What is the difference between community colleges, state colleges, and universities?
Community colleges have two missions: prepare students for work and prepare students to transfer to a bachelor degree program at a state college or university. Community colleges provide developmental education for students who need to fine tune their basic skills, and certificate programs and associate degree programs in general education and applied technology. So do state colleges, and they also offer select bachelor degree programs. Students who graduate from a community college may transfer to a state college or university to complete a bachelor’s degree. Universities provide bachelor and graduate programs in a variety of professional, technical, and academic fields.
