Types of Colleges
Universities
Universities
Universities are generally bigger than colleges and offer more majors and research facilities. Class size often reflects institutional size, and some classes may be taught by graduate students.
Universities are generally bigger than colleges and offer more majors and research facilities. Class size often reflects institutional size, and some classes may be taught by graduate students.
Most universities are subdivided into colleges or schools. For example, a state university might have a large college of liberal arts, a school of engineering and applied sciences, a small school of nursing, a teachers college, and several graduate schools all on the same campus. Different universities have different rules for whether you can, for example, take a computer science course offered by the engineering school while enrolled in the liberal arts college.
Most universities are subdivided into colleges or schools. For example, a state university might have a large college of liberal arts, a school of engineering and applied sciences, a small school of nursing, a teachers college, and several graduate schools all on the same campus. Different universities have different rules for whether you can, for example, take a computer science course offered by the engineering school while enrolled in the liberal arts college.
Liberal Arts Colleges
Liberal Arts Colleges
Liberal Arts College classes tend to be small, and personal attention is available. Most are private and focus mainly on undergraduate students.
Liberal Arts College classes tend to be small, and personal attention is available. Most are private and focus mainly on undergraduate students.
An education at a liberal arts college will prepare you for a broad range of career and graduate school options. Liberal Arts Colleges offer a broad base of courses in the humanities (philosophy, literature, and art: the liberal arts), social sciences (sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and history), and natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, etc.).
An education at a liberal arts college will prepare you for a broad range of career and graduate school options. Liberal Arts Colleges offer a broad base of courses in the humanities (philosophy, literature, and art: the liberal arts), social sciences (sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and history), and natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, etc.).
Comprehensive Colleges
Comprehensive Colleges
Comprehensive Colleges focus on undergraduate education and offer a range of degree programs in the liberal arts and in professional fields such as business, nursing, and education.
Comprehensive Colleges focus on undergraduate education and offer a range of degree programs in the liberal arts and in professional fields such as business, nursing, and education.
Specialty Schools
Specialty Schools
Specialty Schools are colleges that offer most or all of their degrees in fine arts, performing arts, business, engineering as well as the five uniformed-service academies. One hundred percent of students at the Juilliard School in New York, for example, major in the performing arts (music, dance, or drama); at the Colorado School of Mines, 83 percent of students major in engineering.
Specialty Schools are colleges that offer most or all of their degrees in fine arts, performing arts, business, engineering as well as the five uniformed-service academies. One hundred percent of students at the Juilliard School in New York, for example, major in the performing arts (music, dance, or drama); at the Colorado School of Mines, 83 percent of students major in engineering.
Note: many specialty schools require students to present a portfolio or to audition to gain entry into specific programs.
Note: many specialty schools require students to present a portfolio or to audition to gain entry into specific programs.
Community Colleges
Community Colleges
Community Colleges offer a degree after the completion of two years of full-time study. They frequently offer technical programs that prepare you for immediate entry into the job market.
Community Colleges offer a degree after the completion of two years of full-time study. They frequently offer technical programs that prepare you for immediate entry into the job market.