3 Reasons to Start Your College Career at a Community College

By Choices on Jan 28, 2008 in Bachelor Degrees

When you were applying to colleges, did you look at your community college options or skip straight to the four-year state and private schools that offer Bachelor’s Degrees from the get-go? If you went to a four-year school, you might have ended up regretting that you didn’t start at a community college. The community college provides many benefits to the student which makes it a wise choice for completing the initial stages of a degree.

Here are three reasons to start out at a community college:

It’s cheap. Why rack up loans to attend a big school when you can take all your general education classes at a community college for next-to-nothing.
The instructors care about you. Many people who attended both a community college and a state college say that they have only remained in touch with their community college professors.
It sets a realistic goal. You can get a two year degree so you have a goal to meet and a degree under your belt. Then you can go on to set a four year degree goal if you want to.

There are certainly benefits to attending a state college. However, you can achieve many of those same benefits by attending it for the last two years of your degree while reaping the benefits of community college first.

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