Is your college financially healthy? Are its outcomes good?
Higher Education Professionals
Parents, Students, and Families
Higher Education Professionals
See how your institution compares to its peers. Explore clear financial health insights and comparisons designed to help leaders and faculty navigate risk, strategy, and long-term viability.
Counselors
Parents, Students, and Families
Higher Education Professionals
Give your students more than brochures and rankings. Access transparent, plain-language college outcome and financial data that helps you guide families with informed consent.
Parents, Students, and Families
Parents, Students, and Families
Parents, Students, and Families
Before you invest time and tuition, see the full picture. Compare graduation rates, cost, earnings, and financial health data. Don't find yourself at a college that closes.
The College Viability Philosophy
- College is good. Go if you can.
- Graduation is better.
- Some colleges will not survive. Most will.
- Only consider those in good financial health
- Your FAFSA tell colleges about your finances. The College Viability App shows you theirs.
- Enrollment trends matter. Graduation rates matter even more.
- Popularity indicators are important.
- Closing colleges will cost you A LOT of money.
- Support higher education in the United States.
- Choose the strong - not the weak.
Shift the Balance of Power in Your College Decision
My College Decision Lens helps students and families use real data, ask stronger questions, practice difficult conversations, and make a college decision with more evidence—and less marketing spin.
Know What Matters
Know what matters before the marketing starts. Identify your priorities, trade-offs, and concerns so you can evaluate each college against what actually matters to you.
Ask Better Questions
Walk onto campus knowing what to ask. Get college-specific questions based on real data, outcomes, financial health, and your decision priorities so that you can move beyond the standard tour.
Practice the Conversation
Practice before the conversation counts. Speak with a simulated admissions representative, test tough questions, and get feedback on where you pushed for evidence—or accepted a polished answer too quickly.
Get Your College Inspected.
You'd inspect a house before spending hundreds of thousands of dollars. Why make a $100,000+ and 4+ year college decision based mostly on brochures, rankings, and marketing?