Visualizing ROI on Higher Education

Krishnesh Pujari and Ravi Alluru

INTRODUCTION

• Every year many Americans have to make a choice about higher education.

• Ponder on various factors which influence their decision.

• One major deciding factor is the cost of education.

MOTIVATION

• Average cost for attending a 4 year public institution - $ 17,860

• For a private institution the same degree would cost - $ 39,518

• That’s a lot of money.

MOTIVATION contd..

• According to NCES- 79% under graduates received financial aid.

• 59% received university grants, 42% took out education loans.

Motivation contd..

• Is the cost worth it?• Our goal - visualize the higher education

data.• Help students and families compare the

college costs and take informed decisions.

Data

• Visualized the college scorecard data.• Contains college statistics, student loan

and income details.• Used Tableau to visualize the data.• Created a story with visualizations.

RESULTS

RESULTS

RESULTS

RESULTS

CONCLUSIONS

• Average student debt nationwide at graduation - $ 12,218.

• 44% of students who are having debts are coming from a sub-urban region.

• States like California, Pennsylvania, New York are having maximum average student debts.

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