Higher Ed (traditional)
Higher Ed (technical)
Nuts and Bolts of Higher Ed
More Nuts and Bolts
And More Nuts and Bolts
100

This degree often takes 2 years and requires approximately 60 credits to complete.

Associate's Degree

100

This credential requires classwork and a test.  People who hold this type of credential must re-test every so often.  These credentials are available in both degree and non-degree higher education programs.

Certification 

License 

100

Eating and living on a college campus is referred to as....

Room and Board

100

All careers can be categorized into one of _____ clusters.

16

100

Free money based on need

Grant

200

The primary concentration a person studies at the college level.  Usually must be determined at the end of the sophomore year or beginning of junior year.

Major

200

A collection of courses in a particular field of study. Usually takes less than two years to complete.  

Not a degree, but may be able to go towards a degree later on.

Certificate

200

The cost of taking college classes

Tuition

200

Dental Hygiene and nursing are examples of careers that fall under this career cluster

Health Sciences

200

Free money based on merit (your grades)

Scholarships

300

This degree typically takes 4 years to complete and requires approximately 120 credits.

Bachelor's Degree

300

In technical college / higher ed, students learn skills that prepares them for direct entry into a.....

Career

300

Studying in a different country usually during the junior year of college.

Study Abroad

300

This is what students can do if they want to leave one college and go to another.  

Transfer


300

The time you spend becoming acquainted with campus before upper classmen arrive


First Year or Freshman Orientation 
400

College courses that must be taken in a variety of topics (English, math, science, foreign language, history, plus all the courses related to a person’s major).  Provides knowledge across many subject areas.  Not necessarily being trained for a specific career

Liberal Arts

400

Learn while you earn alongside a journeyman or master.  Classroom requirement 

Apprenticeship 

400

The standardized tests many students have to take in order to be accepted into college

SAT or ACT

400

Part of financial aid--a job that you can get on campus.

Work Study

400

These are available to borrow to help pay for college. You must pay them back with interest. 

Loans

500

You must hold this type of degree in order to apply to graduate school (for a masters or PhD) or professional school (medical, veterinary, law).

 Bachelor's Degree

500

An option for students to obtain free technical training after high school.  Room and board is included and students receive a stipend and all needed materials.  

Job Corps

500

This comes in the form of grants, scholarships, and loans.  Usually people do not have to pay the full amount for college

Financial Aid

500

When you take college classes while still in high school and get both college and high school credit.

Dual Enrollment

500

An independent college that sets its own policies.    Cost of these colleges is the same for in-state and out-of-state students. These type of schools tend to be more expensive, but have large endowments to help students offset the cost through more generous financial aid packages.

Private Colleges