Types of Schools
An institution of higher learning, often referred to as a “four-year” institution, which grants the bachelor's degree in liberal arts or science or both.
What is College?
This is the total cost of going to college, including tuition, room and board, books, transportation, fees, and personal expenses.
What is the cost of attending?
The grounds and buildings where a college or university is located.
What is a campus?
A student's concentrated field of study
What is a major?
A type of degree awarded to students at a US community college, usually after two years of classes.
What is a Associates degree?
A "post-secondary institution” that consists of a liberal arts college, a diverse graduate program, and usually two or more professional schools or faculties, and that is empowered to confer degrees in various fields of study.
What is University?
This is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a federal form required as the application from all students who wish to apply for need-based financial aid, including grants, loans and work-study awards.
What is FAFSA?
A student who lives in and meets specific requirements for the state where a public university is located.
What is a resident?
Housing and meals.
What is room and board?
A degree awarded to undergraduates, usually after four years of college classes.
What is a bachelor's?
This is a college or university funded by private sources without any control by a government agency. The cost of attending is generally higher than the cost at a public institution.
What is a private institution?
This is the amount of money that colleges charge for classroom and other instruction and use of some facilities such as libraries.
What is tuition?
The number of hours assigned to a specific class. This is usually the number of hours per week you are in the class. The number of credit hours you enroll in determines whether you are a full-time student or a part-time student.
What is credit hour?
A financial aid program funded by the U.S. federal government that allows undergraduate or graduate students to work part time on campus or with approved off-campus employers.
What is work-study?
A graduate degree awarded by a college or university upon successful completion of an advanced program of study, typically requiring one or two years of full-time study beyond the bachelor's degree.
What is a master's?
Primarily two-year public institution providing higher education and lower-level courses, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees
What is a Community College or Junior College? (Also known as JUCO.)
This is a federal student loan for college students used to supplement personal and family resources, scholarships, grants, and work-study. A Stafford Loan may be subsidized or unsubsidized, depending on whether it is need-based.
What is a Stafford Loan?
The typical amount of credit hours you need to take per semester to be considered a full time student.
What is 12?
A course that must be taken prior to enrollment in another course.
What is a prerequisite?
Typically a package of five or six courses, for credit or not, taken over three to 18 months.
What is a certificate?
Institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the black community
What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities? Also known as HBCU.
This grant is a form of financial aid provided by the Federal government to students whose FAFSA indicates a high level of financial need.
What is a Federal Pell Grant?
A student leader who works in campus dormitories and supervises issues and activities related to dorm life.
What is an RA or Resident Assistant?
Colleges and universities use these examinations to place students in courses—most often mathematics and foreign languages—that match their proficiency. In some cases, a student’s level of competency on the test may exempt them from having to take a course required for graduation.
What is a placement test?
Highest academic degree. Awarded after a bachelor’s degree.
What is a Doctorate?