Ever wonder which US states students flock to go to college? It’s probably not where you expect. Students aren’t all migrating to warm weather or coastal US states (although many of them do pick up students each year). Instead, Rhode Island, North Dakota, and Vermont are the states that picked up the most students, according …
September Madness: How the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Predicts College Enrollment Trends
Colleges spend millions of dollars each year to market themselves and recruit students, with an average four-year private institution spending around $2,500 for each first-year student enrolled. Schools also spend millions more on their athletics to boost alumni giving and enhance the general appeal to campus culture. What kind of return, in terms of college …
House of Reps: Where Did the House Go to College? (INFOGRAPHIC)
After our analysis of the alma maters of the U.S. Senate, we decided to tackle the House of Representatives (House of Reps). It ended being a difficult task to map out individual state representatives. Thus, we looked at trends and analysis, highlighting which institutions were represented the most. Some highlights about the House of Reps …
Startup Culture: The Rise of Entrepreneurship as a College Study in the U.S.
The rise in fame and emphasis on the romantic notion of startups has also coincided with more people being drawn to these types of companies — and drawn to the idea of being an entrepreneur themselves. Thus, we’ve done a college study. To analyze this trend, we looked at the study of Entrepreneurship at U.S. …
Super Schools 2015: An Analysis of the Colleges Represented on the Field of the NFL’s “Big Game”
We analyzed the players on each team in this year’s “Big Game” and found some interesting stats about the colleges they attended. Most represented colleges at the “Big Game”: Rutgers – 4 players University of Oregon – 4 players University of Wisconsin-Madison – 4 players Texas A&M University – 4 players Stanford University – 3 …
Senate U 2015: Where the 114th U.S. Senate Went to College
As the 114th US Senate settles into what is sure to be a term full of political stand-offs, we took a look at the colleges that awarded our senators their undergraduate degrees. Many of the nation’s top colleges and universities have a long history of educating our country’s legislators, and this Senate class is not …