Choosing Community College Instead

bjscheel
Tue, 14 May 2024 20:13:35 +0000

My DD’17 did community college only. She was a good student, mostly A’s, a lot of art talent and skill with software. Graphic design was an obvious choice and that meant a 2 year graphic design AAS at cc was an option. We compared and it had as many or more design credits as the bachelors degrees, just a lot less gen eds.

DD was all for getting it done efficiently and avoiding debt. She also really liked the cc on her tour and got “that feeling” and loved the town. She was able to live in student housing as it was an hour from home, and have a bit of that away at college life but with her own bedroom and bathroom suite. Between the tax credit and scholarships, I don’t think there was any net tuition out of pocket. It was a strong program there too.

For a little while senior year, she got a little shy about telling people she was going to cc, especially after a couple of people commented negatively. But then she bucked up and told people confidently she was excited to go there and save money.

Whether it was a detriment to her job search to not have the BA, we do not know. None of her interviewers brought it up. But she got a job and now that she’s been in it for 4 years, her type of degree will figure in less in any future job moves.