College Vocabulary-Investigating Careers

A community college offers two years of studies similar to those in the first two years of a four year college

• Community College

• Private School

• Public School

• Admissions

A school that does not get money from the government and that is run by a group of private individuals

• Community College

• Private School

• Public School

• Credit

A school that gets money from and is controlled by a local government.

• Community college

• Private School

• Public School

• Admissions

Student whose permanent residence is in a different state than that of the college or university.

• Private School

• Admissions

• Major

• Out of State Resident

Money that is paid to a school for the right to study there.

• admissions

• tuition

• financial aid

• scholarship

The act or process of accepting someone as a student at a school.

• major

• credit

• admissions

• grant

The main subject studied by a university student.

• major

• work study

• graduate degree

• credit

Something that you officially must have or do before you can have or do something else.

• credit

• graduate degree

• admissions

• prerequisite

A degree that is given to a student by a college or university after one or two years of additional study following a bachelor's degree.

• Bachelor's degree

• Master's Degree

• community college

• work study

A degree that is given to a student by a university usually after four years of study.

• Bachelor's Degree

• Master's Degree

• Work Study

• credit