This dashboard describes FAFSA filing rates and other characteristics of Wisconsin high schools for the purpose of identifying schools which may benefit from outreach efforts promoting FAFSA filing.
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Pell Access and Outcomes Explorer
This tool aims to inform research and policy conversations on improving college access and success. Using data from the U.S. Department of Education, it examines college access and completion rates for Pell Grant recipients. Users …
College-Going Students in Wisconsin 2010-2019
In this project, we build an interactive map showing high school completion and college-going trends in Wisconsin from 2010 and 2019 at the county and the school level. In particular, we draw attention to the …
Student Loan Repayment Rates in Wisconsin
Previous work in this series has addressed student loan default rates, but default is an extreme event. To build a more comprehensive understanding of loan repayment, this post reports student loan repayment rates at Wisconsin …
Wisconsin Residents in Default on Student Loans
While most borrowers will not default on their student loans, the steep consequences of doing so makes default one of the most pernicious possible outcomes for student borrowers. To supplement our previous work highlighting school …
Default Rates Among Wisconsin Colleges and Universities
While previous posts in this series have focused on student borrowing, here we shift attention to one of the most pernicious outcomes student borrowers can experience: default, or failing to make agreed-upon payments towards their …
Debt at Graduation Among Wisconsin Colleges and Universities
Our previous work examined statewide and regional trends in student debt. In this post, we use data from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard to see how debt varies across Wisconsin’s public, non-profit, and …
Student Debt Across Wisconsin Metro Areas
So far, this series has focused on average debt and the distribution of debt among Wisconsin federal loan borrowers. Here, we shift attention to Wisconsin’s 12 metro areas and provide an interactive tool to explore …
Distribution of Federal Student Debt in Wisconsin
Our previous post showed 715,800 Wisconsinites carry a combined $23.1 billion in student loan debt—or on average, $32,230 per borrower. While these figures are a good starting point, looking at averages alone can hide the …
Federal Student Debt in Wisconsin
With student debt beginning to receive serious attention in Wisconsin, basic information about “who borrows” and “how much” is critical to diagnosing and ultimately solving student debt problems. Accordingly, this post uses data from the …