Is it better to stay at a state college for four years or to transfer to a private university after two years?

Question

The state college isnt very well known but the private one is.

Answer 1

Given the context of the state college not being very well known, and the private university being well known (presumably in the field that you wish to study), I would say you should go to the private university after two years.

I went to a private university for four years, and although I enjoyed every second of my time there, the classes for the first two years could have been taken at a community college and I probably would have taken away more of an understanding than I did at the private school. If you are just completing general education requirements in your first two years, you might as well get them out of the way as inexpensively as possible, so that you maximize the worth of your educational dollars.

Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

If you can afford it and you're going into a field where people will care about the quality of your education, go for the private school. If finances make you pause, or if you're going into a field like mechanical engineering where it probably won't matter as much where you went to college, you may prefer to stay at your state college and put your energies toward saving to pay off student loans, etc.

Answer 3

Go to a private University