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Trends

Colleges

Colleges Report 2013 Acceptance Rates (N.Y. Times 4/15/13)

7 of 8 Ivy League Schools Report Lower Acceptance Rates (N.Y. Times 3/28/13)

World's Best Universities 2012 (U.S. News)

College Rankings (The College Consensus Blog, 10/26/12)

College Rankings Inflation: Don't Be Dazzled by Faux Prestige (Education Week, 6/13/2012)

College Rankings Inflation: Are You Overpaying for Prestige? (American Enterprise Institute, 5/24/12)

College freshmen hyper-focused on job skills (San Diego Union-Tribune, 2/7/13)

International Flavor on Campuses (San Diego Union-Tribune, 1/8/13)

Backgrounds and Beliefs of College Freshmen (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/24/13)

The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2012 (Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA)

Independent Schools*

More than 530,300 students were enrolled in NAIS (National Association of Indpendent Schools) member schools in 2011-12

The median day-school tuition was $19,100

Approximately 22% of students at day schools received financial aid

The average grant to students at day schools who received financial aid was $11,968

Students of color made up 25.9% of total enrollment

International students made up 3% of total enrollment

*Source: 2011-12 NAIS National Tables and 2011-12 Facts at a Glance


 


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