{"213971":{"#nid":"213971","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Named #1 for \u201cAffordable Colleges With High ROI\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn its latest data compilation, the tuition comparison resource AffordableCollegesOnline.org (ACO) has named Georgia Tech as its number one choice for \u201cAffordable Colleges With High Return on Investment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn fact, the contest wasn\u2019t even close. Out of 875 colleges it reviewed, ACO rates Tech\u2019s return on investment to be $836,000, well ahead of second-place State University of New York at New Paltz, at $644,500. Rounding out the top five was the University of Virginia, Texas A\u0026amp;M University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe list was developed through a combination of sources, with data originating from organizations such as PayScale and the Carnegie Classification. A more complete explanation of ACO\u2019s selection methodology is available on its website.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn its latest data compilation, the tuition comparison resource AffordableCollegesOnline (ACO) has named Georgia Tech as its number one choice for \u201cAffordable Colleges With High Return on Investment.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The tuition comparison resource AffordableCollegesOnline (ACO) has named Georgia Tech as its number one choice for \u201cAffordable Colleges With High Return on Investment.\u201d"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2013-05-21 09:07:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:16","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.affordablecollegesonline.org\/","title":"AffordableCollegesOnline"},{"url":"http:\/\/admission.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Undergraduate Admission"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}