Here is a Great Web site to check out for any school you might be considering attending.
Below is what information you can expect to find
- You can get important information about any school.
- Simply enter a schools name, find out if it has profit or non-profit status.
- Find out what its accreditation is and what its defaults rates are.
- Average debt at the school, tuition and expenses.
Some important questions to ask when inquiring to a school.
- Will you earn a certificate, a two – year degree, or a four – year degree?
- What percentage of students graduate?
- Ask the schools you are considering to give you information in writing about job placement and average salaries for their graduates in the program you want to study.
- They may paint a glowing picture of student success and try to convince you that credentials from their institution will lead to a high paying career in your chosen field. But some schools manipulate the data or lie about how well their graduates fare, do some research.
- If a transfer to another college may be in your future, find out whether that school would accept the credits you earned at the first school. If you attend a community college, ask about their articulation agreement: that’s a formal statement of what community college courses and credits you can transfer to a particular four-year college.
- Accreditation usually is through a private education agency or association that evaluates the program and verifies that it meets certain requirements. Accreditation can be an important clue to a School’s ability to provide appropriate levels of training, and education- but only if the accrediting body is reputable. Most institutions consider regional accreditation as the highest stamp of approval and may not accept the transfer of credits from a school with national accreditation. Accreditation also may affect how prospective employers view your credentials. Two reliable sources of information on accreditation are ED’s Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs and the Council for Higher Accreditation database.
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