University System of Georgia introduces new college comparison tool

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – The College System of Georgia simply rolled out a brand new one-stop-shop web site now out there for Georgia mother and father and college students making main school selections.

It’s known as Georgia Levels Pay. The instrument, introduced on the August Board of Regents assembly on Tuesday, permits customers to match all 26 public universities and faculties within the College System (USG). Most of the options permit customers evaluate as much as two colleges at a time – and embrace classes like value of attendance, future earnings, and pupil success charges.

“As the most effective public college methods within the nation, the College System of Georgia is main the nation in giving college students, households and stakeholders in-depth entry to information in a centralized, simple to make use of and clear trend,” USG Chancellor Sonny Perdue stated in a press launch on Tuesday.

Underneath the fee class, college students and their households can discover info on every college’s affordability, borrowing and the quantity of debt one would possibly tackle.

“That instrument goes to be nice for us,” stated Maria Grovner, the varsity counseling coordinator for Atlanta Public Faculties.

The district already makes use of a customized instrument, primarily based on pupil’s tutorial profiles, to raised put together them for faculty. Nonetheless, Grovner believes USG’s new instrument will improve the work APS is already doing, particularly when it comes to understanding school affordability.

“It’s going to assist them work out if there’s going to be a possible hole of their school funding and if there’s going to be a niche, then we will assist them discover different scholarships,” Grovner added

Georgia Levels Pay outlines potential earnings one, 5, even ten years after commencement. It additionally permits customers to match the make-up of every college’s pupil physique and their retention charges.

“I commend the Board of Regents, Chancellor Perdue, and his employees for standing this new asset up, and I sit up for the advantages it should convey to learners throughout the state who will quickly enter our sturdy workforce,” Gov. Brian Kemp stated.

For one of the best outcomes, USG encourages college students and their households to match colleges from the identical sector. The instrument additionally consists of details about scholarships and on-line levels.

If you need to make use of the instrument, click on right here.

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