College & Career Slide Shows

SLIDE SHOW–With the excitement and stress that accompany the move to college, it's easy to let down your guard and pull out the plastic for a whole lot of ... stuff. And, as ever, you don't have to say yes to everything your kid wants.

SLIDE SHOW–These 20 schools top our combined list for their blend of academic quality and affordability.

SLIDE SHOW–We've pulled together a list of the most important considerations for students hoping to receive a service academy appointment someday. Here are 20 things you need to know about getting into a military service academy.

SLIDE SHOW–We look for schools with reasonable price tags, solid financial aid for students who qualify and low average debt among students who borrow. For our public colleges list, we rank the schools according to in-state costs and calculate out-of-state costs separately for the out-of-state ranking.

SLIDE SHOW–Some new tax laws have changed the rules and expanded some breaks for education. The following six tips can help you take full advantage of these tax breaks.

SLIDE SHOW–These 10 schools represent the top-scoring schools on our combined rankings, which compare private universities, private liberal arts colleges and public colleges.

SLIDE SHOW–These 10 schools meet both challenges by getting students who borrow out the door with the lowest average debt at graduation among the 300 schools on our list of best college values.

SLIDE SHOW–To help keep costs under control during the school year, here are 15 things that parents of college students can think about trying.

SLIDE SHOW–You need to know what kind of pay and employment prospects you can expect from your degree before you borrow the tuition money to get it.