Fitch Releases Comparative Analysis Tool for U.S. Colleges and Universities

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings has released its Fitch Analytical Comparative Tool (FACT) for the Private Higher Education and Public Higher Education subsectors of U.S. Colleges and Universities.

FACT is an interactive Excel-based analytical tool for comparing an institution's key financial metrics to median calculations on a notch-specific rating basis, compared to entities rated within the same rating category (e.g. 'AA', 'A', 'BBB') and against Fitch's portfolio of credits.

The FACT and Fitch's recently published median reports for U.S. private and public colleges and universities are available at 'www.fitchratings.com' or through the links below.

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

Private Higher Education -- Fitch Analytical Comparative Tool (FACT) -- August 2015

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=869807

Related Research

2014 Median Ratios for U.S. Private Colleges and Universities

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=868025

Public Higher Education -- Fitch Analytical Comparative Tool (FACT) -- August 2015

https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=869823

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