| It is up to you what a university degree could mean to | | | | a member of a group that have achieved well above |
| you. Likewise, it is also up to you to decide when you | | | | those at the community college level, thereby |
| are ready to acquire this next educational step - and | | | | guaranteeing you a certain degree of bragging rights in |
| although the safer, easier, and certainly cheaper route | | | | everything you do. Any normal examples of low |
| may appear to be a community college, there are a | | | | self-confidence can generally be repaired by a simple |
| number of variables you may want to take into | | | | flashing of your four year degree, cementing your |
| consideration when deciding if a university degree is | | | | place in society. |
| for you. | | | | Universities also provide greater research opportunities. |
| Money is the first and most visibnle of the advantages | | | | As several big names tend to turn to universities for |
| that you gain from a university's education, especially in | | | | their research anyway, you are able to cling on with |
| long term financial potential. Because community | | | | professors for their projects, assuming you present |
| colleges only offer a two year degree, you are | | | | yourself as worthy of such an honor. Because |
| fundamentally limited in the potential monetary return, | | | | community colleges are generally centered around the |
| as four year degrees consistently result in higher pay | | | | two year learning cycle, you will find yourself with less |
| than their lesser counterparts. Naturally, there are too | | | | opportunities to partake in ground breaking research - |
| many factors that involve employment to safely state | | | | whereas these projects make themselves available to |
| that a four year degree will guarantee you that job | | | | you at universities. |
| you want, but if you are interested in getting the most | | | | Diversity is a vital aspect of universities that usually |
| for your work, it will definitely benefit you the most in | | | | aren't present in the lower end, community colleges, |
| the long term. | | | | particularly since they largely appeal to the local |
| The culture and sense of community that comes in | | | | population that can handle the commute with ease. |
| universities is simply not seen at community colleges. | | | | Universities, however, tend to represent a national, or |
| With so many people bound by such a history over a | | | | sometimes even international draw that will give you a |
| longer period of time than community colleges, | | | | range of fellow alumni in greater scope than just your |
| universities allow you to experience their well | | | | native town. Race, religion, culture, nationality, all of |
| established centers of art, theater, and music. Often | | | | these are incredibly more diverse in scope than those |
| times, these memories are simply irreplaceable, and | | | | found at the strictly local community colleges. |
| can have a definite impact on the experience you | | | | The above are simply a fraction of the potential |
| bring to your future job. | | | | benefits that arise from enrolling in a university instead |
| Confidence is among the most important things that | | | | of the smaller community colleges - which are |
| comes with a university degree - this is both on a | | | | important to factor into your long term educational |
| personal and proffesional level. By graduating from a | | | | plans. |
| four year university, you are able to count yourself as | | | | |