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Considering time, money, and potential employment, what's more useful in today's economy? Receiving a technical college certificate or bachelor's degree?
Considering time, money, and potential employment, what's more useful in today's economy? Receiving a technical college certificate or bachelor's degree?
Considering the expense of college, the technical certificate is better.
Is the technical college accredited? You can check an online database.
Can you transfer the credits earned at the technical college to a four-year college for a degree later, if you choose to do so?
Depending on the certificate, sometimes you have to obtain it from an association or organization by paying a membership and/or testing fee, not a technical college, like the SPHR from the HRCI or the CPLP from the ASTD or the PMP from the PMI.
A certificate from a well recognized plumbing program is probably worth a whole lot more than a BA in sociology in most cases, in terms of employability and return on investment.
Within the same field, if a bachelor's degree is typically the gateway to employment then a tech school certificate isn't likely to cut it. Likewise, if tech school is the norm then a bachelor's is probably overkill.
Technical schools that are for-profit, are not accredited, and are not able to transfer credits to a four-year degree granting college, are probably not the best places to go, in my opinion.
Community colleges are usually the better route, where you earn an associates degree that can be applied toward a bachelor's degree. You also can earn a certificate or a license.
I don't see education or training as really the best route to employment if you have no job or experience in the career field. Attending classes and making contacts with faculty, staff, and other students usually leads to a bigger network.
If you are seeking a technical career and the technical school offers relevant education which matches the needs of today's employers, I'd say get the technical school certificate.
If you are seeking a more well rounded education, I'd say get the BA/BS.
If you are seeking a technical career and the technical school offers relevant education which matches the needs of today's employers, I'd say get the technical school certificate.
If you are seeking a more well rounded education, I'd say get the BA/BS.
The problem with tech schools is they only train you in the specifics. Are they going to teach you critical thinking? Presentation skills? Communication skills? While learning how to design a circuit or program may land you a job, you'll likely not advance far without a more formal education. Many of the BS/BA classes that students often refer to as "worthless" are actually trying to teach you something, even if you don't realize it until 20 years later.
Far too broad and both are hit or miss. Depends on your field of study and career.
There's some poor harvard grads that can't find work I'm sure just as there are very successful tech school grads.
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