Post Secondary Schools

Essential Question: What are the differences between Post

Secondary Schools?
College
What is it I
must know
about a
college?

4 year degrees offered only

Can live on campus
May be required to live on campus all 4 years
More expensive
*Average Private College cost for all 4 years =s 121,930.00
**includes tuition, and room & board
Smaller than most universities
May be sponsored by private funding
An example: Belmont Abbey
*Catholic college
**Sponsored and founded by Catholic Monks and Diocese
*** Tuition and alumni contribute greatly to colleges expansion
May offer more Liberal Arts programs that universities may not offer
*Graduate with a Bachelor of Arts compared to a Bachelor of
Science
** Examples of degrees that are BA
*** Psychology
***Theater
****Art History
Must fill out an application usually with an essay
Must take SAT and or ACT test for entry
* Score of acceptance depends on college
**GPA A certain Grade Point Average is required
***3.0
****May accept lower than a 3.0 depending on college
****May consider portfolios (If scores and GPA dont meet
criteria)
*teachers and community members references
**Examples of students work and pictures
documenting activities
* ** extracurricular activities would be highly
considered
****Social media scan: Look into FB, Twitter,
Instagram, all social
media accounts to check for conduct of
character

University
How does a
university
differ from a
college?

Offers 4 year, 6 year, and 8 year degrees

Bachelors =s .4 years, Bachelor of Science degrees more
common than Bachelor of Arts
Masters=s .6 years
PhD=s 8 years

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What are key

words to
remember
when learning
about the
differences of
a college and
a university?

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Why should
one consider
attending a

*This is the main difference between a university and a college

**This is why colleges change names from college to university
***An example: Queens College is now Queens University
because they now offer more than 4 year degrees!
They offer many more programs compared to most colleges
They have colleges inside of the university
* You do not enter into the college of your study till junior year and you
must have a certain GPA to continue with that major
**College of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering
*** It also may describe the location of buildings for that college on the
universitys
campus
Universities are cheaper! They are mostly state funded unless it is private
university
*in state student going to an in state university
**Example: NC resident attending East Carolina University
**Average tuition all 4 years =s around 40,000.0065,000.00
***Includes tuition, room and board
They offer many intramural clubs and sports besides their main teams
that represent the university
An example: Basketball
A. The team that represents the University when
playing other universities
* Most students are on scholarships to play and
represent these sport
teams
B. Intramurals: the basketball leagues that all
students can play and
compete in amongst other students at the school on
given days and times
Can be extremely large
*University can be its own town
** Penn State, .University Park
Must complete an application with a written essay
Grade Point Average: Must be 3.0 or higher
Must have SAT and or ACT scores that meet certain criteria a set point
score average
State fundedthat is why there is a set criteria of SAT scores and GPA
Portfolios, social media scans and references may be required, depends
on the school
Provide a lot more scholarship opportunities
Usually only live on campus for the first 2 years then must get your own
housing around campus

Communit
Community
College

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community
college?

You do not live on campus

High school diploma or GED is all that one needs to begin community
college
You can only receive/ earn 2 years of credit towards your major/career
path
Option 1 : Associates degree
A degree that only takes two years to receive at a post
secondary school,
* An associates degree can earn you more money and be
even more in demand
than careers with a 4 year degree
* Mechanical Drafter: prepares diagrams of machinery and
mechanical devices
** Average annual salary with no work
experience as of 2012: 50,360.00
***Dental hygienists: clean teeth and examine patients for oral
disease like gingivitis
** *** Average annual wage as
of 2012: 70,210.00
* ***Air Traffic Controller: monitor and direct the movement of
aircraft
******** Average annual wage as of 2012: 122,530.00
Option 2: Get your first 2 years from a community college and then
transfer to a 4 year college or university in which you enter as a junior
Advantages: Much cheaperyou save 2 years of expenses!
*For 2 years average cost is 3,500- 7,000
**If you maintain a 3.0 or better in community college, you will most
likely get into a university that was extremely difficult to get into as a
freshmen

*Examples:
-Geogia Tech
-Penn State Main Campus

-UNC Chapel Hill

3.5 or better.almost anywhere
- U Southern California
-Harvard
-MIT

Option # 3: Earn a certificate for a trade(certification) that provides

good, stable income and is always in demand

* More physical laborgreat for kinesthetic learners

**Examples

- Cosmetologists : People who do hair and makeup as a profession

-Air and heat technician: AV tech who fixes heating and air
systems

- Plumber: One who fixes all plumbing issues in a house or in a

corporate building

- Welders: People who weld together material to hold structures

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together for

buildings, bridges, pipelines, boats and cars

*** Most certifications take less than a year
The community colleges set up programs with surrounding school
districts to create various programs
*Achieve 2000
**Middle College
- These programs allow students to begin to take college credits while in
high school
*Must have a 3.0 to apply
**Begin as a junior in high school
***May graduate at 19 instead of 18, but earn an Associates degree, or
2 years towards
a Bachelors degree
*Your first 2 years would be free
Community College is the cheapest option for post secondary schooling.

Summary: (You create your own class summary here once

you have gone over all of the differences after at least 2
days of review of the points with your class)

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