So currently Im a freshman, and I commute to school from home, I attend CSUB. Which is one of the lower CSUs, I was accepted to UOP and received a partial scholarship of 16k a year. My major is Business Admin with a concentration in Accounting. I’m wondering if I should go away or stay, since CSUB is super cheap for me roughly 7.5k a year, whereas UOP will be 40k after the scholarship too. And I either want to attend law school afterwards or become a CHP, (Police Officer) however I’m unsure as of right now, like I like the Salary and business opportunities of becoming a lawyer. But I don’t like desk jobs, and I’ve always wanted to be a COP since I was a kid. I’m in great physical shape to become a cop as well, I workout 15-18 hours a week and I think I would much enjoy being a cop then a lawyer . Another thing is that there is no point for me to go to UOP if I want to be come a cop, since it would take me 3.5 years more to complete my degree there and it would cost 140k total. Whereas here I’m already ahead in credits and classes and I’ll graduate in 2.5 years. My parents are well off and can pay the tuition at both schools, but I don’t want to waste a ton of money at UOP, if I become a CHP at the end. So what should I do? Transfer to UOP since it’s a much more prestigious school then CSUB or stick it out here at CSUB?
If you absolutely know that you will become a CHP, why would you have your parents go into debt for a career that does not need a degree? Now, its another story, if you are injured or something else comes up, then you will always have a degree to fall back on, if that’s what you want.
My advice; Finish CSUB. You also need to do some research on law school costs and the weak job outlook for lawyers.
Are you saying that as a transfer, they are giving you a 16K scholarship? Transfers usually don’t get anything.
Yeah they’re giving me a transfer scholarship of 16k. And I want a bachelors and masters later on so I would be able to move higher in ranks in the police force
It is certainly recommended to get a degree for new police officers, my friend’s kid was told. Talk it over with your parents. That is a steep cost for UOP but yes it is a nicer school, esp for Business.
Given what you want to do, I wouldn’t bother moving to UOP. Even with a $16k discount, tuition alone will be over $25k (vs $7k at your CSU). It simply isn’t worth the cost.
You could talk me into another CSU, perhaps Chico, Sac or Sonoma?
My $.02 - stay at CSUB and get great grades. You’ll save money and have lots of options available to you in the future.
It is not at all obvious that UoP is worth anything close to the price increase you are looking at in general. It is not like UoP is that prestigious a school to begin with.
It does not seem like the CHP would care about college prestige, since its minimum education qualification is high school diploma, although an associates or higher college degree is highly desired, according to https://www.chp.ca.gov/chp-careers/officer/why-become-a-chp-officer/minimum-requirements-officer .
Law school admissions is mainly driven by college GPA and LSAT score; see http://lawschoolnumbers.com . Law school employment reports are at http://www.lstscorereports.com/schools/ .