?
In this activity, students will be able to:
- Compare earnings of college graduates with different majors
- Discuss factors that affect earnings
- Hypothesize how average salaries of different majors would be impacted by changing external factors
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DATA CRUNCH: Which Colleges Have The Best Return on Investment?
In this activity, students will be able to:
- Analyze bar graphs of the graduation rate and return on investment for the 10 colleges with the highest 20-year ROI.
Source: Payscale, Inc.
