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MU Scores Above Average in College Scorecard

U.S. Department of Education’s New Rating System.

Millersville University scored above average in the categories of graduation rates, students who return after their first year and students paying down their debt; and the University received an average score for annual cost; according to the new College Scorecard released by the U.S. Department of Education.

“Millersville University finds that the information portrayed on the Department of Education’s new College Scorecard appears accurate, as most of the data used is collected by the Departments of Education or Treasury through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) or the Internal Revenue Service (IRS),” explained Dr. Lisa Shibley, assistant vice president, Institutional Assessment & Planning.

“The information shared presents Millersville in a positive light to potential students and their families.  Most of the metrics indicate that our students succeed at rates at or above national averages,” said Shibley.  “Millersville has been sharing similar types of information for several years to help prospective students and their families make decisions about their college choice through initiatives like the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) College Portrait and more recently, the Student Achievement Measure (SAM).”

The new scorecard is specifically designed for use on mobile devices that will help students find the right college better than many of the existing commercial guides. Data from private organizations like Student Achievement Measurement (SAM) and Payscale will be used in later versions of the College Scorecard.

The SAM project provides a comprehensive picture of student progress on their path to earning a college degree or certificate. Compared to the limitations of typical graduation rate measures, SAM reports more outcomes for more students. For more information about SAM please visit http://www.studentachievementmeasure.org/.

Millersville University’s statistics can be found here: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?214041-Millersville-University-of-Pennsylvania.

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