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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