News from May 2018


The price of education: Which Colorado schools charge the lowest in-state tuition?

Colorado residents pay the lowest in-state tuition at Aims Community College, Taft University System and United Beauty College, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Analysis: College women's golf grosses $146 million

Baylor University women's golf tops the list of highest grossing programs, reporting nearly $1.2 million – or $90,955 per athlete – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

The price of education: Which Colorado schools charge the highest in-state tuition?

Colorado residents pay the highest in-state tuition at Colorado College, University of Denver and Ecotech Institute, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Analysis: College men's golf grosses $173 million

West Virginia University men's golf tops the list of highest grossing programs, reporting nearly $2.1 million – or $190,559 per athlete – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

Analysis: College softball grosses $451 million

Florida State University softball tops the list of highest grossing programs, reporting more than $2.2 million – or $95,837 per athlete – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

Junior colleges report borrower default rate of 18%

At Daymar College in Ohio, 37 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Analysis: 31,936 college athletes play softball

California, Pennsylvania and New York are the most popular states for college softball, federal data shows.

209,472 U.S. borrowers in default on student loans from two-year colleges

Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana, Ross Medical Education Center and Everest Institute – both in Michigan – reported the largest share of borrowers from two-year institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

Analysis: College baseball grosses $684 million

Louisiana State University baseball tops the list of highest grossing programs, reporting more than $6.4 million – or $182,464 per athlete – in 2016, followed by Florida State University ($6 million), Vanderbilt ($5.9 million), UT Austin ($7 million) and University of Mississippi ($5 million), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

Private colleges, universities report borrower default rate of 8.2%

At United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, 41.4 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.