Is a college transfer degree a "real" degree or just a means of getting into a university?

Answer 1

By a transfer degree, you're refering to an associate degree. Yes it is a real degree, and yes it will help you get a job. There are several reasons why.

1. It shows employers that you can make up your mind, create a plan, and follow a cohesive plan of study to completion. This is an already demonstrated example of leadership and managerial potential.

2. It often satisfies mandated levels of certification for many career fields, especially technical ones.

3. And this is an important consideration: it can protect companies from liability, because you have an accredited degree under your belt, which means they have a better leg to stand on if you make some costly mistake.

4. Anyone can go to school aimlessly...for a dozen years even. Just because you have a lot of classes under your belt, it doesn't mean you know enough about any one particular area to know what you're talking about. An associate degree means you have a concentration in one area that will allow you to perform reasonably well at a job that requires a competency in that area.

5. It is also a means of getting into a university. There are also special transfer-scholarships that only associate degree holders are eligible for. Again, this shows you can and will stick to a plan, and is a consideration as to whether or not scholarship money will be wasted or put to good use if it's awarded to you.

6. Ask youself: if you were a small business owner, would you be more impressed by a potential employee that said he/she had two years of college or one that had a degree? Even if all other things, including GPA are equal, there's still a cachet attached to a piece of paper. Sorry, but that's the simple fact in our society.

This is not to say you're better than someone with two years of college that is attending a four year university---you're not. However, it does mean you can set and achieve goals, and is often the only real means employers have of judging the odds that a young college student who has no real work experience will be able to do the things they say they can when applying for a job.

As a bonus, you can take a break in schooling and get a job. Or, you'll be better able to get a job and earn money to pay for a bachelor degree easier than someone who doesn't have the associate degree.

Answer 2

it truly is fairly a lot the conventional way of doing issues in case you bypass to a community college. you merely favor to stay there for the finished 2 years, so that you get the associate's degree in the previous transferring on to a 4-year college.

Answer 3

It's a real degree that qualifies you for nothing in the workforce....sort of like a BA in literature or sociology. Unless you're willing to go further with your education, it really has no value.

Answer 4

it is definitely not!!!!