Optimal's GradReports releases Salary Scores: a metric to show how colleges stack up by alumni summary

KIRKLAND, Wash. – The higher education industry has been radically altered by COVID-19. The economic fallout from the pandemic has only magnified the need for cost-benefit analysis of pursuing a college degree, and it’s all happening under the shadow of an already looming student debt crisis. And despite most education moving online in 2020, the industry has made limited concessions and continued to charge high tuitions despite a change in the offerings.

Now, more than ever before, students are concerned with supporting themselves and need data that illustrates how much they can make in their...