What Are The Advantages Of Community College

Tuition costs are continually rising and more and more high school graduate are considering other options to earn their degrees. The most effective route for earning a degree is attending community college before completing a four year degree at a university. I recently had to make this decision myself. In the state of Ohio, community college classes are all transferable to universities (within the same state). Therefore, classes offered at community colleges for a fraction of the cost are guaranteed to be considered equivalent to university courses when considered for a student 's degree. There are three main areas we can see benefits to this method, the price difference, the convenience of taking classes locally, and the long term benefits,

In fact, in the state of Ohio standards for courses throughout the entire state are standardized in the same way, so students receive the same instruction no matter what school they attend and are guaranteed to be able to transfer credits from one institution to the other (OH Dept of Higher Ed).

The second, argument used against the merit of community colleges is that the faculty are paid less and therefore offer inferior education. Kim Clark, a staff writer for US News, said, “As the economy sours and tuition at four-year schools rises, more and more students are considering low-cost public community colleges. Counselors across the country warn, however, that sometimes students get what they pay for.” The first assumption is that success is measured by transferral. The data in reports cited in this article shows that a higher number of students complete four year degrees if they attend universities instead of community college first. Concluding that this data shows the supposed inferiority of community colleges is fallible. This would even be the case if the university studied offered poor academics, since universities do not usually attract students for lower level programs other than baccalaureate degrees. The conclusion fails to take into consideration the

There is no significant difference in the academics of an average community college to that of an average university. While Harvard and Yale may offer more rigorous academics than Sinclair Community College; the cost, convenience, and smaller class sizes are still more advantageous to the average student. Despite the naysayers, attending community college before transferring to a university is still the most efficient route for earning a