Types of Colleges & Degrees

Agenda• Review Degree Types• Undergrad• Graduate

• Intro to Types of Colleges• Public, Private, Religiously Affiliated, HBCU, HSI,

Women’s Colleges, Urban vs. Suburban vs. Rural.

College Speak

• Undergraduate: a college or university student who hasn’t earned his/her bachelor’s degree. First four years of college!

• Graduate: a student who has earned his/her bachelor’s degree, and is studying for an advanced degree

after your first college degree

Examples: Master’s Degree, Doctoral Degree, Law Degree

Degree Types

Undergraduate

• Certificate• Associates (AA, AS)• Bachelor’s (BA, BS)

Post-Baccalaureate/Graduate

• Master’s• Doctorate (PhD)• Professional

Degrees (M.D., J.D., D.D.S, D.V.M.)

Four-year & Two-year Colleges• Four-year colleges

• Can earn a bachelor’s degree (BA/BS)

• includes universities and liberal arts colleges

• Two-year colleges • offer programs that last up to

two years • can earn a certificate or an

associate degree (AA) • includes community colleges,

vocational-technical colleges and career colleges

Four-year Colleges

Two-year Colleges

Public & PrivateColleges

• Public colleges • funded by local and state governments • usually offer lower tuition rates for students living in the

state

• Private colleges • rely mainly on tuition, fees and private sources of funding• some offer generous financial aid due to private donations

Public Colleges

Public

UC vs. CSU

• Public Colleges• 4-year schools

• 10 campuses• Tuition: $13,000-$15,000• A lot of focus on preparing studentsfor grad school• Research-basedcourses

• 23 campuses• Tuition: $5,000-$7,000• A lot of focus on preparing students for thejob market• More hands-on

learning

Private Colleges

Research Universities

• Usually larger • Focus on research and new discoveries• A lot of emphasis on lecture-based

teaching• Offer both undergraduate (bachelor)

degrees and graduate (masters and Ph.D) degrees• Often made up of separate colleges,

(college of engineering, a college of arts and sciences, or a college of business.)

Liberal Arts Colleges

• Usually smaller in size• Focus on the education of undergraduate

students• Classes are generally taught by professors

who see teaching as their primary responsibility. • Classes tend to be smaller and more personal

attention is available. • Most are private institutions• Students are exposed to a broad base of

courses in the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Women’s Colleges

• Available to women students• Larger numbers of female faculty and

administrators• Offer college women confidence-building role

models, greater opportunities to serve in a full range of student leadership positions, and a heightened awareness of career possibilities for women. • They graduate a high number of science

majors, as well as students who continue on to graduate school and/or professional studies.

Examples: (60 total)• Scripps (Southern CA)• Mills (Oakland, CA)• Wellesley (MA)• 7 Sisters: Mount Holyoke, Vassar (now co-ed),

Wellesley, Smith, Radcliffe (now Harvard), Bryn Mawr, Barnard (part of Columbia)

Community/Junior Colleges• Generally offer the first two years of a

liberal arts education• In addition, offer specialized

occupational preparation. • An associate degree is awarded at the

end of a two-year program of studies, following which many students continue their education at a four-year institution.

Historically Black Colleges (HBCU)• Find their origins in the time when

African-American students were systematically denied access to most other colleges and universities. • Students at these institutions have a

unique opportunity to experience an educational community in which they are a part of the majority. • They find committed faculty mentors

who encourage their expectations of success.

Examples:

Hispanic Serving Institutions• Accredited and degree-granting public

or private institutions of higher education with 23% or more Hispanic enrollment. • They receive funding by Congress to

promote and strengthen the ability of these schools to carry out education, applied research, and community development programs.

Examples in California:• Most CSU’s• UC Merced• UC Riverside• University of La Verne• Whittier• Occidental• Fresno Pacific University

Religiously Affiliated Colleges• Educational institutions administered by members of a particular religious faction and often organized and run in alignment with their religious principles.

Examples:• University of Notre Dame (IN) and Georgetown

University (DC)-both Catholic• Brandeis University (IL) and Yeshiva University

(NY)-both Jewish• Brigham Young University (UT)-Mormon• Southern Methodist University (TX)-Methodist• Earlham College (IN)-Quaker

Technical Institutes and Professional Schools• These enroll students who have made

clear decisions about what they want to study. • They emphasize preparation for

specific careers, for example in music or fine arts, engineering or technical sciences. • You will want to be quite sure of your

future direction before selecting one of these options.

Examples:• ITT Tech• The Art Institute of Chicago• WyoTech• San Francisco Art Institute• Everest College• Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts• DeVry