The University of Southern California occupies a particular position in American higher education. Its undergraduate program admitted approximately 10 percent of nearly 84,000 applicants for the Class of 2029, placing USC among the most selective private research universities in the country. Its graduate and professional schools enroll roughly 26,000...
Read MoreThe University of Texas Permian Basin holds AACSB accreditation for its business programs, a credential held by approximately 5 percent of business schools worldwide. It also holds CCNE accreditation for nursing, CAEP accreditation for education, and ABET accreditation for mechanical engineering. The university charges Texas residents approximately $9,237 per...
Read MoreIBM has run formal employee education programs longer than almost any U.S. employer. Thomas J. Watson Sr. established the company’s first Education Department in 1916; IBM introduced the Tuition Refund Program in 1958; and the company has continuously operated some form of educational assistance for more than a century....
Read MoreUnitedHealth Group employs approximately 400,000 people across the United States, making it one of the five largest private employers in the country and the single largest employer in healthcare. The company offers tuition reimbursement up to the federal Section 127 maximum of $5,250 per calendar year to eligible employees...
Read MorePsychology is the third most popular undergraduate major in the United States, awarded to more than 120,000 students annually. It is also one of the lowest-paying social science degrees at the bachelor’s level. The median psychology bachelor’s holder earns approximately $42,000 to $55,000 within five years of graduation, less...
Read MoreThe median MBA graduate from a typical online program earns approximately $15,000 to $35,000 more annually than they did before starting the program. That number is real, sourced, and widely cited. It is also one of the least useful numbers in adult learner education research, because the variance hidden...
Read MoreThe gravest mistake IT professionals make when choosing an online degree is selecting based on prestige rather than career fit. A working sysadmin pursuing a Computer Science degree because it sounds more rigorous than IT often ends up with two years of theoretical mathematics coursework that does not advance...
Read MoreBy now, whether you’ve been told about them at a young age, know someone attending one of them, or just discovered them, my guess is that you’ve heard of the Ivy League schools. But do you really know them? Most often regarded as the best schools in America, if...
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