Choosing colleges – tuition vs time?
I have a community college right down the road that will charge $135 per credit, but it will take me at least 3 years to get a 2-year associates degree in electronics and I will have to take 4-5 classes at a time.
There is technical school 45 miles away that charges $415 per credit but will only take 18 months for the same degree. With this college I only take 2 classes at a time because of the way it is set up.
I would like to goto the technical school but I will have alot of student loans when i graduate, plus I will have put an extra 40k miles on my car getting there.
What school would you choose, assuming the academics were the same?



May 5th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I’d choose the one with the best placement rate. How many of their graduates got jobs and what was the average pay? Because what’s the point of going if you won’t have a job when you get out?