{"id":24346,"date":"2009-02-19T11:07:41","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T15:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/02\/newman-guide-profiles-of-catho\/"},"modified":"2009-02-19T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T15:07:41","slug":"newman-guide-profiles-of-catho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/02\/newman-guide-profiles-of-catho\/","title":{"rendered":"Newman Guide Profiles of Catholic Colleges Now Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/font><\/font>A new independent report on college costs published by The Center for the Study of Catholic Higher Education–the research division of The Cardinal Newman Society–reveals that some of the most faithful Catholic colleges and universities in the United States also offer students significant cost savings.<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font>Among the study’s key findings:<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font>· Average tuition for students at the recommended faithful Catholic colleges is about $3,000 less than at other Catholic colleges and about $1,000 less than the average private college.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font>· The Newman Guide<\/i> colleges provide students a larger portion of institutional aid (39%) than the average private college (29%).<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font>· Students at the recommended Catholic colleges graduate with fewer loans and less debt–on average, about $2,000 less than at private colleges and $1,400 less than other Catholic colleges.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

The study was conducted by Andrew Gillen, Ph.D., a leading expert on college affordability issues and the research director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. The study is available online at <\/font>TheNewmanGuide.com<\/font><\/span><\/u><\/a><\/font><\/font>.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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In order to help families learn more about the Newman Guide’s<\/i> recommended faithful and affordable colleges, beginning today their campus profiles are available online for the first time at <\/font><\/b>TheNewmanGuide.com<\/font><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/a><\/font><\/font>.<\/b><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font>The recommended Newman Guide<\/i> colleges are Ave Maria University, Aquinas College (Tenn.), Belmont Abbey College<\/b>, Benedictine College<\/b>, The Catholic University of America, Christendom College, The College of Saint Thomas More (Texas), DeSales University, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Holy Apostles College & Seminary, John Paul the Great Catholic University, Magdalen College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy, St. Gregory’s University, Southern Catholic College, Thomas Aquinas College, The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (N.H.), University of Dallas, University of St. Thomas (Texas), and Wyoming Catholic College.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new independent report on college costs published by The Center for the Study of Catholic Higher Education–the research division of The Cardinal Newman Society–reveals that some of the most faithful Catholic colleges and universities in the United States also offer students significant cost savings. Among the study’s key findings: · Average tuition for students … Continue reading Newman Guide Profiles of Catholic Colleges Now Online<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,16],"tags":[1936,1937],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}