Are private colleges any good?

Question

hey everyone,
So Im taking 6 units per semester at my local community college because I work full time. At this pace it's gonna take me about two hundred years to get even an associate's degree. Some friends recommend that I go to a private college like Maric or Bryman, where you can get an associate's a lot quicker. Any advise? are these colleges any good? Can my already-earned credits be used at these colleges? What's your experience with them. Help!!

Answer 1

There are hundreds of private colleges in the USA. SOme of them, like Harvard, Duke, Stanford, etc are regarded as the best universities in the world. They have hundreds of years of tradition, fabulous resources, world famous professors and the best students in the country. On the other hand, there are some private schools that are really bad! You can check out how highly respected a school is by looking at the Princeton Review or College Board or UN News. Each of them has a list of colleges and comments or rankings about them

College is not about doing things quickly,. It is about doing what you need to do and doing it right. You want that degree you paid for to actually mean something, to get you respect! Probably the easiest way to work this is for you to transfer from the Community College to the State university. In most states the CCs have an agreement with the state university to accept CC college credits. Ask at the CC about how to transfer yourself over to the state uni. There are probably a gazillion kids who have done this before you. The state colleges may not be as good as the best private schools in some ways, but they are always respectable and may be much better than some of the lower level private schools.

Answer 2

Private vs. public doesn't matter. If you want to move faster, you will have to take more classes. Actually an associates degree is usually 60 hours so at that rate it's 10 semesters. If you do 6 hours each summer, that's about 3 years.

If you have a University in mind, you might want to check with them to assure that your classes will be transferrable.

If you can afford to attend college full time, then by all means ignore the associates degree and enroll. But private college and public college can provide great educations!

Answer 3

Private colleges are vey good, I feel that they are better than public in most cases. But in your case do not go to a liberal arts college, you would usually have to take a lot more classes than you need, especially since you want to finish quickly. Your best bet would be to look at the tech schools that only make you take classes in regards to you degree. If you decide to look into private colleges check out there non-traditional student programs (I know that both colleges that I went to had them), they usually offer classes at an accelerated rate. For exam a 2 credited class would meet every other saturday ( a total of 4 times) for about 4 hours.
Also look in your neighborhood there might be a school that caters to students that work full-time. Around here I think there is one called University of Phenoix or Ottowa ?(in WI).
Most importantly before you decide to transfer talk with the admissions counselor about what credits will transfer and get it in writting and keep it for your records.

Answer 4

Some are better than others. I went to a small private college and got a phenomenal education. Classes were small and the professors were dynamic and really took a personal interest in the students. It was expensive, but worth every penny. Many will accept most of your community college credits as long as you got good grades, and they may ask to see a syllubus from a class or two.

Answer 5

Some of the commercial colleges (like ITT, deVry, etc) - you may only be able to transfer your classes to another one of their campuses.

If I were you, I would go year-round to where you are going. And consider taking more hours - maybe 9 per semester. My daughter-in-law is a Teacher Assistant and is taking 3 classes (9 hours) at night.

Answer 6

Aside from cost, private schools are no better or worse than public schools as a whole. One general benefit of the private school is the smaller classes and closer relationships with professors.

However, what you need to consider is what field you intend to pursue. Colleges, both public and private, differ considerably in what they are good at providing for their students. For example, if I was going to law school in Texas, I would recommend Baylor or Texas. However, if I was going to be an engineer or vet, I would go to Texas A&M.

Those schools tailor their programs towards what they are good at, their level of faculty, and their general endowment.

Answer 7

Yes, I got to a private college and I suggested everyone go to a private college, it is better and you learn more much faster.

Answer 8

i was wondering that myself. As far as i know there isn't that much of a difference besides a big difference in price it will cost you double.And also they teach you alot faster which requires much more effort and longer classes.i think before enrolling you should check with the ministry of education to make sure the school of your choice is recognized.it will make no sense to have a diploma and a reference from a school that wont exist in 10 years.

Answer 9

Apollo College or DeVry are one of the good private colleges.

Answer 10

If you like to hang out with just white and asian people, then yes.