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Community colleges do not offer bachelor's degrees. They only offer associate's degrees, which are a 2 year program, and do not confer the same expected income
by nwallin 9y ago
Community colleges do not offer bachelor's degrees. They only offer associate's degrees, which are a 2 year program, and do not confer the same expected income potential as a bachelor's degree. That's what this article is about; do two years at a community college to get the GE classes out of the way, and then transfer to a four year university to get your degree. It's actually extremely common; it's what I did, and I only spent about $15k to get my bachelor's in computer science.
However, it's important to ensure that your intended university has an articulation agreement with whichever community college you're attending. In California, the IGETC certificates are accepted by all University of California and California State University campuses, and the CSU-GE Breadth certificates are accepted by all California State University campuses, but not UC campuses.
- poulsbohemian 9y agoOddly enough, my local community college was just approved to start offering two bachelors programs: https://www.wwcc.edu https://www.wwcc.edu. I've seen this happen a few places, though admittedly it is somewhat rare and is a rule-bender in terms of the normal way we define community colleges. I'm also not that clear on why, as there are 4-year programs available from other public institutions a one-hour and two-hour drive away (IE: there isn't really a shortage)
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoMany Washington state community colleges in the Seattle area are being rebranded as colleges and are starting to offer bachelor degrees (BCC => Bellevue College, Seattle Central Community College => Seattle Central College). Not sure if that is being applied to Eastern Washington as well, but it makes sense. See: http://www.heraldnet.com/news/two-year-colleges-trending-away-from-community-name/ http://www.heraldnet.com/news/two-year-colleges-trending-awa...