General Terms
Big vs Small
Public vs Private
Non-Profit vs Profit
100

An enrolled student who is carrying a full time academic workload. This is usually 12 or more credit hours per fall or spring semester.  A full time workload is determined by the institution and is applicable to all students enrolled in a program.

What is Full Time Student?

100

A professor assigned to help students choose appropriate courses each semester.

What is Academic Advisor?

100


A university that relies on state funds, private donations, and tuition for funding.

What is Public University?

100


Educational institutions operated by private, profit-seeking businesses.

What is For-Profit School?

200


A student who attends a college-typically for a period ranging from a single term to up to three years- and is then accepted by and enrolls in another college.

What is Transfer Student?

200


The practice of allowing students to enroll in college courses while still in high school.

What is Dual Enrollment?

200


A university that relies on private donations and tuition for funding.  

What is Private University?

200


Offers a wide range of programs.

What is Non-Profit University?

300


A specialized branch within a major.

What is a concentration?

300


A student’s primary field of study.

What is a major?

300


You will get a break on tuitions costs, and–as a state resident–it’s usually easier for you be admitted, as well.

What is a public university?

300


Works hard to serve the shareholders instead of students.

What is profit university?

400


A group of courses, in varied areas of the arts and sciences, designated by a college as one of the requirements for a degree.

What is Core Curriculum?

400


A course taken to complete your major during senior year.

What is capstone course?

400


Private universities usually have higher ____

What is tuition?

400


Offer a wide range of opportunities to meet any student’s goals, from forming personal relationships to pursuing a major

What is non-profit university?

500


Recognition that a college meets acceptable standards in its programs, facilities, and services.

What is Accreditation?

500


The typical class size at a large university after freshman year.

What is between 20 and 30?

500


It is important to choose the type of school that has the right _____.

What is feel?

500


May offer an easy acceptance but not offer financial aid for attending

What is profit university?

M
e
n
u