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Thousands of Starbucks employees will soon get the chance to get a college education for free through online programs from Arizona State University. The coffee chain partnered with Arizona State …

Slightly more than one in four college students took at least some of their courses online in the fall of 2012, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. …

Getting paid well and being happy at work are two common career goals. Attending college could help increase the chances for success in both of these areas, according to studies …

A new study has found that Millennials – the most educated generation in U.S. history – are making more money than previous college-educated generations.

And those with a master’s degree, including a master’s of business administration, are seeing the biggest payoff.

The survey, by Robert Morris University Polling Institute, found that those with a college degree were more likely to say they have both a higher quality of life and a higher financial standard of living.

Among those surveyed, 75.5% of the college educated reported having a good or very good standard of living, while 63.6% of the non-college educated said the same.

A new Galllup survey underway this spring will determine students satisfaction with the education they have received, including their happiness with their jobs and level of overall satisfaction with their personal lives.

Anti-tax organizations and a prevailing attitude among resident and politicians in many states that public dollars should not be used for higher education have led to states paying less of the costs for education at public universities.

That means the cost of going to college has shifted more and more to the student themselves.

Numbers from the Federal Reserve recently released show that the amount of student debt across the country has increased dramatically. At the end of 2003, the aggregate amount of student loan debt nationwide was $253 billion. By the end of 2013, according to the Federal Reserve, that number had reached $1.08 trillion.

Colleges and universities now try specifically to provide extra services to students who are related to the military in some way. Because of the large number of military service members, veterans and their dependents now attending post-secondary schools, colleges and universities now offer services specifically aimed at military students.

In a news release about the poll, Lumina Foundation president and CEO Jamie P. Merisotis said, “College degrees and other credentials are more important than ever, but times have changed, and the vast majority of employers in America put acquired skills far ahead of alma mater or major when it comes to hiring.”