Open Textbook Publisher OpenStax Ranks the Colleges Saving the Most With Free Textbooks

From Rice University:

Rice University-based publisher OpenStax announced Aug. 1 the top 10 schools that have saved their students the most money through adoption of OpenStax free college textbooks in the 2015-16 academic school year.
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OpenStax textbooks have saved college students more than $68 million since 2012 and $42 million in the 2015-16 school year alone. OpenStax uses philanthropic grants to produce high-quality, peer-reviewed textbooks that are free online and low-cost in print.
It launched with the goal of publishing free textbooks for the nation’s 25 most-attended college courses and is on track to meet its goal of saving students $500 million by 2020.
The schools and school systems that have saved the most money for students with OpenStax free textbooks are:
No. 1
University System of Georgia
$3,542,802
35,942 students
No. 2
California State University System
$2,134,533
21,655 students
No. 3
Florida College System
$1,940,744
19,689 students
No. 4
University of Texas System
$1,524,483
15,466 students
No. 5
University System of Ohio
$1,063,077
10,785 students
No. 6
BC campus (British Columbia, Canada)
$1,009,553
10,242 students
No. 7
Illinois Community College Board
$845,139
8,574 students
No. 8
Virginia Community College System
$833,015
8,451 students
No. 9
Tarrant County College District (Fort Worth, Texas)
$825,326
8,373 students
No. 10
University System of Maryland
$760,763
7,718 students
To date, OpenStax textbooks have been adopted by 2,026 college systems/schools and used by 686,300 students.
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