Many people are keen to teach themselves to code because it’s a career path that can quickly pay off — to the tune of $100K a year or more after just a few years of experience. We spoke to an impressive panel of self-taught, successful coders who shared the following guidance for others who would […]
Kiplinger rounded up the best colleges by value, comparing costs of tuition and median salaries of past students. The top colleges aren’t all Ivy League — public schools also made the list. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Going to college can be a big investment these days, so getting the best value is […]
South Dakota, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia are the worst states for student loan debt, according to personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub determined the worst states for student debt by analyzing where students have the most debt and least job opportunities to help pay it off. South Dakota, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia are the worst states […]
I graduated college without student loans, but took on $61,500 of loans for a masters program in creative writing. I learned a lot from my program: I learned to have confidence as a poet, to connect with a community of creative people, and to find role models and mentors familiar with the path I wanted […]
On Monday, Krysta Svore, general manager of quantum software at Microsoft, spoke at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, about how people can start exploring quantum computing now. Microsoft has a quantum development kit, which includes a programming language called Q# for writing quantum computing applications. Svore also says to support STEM education. Visit Business Insider’s […]
If you’ve ever wondered which languages that developers used to build multi-billion dollar startups like WeWork, Juul, Airbnb and SpaceX, look no further. Coding Dojo, a coding bootcamp that trains developers and helps place them in programming roles, looked at full-time job postings from the job listing site Indeed and the developer tool website StackShare […]
These days, you can start a career right in the town where you went to college. According to a recent list compiled by Grand Canyon University, most of the best college towns for starting a career are east of the Mississippi River. The top towns included Notre Dame, Indiana; Kingston, Rhode Island; and Morehead, Kentucky. […]
Map Pesqueira, a 19-year-old trans film student at the University of Texas at Austin, lost his Army ROTC scholarship this spring, around the time that Trump’s transgender troop ban went into effect. “I would watch basic training videos for the Army before school, and I knew that’s exactly what I wanted to do when I […]
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have both said eliminating student debt would help black families attain more wealth. Currently, black college grads from four-year schools take on $7,400 more in loans than their white peers. A 2018 analysis by the Roosevelt Institute found that white families have 12 times the amount of wealth as black […]
Each year, education specialists QS Quacquarelli Symonds rank the best business schools in the world. QS recently released rankings for the top online MBA programs. Top programs include Marshall Business School at the University of Southern California and Imperial College Business School in London. Here are the top 25 online MBA programs according to the […]
Pigeons are a staple of American cities, yet these birds are actually native to North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Europeans brought pigeons to North America in the 1600s, likely as a source of food, and the birds then escaped. Pigeons can live on human leftovers. Plus, we feed them. Building ledges also mimic […]
Rising sophomore Map Pesqueira dreamed of serving in the US military and received a three-year ROTC scholarship to study at the University of Texas at Austin. Pesqueira began medically transitioning in 2018, barring him from service and causing him to lose his scholarship under President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban. Olympian Caitlyn Jenner presented Pesqueira […]
“Anna Lytical,” the drag queen persona of Google engineer Billy Jacobson, has a YouTube channel teaching beginners how to code. The aim of the channel is to make coding inclusive: “If we do not take part in building the technology around us then we will not be represented in it,” Anna Lytical said. Visit BusinessInsider.com […]
Li Ka-Shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, announced on June 16 that his foundation will cover the entire cost of the tuition for Shantou University’s incoming class for up to five years. The pledge will cost him $14.4 million a year, according to the BBC. Li’s announcement comes a month after American billionaire Robert […]
America’s top private universities are fantastically wealthy. Using data from the Department of Education, we found the 20 private colleges and universities with the highest-valued endowments in 2017, the most recent period for which data is available. Harvard University’s endowment had assets worth about $35.7 billion, landing it the top spot on the list. Visit […]
Tim Cook gave advice to Stanford graduates over the weekend based on his experience stepping into Steve Jobs’ shoes as Apple CEO after his death. “Your mentors may leave you prepared, but they can’t leave you ready,” he told the audience. Cook also used his Stanford commencement address to call out Silicon Valley for its […]
National student debt is at an all-time high of nearly $1.6 billion. While many companies provide student-loan assistance, some businesses have found more creative ways of keeping their employees out of debt. Some of these policies include trading vacation days for student-loan relief and offering special signing bonuses. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. […]
Not everyone who starts college finishes on time. We ranked the top schools on U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best National Universities and Best National Liberal Arts Colleges lists by the share of students who did not complete their degrees within six years of starting college. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Not […]
Almost every year, Harvard University increases its cost of tuition, room, and board. Before 1960, it cost less than $1,000 to attend the university. Since 1980, the cost of tuition has steadily been on the incline, costing $13,085 in 1990, $22,054 in 2000, and $33,696 in 2010. Today, Harvard’s tuition is at its highest, costing […]
Pete Buttigieg, the youngest major candidate running for office, could become the first president carrying student loan debt. Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, have over $130,000 in student debt, according to AP. If elected, he intends to make public college tuition free for lower- to middle-income families. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Student […]
The rising cost of a college education has contributed to the millennial generation being $1 trillion in debt — and Democratic presidential candidates are offering up policy solutions to offset the cost of college. In April, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts introduced an ambitious $1.25 trillion plan to forgive most existing student loan debt and […]
Graduation rates vary widely among US colleges and universities. Using data from the Department of Education, we found a weighted average of graduation rates for colleges and universities located in each state and DC. Colleges in many states in the South and Mountain West had relatively low graduation rates. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more […]
Graduation rates vary widely among US colleges and universities. Using data from the Department of Education, we found a weighted average of graduation rates for colleges and universities located in each state and DC. Colleges in coastal states and Iowa had very high graduation rates. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Colleges across the […]
Many notable CEOs addressed college graduates during commencement speeches this year. CEOs from Apple’s Tim Cook to FUBU’s Daymond John shared stories and advice on leadership, adversity, and success. Here’s the best advice CEOs gave the Class of 2019. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Commencement speeches are a time for college graduates to […]
There are currently 24 Democratic candidates running for president in 2020, and they all boast impressive resumés. 13 out of the 24 declared candidates attended an Ivy League university for undergrad or grad school, 13 have law degrees, and two are Rhodes scholars. Here’s where the declared Democratic candidates attended college and graduate school. Visit […]
A New York Fed study suggests that a college degree still offers a solid financial return, even with rising tuition costs. The study found that the average worker with a college degree earns about $33,000 more than the average high school graduate. The rate of return on a degree has dropped a bit in recent […]
China’s version of the American SAT and British A-level exams takes place in June every year. It’s called the gaokao, and is known as one of the toughest exams in the world. Lots of Western universities now take Chinese students based on their gaokao scores, rather than have applicants take other standardized tests. Scroll down […]
In the US, 22 million kids get free or reduced-price lunch during the school year. These school-lunch programs are an important source of food for many children. But during summer vacation, fewer than 4 million kids are able to access the summer meals program funded by the USDA. This makes summer the hungriest time of […]
Some student loan borrowers are leaving the country to keep from paying their debt, according to CNBC. The federal government can’t garnish wages for borrowers working abroad. Yet the loans do not go away, and likely balloon after late fees and interest. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Some student-loan borrowers have fled the […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides data on wages and employment in local-government-owned public elementary and high schools. Public schools employ a wide variety of workers, and salaries range from well below the median wage to very high-paying. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Public schools employ a wide variety of workers, and salaries […]
Graduations are the stuff of tradition, but sometimes those traditions are truly bizarre. Some schools race wooden hoops, some throw watches off rooftops, and some distribute the wrong diplomas. They may be ridiculous, but those traditions are what make some schools treasured institutions. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. For those graduating from university […]
School-ranking website Niche rated the most expensive Ivy League universities. The least expensive school was Princeton University, with a tuition sticker price of $47,140 a year. The most expensive one was Columbia University, with a price tag of $57,208 a year. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. There are only eight Ivy League universities, […]
Pay for university presidents has risen dramatically over the last several years, according to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education. The highest-paid university president as of 2016, former Baylor head Ken Starr, made 41 times the average full-time professor salary. Here are the 15 highest-paid public and private university presidents as of 2016, the […]
The Class of 2019 is getting ready to begin their post-college lives. We found a set of US cities with large and thriving populations of recent college grads and young adults. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. The Class of 2019 is getting ready to begin their post-college lives, and many new graduates are […]
We recently published a ranking of the 20 best cities for college grads. Here are the details of our data sources and ranking method. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. We recently published a ranking of 20 US cities with large and thriving populations of young college graduates. Here’s how we assembled that ranking. […]
Tupac Mosley, a 17-year-old high school student, became valedictorian after maintaining a 4.3 GPA, all while homeless. Mosley won 50 scholarships worth $3 million just before graduating in May. During his valedictorian speech, he said, “Never let your current situation, whatever circumstances you’re going through, be a mountain that you can’t climb.” Visit Business Insider’s […]
Here are the 15 largest donations to public and private colleges, tracked using data from The Chronicle of Higher Education. The largest donation belongs to billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. Nike co-founder Phil Knight has made several donations above $100 million to schools on the West Coast. Visit Business Insider’s homepage […]
School-ranking website Niche listed the best college dorm rooms in America. The best residence halls in the country belong to High Point University in High Point, North Carolina. Niche based their ranking on factors like housing cost, capacity, crime rate, and ratings from students themselves. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. If you attend […]
Women graduate with $2,700 more student debt than men, according to a new report by the American Association of University Women. Women hold more bachelor’s degrees than men in the US, but face more difficulty paying off loans. Greater debt is one of many barriers keeping women from earning as much as men. Visit Business […]
Private-equity tycoon Robert F. Smith vowed Sunday to donate a reported $40 million to pay off student loan debt for Morehouse College’s graduating class of 2019. While the rich have given universities generous gifts for decades, billionaires are addressing the ballooning student-debt crisis directly by paying the tuition of incoming students or writing checks for […]
Udacity seemed to stumble last month when it restructured and laid off about 20% of its workforce. But founder, executive chairman and interim CEO Sebastian Thrun tells Business Insider that the business is on track to do $100 million in revenue this year, up from $88 million in 2018. He says the layoffs were not […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook gave the commencement speech at Tulane University on Saturday, during which he encouraged students to listen to others and remain open to seeing the world in a different way. Cook encouraged students to pay attention to “what we owe one another” and touched on the importance of addressing climate change. Visit […]
Glassdoor released its list of the 25 highest-paying entry-level jobs for 2019. Engineers, in particular, can earn median salaries as high as $95,000 right out of college. Here is the full list of the top 25 highest-paying jobs for young graduates. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. For most millennials, struggling to find high-paying […]
School-ranking website Niche rated the best public school districts in every US state. To determine the best school districts in each state, Niche gave a letter grade to factors like academics, teachers, health and safety, and diversity. The best school district in America was Jericho Union Free School District in Jericho, New York. Visit Business […]
The SAT will include “adversity scores” that measure a student’s privilege, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The score will indicate a test taker’s socioeconomic status and educational access, and will only be visible to college officials. The change comes in the wake of a $25 million college admissions scandal in which […]