Although yesterday saw the launch of the Design Salary Guide, we were also interested to hear that Pratt's student-designed, -managed and -organized magazine the "Prattler" recently did a survey on the student body. The data covers a range of categories, from Cumulative Debt by Graduation to Sexuality and Who's Voting.
Pratt's student run magazine illustrates data, through, well illustrations
Many third party sites offer statistical data about colleges, such as rate of acceptance or more importantly male to female ratio. This information, however, is a current representation of the views and opinions of students, putting a face to the data point.
The execution of statisitcal data, which can be relatively uninspired, is presented in a refreshing and clear manner in this month's "Prattler." For example, the dominating theme of dollar bills is used to illustrate the various ways that students spend their money.
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