START AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
A great way to cut down on the overall expense of college is to start at a local community college. Get your general education classes (math, reading, history, science, etc.) knocked out there - you’ll find it to almost always be much less expensive. In case you forgot, look at the numbers again for the average cost of tuition for each type of school...
Private College - $25,143
Public College - $6,585
Community College - $2,402
You don’t have to be a math whiz to figure out it’s significantly cheaper to take classes at a community college than a private or public university. Keep in mind that with just about any major you’re going to have to take a certain amount of general education classes. If it is basically the same class being taught, would you rather pay $2,000 for that class at a private university or $200 for the SAME class at a community college? Get all your general education classes taken care of at a community college and then transfer them to a “better” school that you’re interested in attending later.
now what?
1. Get a list of the required general education classes for your intended major from the school that you’re planning on transferring to and getting your degree from.
2. Talk to the school you want to attend later to make sure the community college classes you are planning on taking will transfer. Assuming they’re cool with that, get something in writing so you’re covered if something were to ever change.
3. Compare the list of classes required from your future school with what the community college offers. Sign up for classes and start saving money!
A great way to cut down on the overall expense of college is to start at a local community college. Get your general education classes (math, reading, history, science, etc.) knocked out there - you’ll find it to almost always be much less expensive. In case you forgot, look at the numbers again for the average cost of tuition for each type of school...
Private College - $25,143
Public College - $6,585
Community College - $2,402
You don’t have to be a math whiz to figure out it’s significantly cheaper to take classes at a community college than a private or public university. Keep in mind that with just about any major you’re going to have to take a certain amount of general education classes. If it is basically the same class being taught, would you rather pay $2,000 for that class at a private university or $200 for the SAME class at a community college? Get all your general education classes taken care of at a community college and then transfer them to a “better” school that you’re interested in attending later.
now what?
1. Get a list of the required general education classes for your intended major from the school that you’re planning on transferring to and getting your degree from.
2. Talk to the school you want to attend later to make sure the community college classes you are planning on taking will transfer. Assuming they’re cool with that, get something in writing so you’re covered if something were to ever change.
3. Compare the list of classes required from your future school with what the community college offers. Sign up for classes and start saving money!