Value-Added Colleges

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Value-Added Colleges

"Here is an interesting way to evaluate colleges based on the "value-added" to the student salaries from the Brookings Institution [LINK]. Here's how they explain this in an infographic:

Here are some highlights of the results for Four-year colleges (note: Value-added scores are based on 100 = top score)

Top 3 Value-added schools:

• California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Calif. 100
• Colgate University, Hamilton N.Y. 100
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Mass. 100

The highest-rated P5 school was Stanford University (score = 99).

Here are ratings for the 15 ACC schools:

• Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus, Atlanta Ga. 98
• Duke University, Durham N.C. 95
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Ind. 93
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg Va. 91
• Clemson University, Clemson S.C. 88
• University of Virginia-Main Campus, Charlottesville Va. 86
• Syracuse University, Syracuse N.Y. 83
• Boston College, Chestnut Hill Mass. 82
• North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh N.C. 82
• Wake Forest University, Winston Salem N.C. 76
• University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, Pittsburgh Pa. 67
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill N.C. 46
• Florida State University, Tallahassee Fla. 45
• University of Louisville, Louisville Ky. 25
• University of Miami, Coral Gables Fla. 12

That's a really wide spread (98 down to 12!)

DISCLAIMER: I have no idea (a) how accurate this is, or (b) how much the money difference would be. Also, let's keep in mind that these are averages - individual results will vary.

BOTTOM LINE: I don't know that this has anything to do with the ACC or football, I'm just throwing it out here.

If you want to see this in relation to other colleges, click on the link (repeated here):
http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2015/04/29-beyond-college-rankings-rothwell-kulkarni"