The Pros And Cons Of Ivy League, Public In-State, And Private Universities

The Pros and Cons of Ivy League, Public In-State, and Private Universities
John Adams, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Rutherford B. Hayes, William Henry Harrison, John Quincy Adams, James Madison, Theodore Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, Woodrow Wilson, Barack Obama all have two things in common: being president of the United States and graduating from an Ivy League University (Westbrook). That makes 15 presidents who attended an Ivy League school. While Ivy League schools have produced multiple presidents, public in-state and private universities should not be overlooked.
In-state public universities, the most common and usually the cheapest of the three types of colleges,
Public in-state universities have the lowest prices and are the largest universities. The prices allow a student to have less debt out of college; however, a student may not get paid as much as he or she would with a degree from an Ivy league schools; however, the fortune 500 CEOs and presidents produced by Ivy League schools account for less than 0.000006% of the United States` population. The in-state public universities are also the largest allowing a student to have access to more majors than a student would have at a private university or Ivy League school. In-state public universities also generally have new buildings. Private universities usually are smaller, have higher graduation rates, are more expensive, give out more scholarship money, and have smaller class sizes. The “sticker” price for private universities can be the same, below, and higher than the “sticker” price of an Ivy League university; furthermore, both are usually more willing to give out financial aid and/or scholarships than in-state public universities. Private universities are smaller, thus allowing a student to have more face-to-face interactions with his or her teacher, than one would receive at an in-state public university, where classes can have over 200 students. The higher graduation rates are partially due to the smaller class sizes, for a student is more connected to the school with smaller classes because he or she is able to interact more in class. Ivy League universities usually have higher prices, are willing to pay for a student`s tuition depending on income the student`s parent, have world renown alumni and professors, and they have top class facilities. Ivy League schools are all private universities, so all of their prices are more than the state funded in-state public universities. The world-renown alumni and