Zachary Bleemer (NEW HAVEN, CT) is an assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management and a research associate at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Mukul Kumar (IRVINE, CA) is an assistant professor of urban planning and public policy at UC Irvine. Aashish Mehta (SANTA BARBARA, CA) is an associate professor of global studies at UC Santa Barbara. Chris Muellerleile (SWANSEA, WALES) is a senior lecturer of geography at Swansea University. Christopher Newfield (LONDON, UK) is the director of research at the Independent Social Research Foundation and was formerly a distinguished professor of literature and American studies at UC Santa Barbara. He is the author of The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them.

• AbstractIntroduction1. Return on Investment2. University Rankings3. Selectivity4. Tuition Sticker Prices5. Student Debt6. Average Wages by College Major7. Access to My Preferred MajorConclusion: Metrics and WasteAuthor's NoteBibliographyNotesIndex

For parents and high school students beginning their search of which college to apply to, and for incoming freshmen for this next academic year, Metrics That Matter is essential reading for knowing how to steer yourself through the university's bureaucracies to find success, no matter whether you attach a dollar figure to it or not.—Law & Liberty

Zachary Bleemer (NEW HAVEN, CT) is an assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management and a research associate at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Mukul Kumar (IRVINE, CA) is an assistant professor of urban planning and public policy at UC Irvine. Aashish Mehta (SANTA BARBARA, CA) is an associate professor of global studies at UC Santa Barbara. Chris Muellerleile (SWANSEA, WALES) is a senior lecturer of geography at Swansea University. Christopher Newfield (LONDON, UK) is the director of research at the Independent Social Research Foundation and was formerly a distinguished professor of literature and American studies at UC Santa Barbara. He is the author of The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them.

• AbstractIntroduction1. Return on Investment2. University Rankings3. Selectivity4. Tuition Sticker Prices5. Student Debt6. Average Wages by College Major7. Access to My Preferred MajorConclusion: Metrics and WasteAuthor's NoteBibliographyNotesIndex

For parents and high school students beginning their search of which college to apply to, and for incoming freshmen for this next academic year, Metrics That Matter is essential reading for knowing how to steer yourself through the university's bureaucracies to find success, no matter whether you attach a dollar figure to it or not.—Law & Liberty

Zachary Bleemer (NEW HAVEN, CT) is an assistant professor of economics at the Yale School of Management and a research associate at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Mukul Kumar (IRVINE, CA) is an assistant professor of urban planning and public policy at UC Irvine. Aashish Mehta (SANTA BARBARA, CA) is an associate professor of global studies at UC Santa Barbara. Chris Muellerleile (SWANSEA, WALES) is a senior lecturer of geography at Swansea University. Christopher Newfield (LONDON, UK) is the director of research at the Independent Social Research Foundation and was formerly a distinguished professor of literature and American studies at UC Santa Barbara. He is the author of The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them.

• AbstractIntroduction1. Return on Investment2. University Rankings3. Selectivity4. Tuition Sticker Prices5. Student Debt6. Average Wages by College Major7. Access to My Preferred MajorConclusion: Metrics and WasteAuthor's NoteBibliographyNotesIndex

For parents and high school students beginning their search of which college to apply to, and for incoming freshmen for this next academic year, Metrics That Matter is essential reading for knowing how to steer yourself through the university's bureaucracies to find success, no matter whether you attach a dollar figure to it or not.—Law & Liberty