Technical Colleges vs 4 year Colleges
November 5, 2021
According to Wisconsin public radio in the fall of 2020, 640,822 students attend colleges in Wisconsin out of all those students 314,835 attended technical colleges. While a four year college may seem like the natural next step for most high school graduates, technical colleges are a great alternative for students who can’t afford to pay for a traditional college and want to learn hands on skills.
Technical colleges focus solely on your career. Students who attend a 4 year college have to finish their general education in math, english and history. Tech colleges do not require their students to take these basic subjects before moving into classes that focus on what they’ll actually do in their chosen line of work . Also tech schools usually run their classes year round. Which means you don’t have to wait for the new academic year to start for you to begin your program. As stated in the article Technical Education vs. Four-year college “Technical colleges tend to offer more hands-on learning and require fewer unnecessary classes than four-year colleges” which means your schooling could be easier and done quicker.
More affordable it will cost you much less than if you were to go to a four-year university. The programs offered by technical schools are usually shorter than four years. Because they are, you’ll pay less for tuition and fees. You’ll also have fewer textbooks to purchase. In fact, many technical colleges include everything that you’ll need to complete a program in their cost of tuition. For example, one of the tech colleges known as North Central Technical College (NTC) offers this for their students. To save even more, live at home and avoid paying high housing costs. Like Ms. Altman- Austin, Assistant principal of SPASH, says “Tech college cost is much less and SPASH even offers dual credit classes”. Students at SPASH can even take specific courses called dual credit to earn free college credits that’ll save you lots of money when the time comes. Students can find this list on the SPASH website under our school ,counseling office, and then course planning.
For easier flexibility and time management most technical colleges offer accelerated options which can be completed in weeks instead of months. Certain colleges also offer staggered start dates. There are even fully online or hybrid courses, hybrid courses are classes that are in person and online. Another option would be Telecourses also known as pre recorded or a computer based learning which also helps your classes work around your schedule.
While four-year schools have their benefits, graduating from a technical college may be a better choice. Not only will you save money, but you’ll also be working in your chosen field more quickly, allowing you to begin your life sooner rather than later.
Aidan Hardina • Nov 22, 2021 at 7:19 PM
I really liked how you structured you article on how people can see what type of college they might want to go to.It also pulled me in because I don’t really know if I want to do a 2 year or 4 year college.
Tayler • Nov 10, 2021 at 2:54 PM
I overall really liked this article! Your picture makes it easy to better understand your topic. I liked the variety of sources you had and your title “Technical Colleges vs 4 year Colleges” was intriguing but straight forward. Really great article!
Yue T. • Nov 8, 2021 at 7:46 AM
Kayleigh, It very interesting that there usually a half percentage that attends to a technical College with a number of 314.835 than a four year college with the number of 640,822. I find these facts very intriguing interesting that I usually wasn’t expecting that Technical college. Don’t have to do much schooling as much as a four year college something that I learn from your article.
saul lopez • Nov 8, 2021 at 7:43 AM
(Technical Colleges vs 4 year Colleges) Kayleigh -she has was showing what people like us that we don’t have the money to go to college in her article is showing use that theirs a lot of way to save money. she was gaving a lot of opinions about both colleagues. she had good photo how to use the spash education so people can start to get credits.to pay less when to go to school for 4 yrs or 2 yrs .
Parker W Wisinski • Nov 5, 2021 at 1:43 PM
Kayleigh, I found your argument that Tech. schools may be the best option being strong. I think that the interview with Ms. Altman-Austin was a great move and fitted in perfectly. The organization of the article was great and your tail was a great conclusion/wrap-up.