Types of Higher Education
College Preparation
Career Fields
Paying for College
Personality/Aptitude
100

A higher education school that usually takes four years to get a degree from and has many different departments for both undergraduates and graduate students.

Four-year university

100

In order to go to a university, you must first submit this

An application 

100

This career field involves research and innovation and may include jobs like: archeologist, software engineer, microbiologist, physicist.

Science and technology

100

Major way to pay for college


Financial aid

100

People with these interests like working with others to help them learn and grow

They might like teaching, giving advice and being of service to people

Social

200

This school is often free or have relatively low tuitions and provides higher education to members of the local community. They often take 2 years to graduate from, and some students choose to attend a university afterwards.

Community college

200

An application will ask for this information about you

Grades, test scores, extracurriculars, work experience and hobbies

200

This career field includes jobs like singer/songwriter, music producer, art curator, animator, filmmaker, interior designer, and more.

Arts, culture and entertainment

200

The most popular type of scholarship

Career specific scholarship
200

People with these interests like work that deals with things that are creative, like acting, music, art and design.

Artistic

300

These schools were created primarily to serve Black students.

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

300

There are this many UCs (Universities of California)

Nine

(Davis, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Merced, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Irvine, Riverside and San Diego)

300

This field includes jobs that offer tangible support to people and communities to enrich the lives of people.

Some jobs include: school counselor, speech pathologist, hospice care worker

Community and social services
300
A way to pay for school that is granted by private organizations or schools on the basis of academic or other skills

Scholarship

300
People with these interests like work that includes practical, hands-on problems and answers.

Realistic

400

This type of school must include the study of history, literature, writing, philosophy, sociology, psychology, creative arts and more.

Four-year liberal arts college

400

There are this many California State Universities (CSUs)

23 - our closest is Sacramento

400

This career field is about mastering the art of delivering a targeted message to diverse groups of people. 

Some positions include: social media manager, brand manager, meeting/event planner, communications manager

Communications

400

The largest provider of financial aid in the US

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

400

People with these interests like work that has to do with ideas and thinking rather than physical activity or leading people.

Investigative

500

This type of school provides education or technical skills required to complete the tasks of a particular and specific job.

Vocational School

500

Name at least 3 clubs or volunteer opportunities you can get involved in during high school 

(open response)

500

People in this field are responsible for designing new structures or creating pretty, practical and structurally sound environments.

Architecture and engineering

500

Investment account that offers tax incentives to use the account to pay for education

529 plan

500

People with these interests like work that has to do with starting up and carrying out business projects.

Enterprising

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