Cost of Education and Training

Education past the high school or GED level?

• Loan Consolidation

• Post-Secondary Education

• GED

• Public Universities

Test designed to provide credentials equivalent to a high school diploma?

• Vocational/Trade Schools

• Community Colleges

• Private Universities

• GED

Colleges or universities which are mainly funded by state government?

• Public Universities

• Undergraduate Degree

• Graduate Degrees

• Academic Reputation

Schools considered to be educational nonprofit organizations, receiving the majority of their funding through tuition, donations and endowments?

• Tuition and Fees

• GPA

• Private Universities

• Room and Board

Two-year colleges which award associate degrees and allow the students the

option to transfer into private or public universities?

• Scholarships

• Student Loans

• Student Grants

• Community Colleges

Short-term schools which tend to focus on specific topics or careers?

• Public Universities

• Vocational/Trade Schools

• Community Colleges

• Private Universities

First level of post-secondary education degrees which consist of associate and bachelor’s degrees?

• Graduate Degrees

• Academic Reputation

• Tuition and Fees

• Undergraduate Degree

Degrees which are attainable after the student has earned their undergraduate degree?

• Graduate Degrees

• Academic Reputation

• Interest Rates

• Undergraduate Degree

Overall beliefs and opinions about a school based upon various qualities and attributes?

• Assets

• GPA

• Student Loans

• Academic Reputation

Stands for grade point average and refers to the average calculated by dividing the total number of grade points earned by the total number of credits taken by a student?

• GPA

• EFC

• COA

• FAFSA