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Clarkson University ranks high in NY in a top-value survey

Posted 5/23/18

POTSDAM -- Clarkson University was recently ranked the seventh top-value college in New York State by SmartAsset, a financial technology company providing personal finance advice on the web. …

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Clarkson University ranks high in NY in a top-value survey

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POTSDAM -- Clarkson University was recently ranked the seventh top-value college in New York State by SmartAsset, a financial technology company providing personal finance advice on the web.

SmartAsset said Clarkson's average scholarships and grants were $30,729 and average starting salary of graduates was $64,200. The company said Clarkson's college tuition was $44,630, student living costs were $17,702, student retention rate at 87 percent and college education value index at 54.79.

Ranking ahead of Clarkson was Hamiliton college at sixth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at fifth, Colgate University at fourth, Cornell University at third, Columbia at second and SUNY Maritime College at number one.

Metrics that SmartAsset considered included tuition, living costs, scholarship and grant offerings, retention rate and starting salary.

More details on the study, including the methodology and interactive map can be found here: https://smartasset.com/student-loans/student-loan-calculator#newyork.