Sarah Wood

States typically offer need-based scholarships and grants, and tuition-waivers, to residents to help pay for college.

The average acceptance rate at these schools was around 30 percentage points below the national average, per U.S. News data.

Out-of-state students pay an average total cost of $26,504 at these 15 online bachelor’s programs, U.S. News data shows.

Applying to college can be an arduous process, and hours spent responding to prompts and trying to find ways to stand out from peers on paper can create a fear of rejection for many students. To minimize that stress, more colleges, university systems and companies have moved toward a different application process known as direct admissions. Under the direct admissions approach, a college makes an offer of admission before a student has even applied – if they meet certain academic and, sometimes,…

Enrollment at these colleges ranges from about 100 to nearly 900 students.

Applying to medical school is competitive, as admissions officers look for candidates who have high MCAT scores, glowing recommendation letters and robust resumes, as well as certain GPA requirements. For instance, the average acceptance rate in fall 2022 was 6.2% among the 113 medical schools ranked for either primary care or research that submitted this data to U.S. News in an annual survey. However, some medical schools are more selective.Of the 16 medical schools with the lowest acceptance r…

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Students can look to their college’s career center for help with resumes, interviews and negotiations.

Families often don't pay the full advertised sticker price.

Certain programs could be moved or cut if the U.S. Department of Education is dismantled, experts say.