Post-Secondary Education

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The debate about the best choice as to where a person should begin their post-secondary education is ongoing and may never be completed. The reason being there are many factors to be considered when choosing the best path for being post-secondary education. A few factors are cost, location, maturity level, level of current education, need for job, and overall self confidence. Research shows universities and community colleges differ in several aspects yet they share factors that prospect students value. Major universities provide a broad variation of degrees for their students such as bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees, and doctorate’s degrees. Many major universities tuition will cost nine thousand dollars or greater per year. Since there…show more content…
Community colleges give many students a chance to attend college due to the locations in rural communities and low tuition. Community colleges were originally design to be built in towns away from universities so people who could not afford to attend a university would have an opportunity for post-secondary education. As community colleges add additional locations, they continue to chose rural areas for new centers. Community colleges are generally less than half the price of major universities. "Community colleges offer comparable freshman and sophomore level general education classes at a fraction of the per credit cost of four-year institutions". Another cost saving factor in community colleges is all entering freshman are not required to live on campus unless the student participates in sports or band. Typically, community colleges are just a little bit larger than a large high school meaning that each class has around twenty to thirty people in sections of basic courses. Hence, allowing students to interact with their teachers by asking questions in class more easily than in major universities. Also by students being able to comfortably communicate with their teachers often helps students from getting behind in course work. Basic freshman courses in community colleges are taught by instructors who have a master’s degree with a minimum of eighteen graduate hours in their area of
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