About
A modern guide to understanding higher education in America.
Accessible Education publishes clear, well-sourced information about the United States higher-education system — how it works, how it’s funded, what it costs, and how to make sound decisions inside it.
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What this site is
- An independent, editorial publication. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or employed by any college, university, government agency, or for-profit operator.
- Plain-language explanations of admissions, financial aid, student loans, graduate school, online learning, policy, and career outcomes — written for students, families, and educators rather than for the industry.
- Data that shows its work. Every figure on this site carries a named primary source, an access date, and a methodology note.
- Evergreen guides, maintained on a review cadence, for decisions that take years — not hours — to get right.
What this site is not
- Not a directory or a ranking service. We do not score, rank, or recommend individual institutions, and we make no claim of national authority in this space.
- Not a broker, adviser, or service. We don’t sell applications, tutoring, credit-counseling, or any other product, and we don’t take a commission for placing students anywhere.
- Not a substitute for professional advice. Content here is general information about a complex system; federal-aid, tax, and immigration questions deserve an individual answer from qualified professionals.
- Not an authority on any single institution’s data. Figures we publish come from public statistical releases; a given school’s numbers can differ materially from the national averages we quote.
How we source
Our standard is to prefer primary documents over secondary reporting: NCES and IPEDS releases, Federal Student Aid, institutional student-aid offices’ published data, the Federal Register, and the Code of Federal Regulations. When a story depends on a number, that number links to its source and shows the date we looked at it. The full standard — including fact-checking, corrections, and how AI is (and isn’t) used in our process — is documented in the editorial standards.
The masthead
- Maya Hart
- Editorial Director — Editorial Director · higher-education policy, student aid policy
- David Okeke
- Senior Editor, Admissions — Senior Editor · admissions, application review, enrollment advising
- Priya Raman
- Senior Editor, Financial Aid — Senior Editor · federal student aid, FAFSA, net price
- James Morales
- Contributing Editor, Data & Trends — Contributing Editor · educational statistics, data visualization
- Ellen Whitaker
- Contributing Editor, Graduate Education — Contributing Editor · graduate admissions, funding, research careers
- Tomas Reyes
- Contributing Editor, Careers & AI — Contributing Editor · career outcomes, AI and work
Full bios and each person’s published work are on the authors page.