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US Private Colleges and Universities
Independent Colleges, Schools, and Universities
Get your career started with a college degree in one of the many growing fields available. Your first step is getting your degree from your choice of qualified and well-recognized schools. At any of the colleges offered here, you'll gain an education that can take you further in your career, or
help you start a new one! You'll find out that not all schools are the same. Some schools offer certified programs; others offer full diploma and degrees and financial aid.
US private colleges and universities offer a wide range of education programs with degrees and certificates up to the doctoral level, as well as professional degrees such as law and medicine. These US private schools are diverse in character, academic emphasis, and origins. Some private colleges or schools have a religious affiliation; others are secular. Private colleges and universities may be profit or non-profit institutions. Typically, independent
colleges or private schools give weight to personal characteristics and activities in addition to considering GPA and test scores. While many
US private schools are considerably more expensive than comparable state institutions, they also tend to offer more generous financial aid packages. Many students have found the actual out-of-pocket cost to earn a degree from a private college in US to be less than the cost of the state schools to which they were accepted. On the one hand, public colleges are usually less expensive, particularly for in-state residents. They get most of their money from the state or local government. Check out your state's Guide to Residency.
US private colleges rely on tuition, fees, endowments, and other private sources of funding. On the other hand, US private colleges are usually smaller and can offer more personalized attention (and some believe, more prestige).
Choosing a College or School
Factors in Choosing a College or School.
Possibly the most difficult decision you will face in thinking about your college career is just which college or school you want to choose to attend. There are over 4,000 colleges in the US with nearly 16 million students to choose from. As each college also offers a number of different majors and degrees, it can be difficult to choose just which major will suits you.
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Campus-Based Versus Distance Education:
The Twain Shall Meet
Experts across the educational spectrum say it's not where you study that matters most, but how you study.
There are both good and bad face-to-face learning experiences, and the same holds true for distance programs, says Debra Humphreys, Vice President for Communications at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU). Although Humphreys favors the traditional path to a college education – one that involves taking classes and participating in student life on campus – she sees an important role for distance education, especially for targeted online programs leading to certification or a degree such as a Masters in Education or an Online MBA. |
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Higher Education
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Higher education is education provided by universities, vocational universities (community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and technical colleges, etc.) and other collegial institutions that award academic degrees, such as career colleges following
the completion of a school that provides secondary education, such as a high school and secondary K-12 schools. |
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