Lyss Welding
Expertise- National higher education data
- Survey reporting
- Student aid and finances
- Student loan debt
- Cost of college
- Higher education research
Education- BA Linguistics, University of Chicago
Lyss Welding is a higher education analyst and senior editor for BestColleges who specializes in translating massive data sets and finding statistics that matter to students. Lyss has worked in academic research, curriculum design, and program evaluation. They’ve presented on collecting and using data at the Data Science for Social Good and Illinois Continuous Quality Improvement conferences.
Lyss’ work has been cited by NPR, Forbes, Investopedia, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
They hold a bachelor’s degree in linguistics from the University of Chicago.
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Graduate Student Unionization Efforts, List, and Statistics
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Average GMAT Score and Scores for Top MBA Programs
The average GMAT score was 654 in 2023. Find average GMAT scores for selective MBA programs and other popular programs.
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