1. College Comparison
WOIS

2. Instructions
Choose your #1 career choice from your 3 Career Research documents
Now choose 2 community colleges (2 year schools) and 2 universities (4 year schools) that you could go to for this career.
You are going to use College Comparison Table to compare possible colleges.
Headers highlighted in blue will match up to the blue links on the WOIS College pages.

3. General Information What city & state is the school located in?
Is it a public or private school?
Private schools tend to cost more
Type of School (2 yr or 4 yr)?
2 yr is junior or community college
4 yr is a university
If private, is there a denomination?
This means is it related to a religion? If so, what religion?

4. School Setting What is the distance from home?
Use Google Maps if you don’t know
How many hours? Can do miles if you want
What is the setting of the city the school is located in?
Urban means city and rural means country
What is the nearest major metropolitan area?
This means the nearest big city
Population?

5. Student Body Total Enrollment
How many students are going to this college?
What % of students are in your ethnic group?

6. Admissions What is the entrance difficulty?
What exams are you required or recommended for admission?
ACT, SAT, & COMPASS are all college tests. Please look to see if they are required to attend the college.

7. Academics Degrees offered Attendance options
Certificates, Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate, etc.
Attendance options
On-line, distance, part-time, summer school, evenings, weekends, etc.
Study abroad would be found under off-campus study

8. Housing On-campus housing: dorms, residence halls or apartments
On campus living
Some schools require only freshman to live on campus; others require you to up until you are a sophomore.

9. Sports/Student Life Sports- Activities or clubs Intercollegiate
These are sports that you play competitively against other colleges in the league
Intramural
These are sports that you just play on campus, not against other schools
Activities or clubs

10. Costs
Write down the costs that you would have if you went to this school.
-Ex: if you went to school at an in-state school, write down in-state tuition not out-of-state.
Add up the costs for the total for each school
Tuition
Cost of taking classes
In-state means a Washington school or a state that you have residency in
Out-of-state means you are going to a school outside of Washington
Fees
Cost of lab classes & processing information
Books & Supplies
Cost of books & educational supplies
Room & Board
Cost of a place to stay & food to eat
On campus means you are living in dorms, residence halls
Off campus or at home is self-explanatory

11. Other?
Below the Costs row, please write down anything else you think is important to know about the college.