Haverford College Among Best Value Schools In Nation: Kiplinger

HAVERFORD, PA – According to a new list from Kiplinger, a personal finance and business forecasts publisher, Haverford College offers one of the best values for higher education in the United States.

With the rising cost of college tuition and the enormous amount of student debt most graduates take on, prospective college students predictably want to get the most for their money. For students planning to enroll this year, the Kiplinger list ranks the best value colleges in the country for 2018, including Haverford College and 18 other PA schools.

According to Kiplinger, Haverford College offers the 31st best value for education in the nation and the second best in Pennsylvania, behind nearby Swarthmore College.

Haverford is also listed as Kiplinger's 17th Best Value Liberal Arts College in the nation.

Haverford's annual tuition cost according to Kiplinger is $52,278 but lists average student debt at graduation to be $13,000.

See Haverford College's full report from Kiplinger here.

Villanova University, Bryn Mawr College, Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania were among the list of PA schools with the best values.

See here for details on how other Pennsylvania colleges and universities ranked in Kiplinger's list.

Kiplinger notes that nationally over the past 20 years, tuition for in-state students attending public four-year universities has gone up 82 percent when adjusted for inflation. Tuition hikes have been less dramatic at private, non-profit four-year colleges, but still jumped 59 percent.

Student loan debt has also gone up while average earnings of recent college graduates have remained relatively flat, according to Kiplinger. The publication's annual list of the 300 best value colleges and universities weighs quality with affordability, giving students a resource to see where they'll get the most for their investment.

Kiplinger defines value as "a high-quality education at an affordable price."

To come up with the rankings, Kiplinger looks at admission and graduation rates, academic support, tuition costs and financial aid, average student debt and the salary graduates might earn a decade after they graduate. (You can read more about Kiplinger's methodology here.)

With reporting by Feroze Dhanoa and Kara Seymour

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