What is the advantage on going to a community college verses a university?

Answer 1

Many individuals start at the community college level for a variety of reasons to include:

• Community colleges are less expensive to start out with. You can cut the cost of a four year degree almost in half by starting at a community college first, and then transferring to four year college or university to finish up the last two years.
• There are typically smaller classroom sizes at the community college with a better professor to student ratio, which means more individualized attention.
• Some students do not meet the entrance requirements of the four year college or university, thus they start at the community college first, then transfer later.
• The community colleges are typically more family oriented, with a strong sense of community.
• Some students like to be close to home, thus they start at their home county community college.
• Some careers only require an associate's degree.

Answer 2

It could be three reasons They don,t get high enough grades to get into a four year college. They can,t afford four yearcollege. Or they do not know what they want to major in. If theydo not know what to major in they can explore their interest and pick a major then tranfer to a four year college. And if their grades are not high enough they can tranfer to a four year college if they pull their grades up.

Answer 3

A Community College (CC) will allow you to concentrate your studies in any area you choose, in hopes of transferring those hours to a local university. If you succeed, good for you. If you fall flat on your face, it's not their problem. The CC will allow you to shoot for any major you want with the (transferable) undergraduate work done there. If you don't have previous credentials in the field you are interested in before you ever apply to a major university, they will not let you major in that area from freshman year. But a CC will, and if you do well, you are a shoo-in Junior year to the University to finish your degree. On the other hand, if you know exactly what you want to major in when you start college, and you have the credentials (high school work) to back it up, then starting at a university is more straightforward - the CC's advantage would be only fiscal (it's cheaper).