Making the Case

Key Messages and Data • Making the Case Resources • Media Activity • Speeches and Addresses • Books and Reports •

Fact 5 - Perception of Quality
Assuming costs are equal, 63 percent of independent college alumni surveyed believe that private colleges provide a better quality education and 34 percent of the public university graduates agree.

Survey Question: Assuming costs were equal, do you think the quality of a four-year undergraduate education is better at a private college or university, a public university, or are both equal?
Source: Comparative Alumni Survey, Hardwick~Day, 2003