Are private colleges better than public colleges?

Yes

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• 1 of 17

  by Dr. Chase

  Yes and no. To properly answer the question, the term "better" needs to be more defined. Better what exactly? Better afforded? Better academically? Better staffed? In several...read more

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  by Allen Teal

  Private colleges and universities are better than public colleges. The reasons for this are threefold. Private colleges tend to have higher standards for acceptance into their...read more

• 3 of 17

  by HuggieSunrise

  Ahhh. Private college. Its a grab bag of great instruction, personal freedom, and fast crammed courses that gets you out in the street or in to your new career as fast as pos...read more

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  by Matthew J. Geiger

  As someone who attended a fairly prestigious private institute that had a very strong, rigorous curriculum and professors who provided a very nurturing and supportive environmen...read more

• 5 of 17

  by Jamie Shell

  Generally speaking, private schools are a better choice when choosing an education. More importantly the reputation of the college is the most important aspect when choosing a ...read more

• 6 of 17

  by Paul Barron

  Private schools including colleges are better than public educational institutions. The reasons why private schools are better than public schools are listed below: 1. Privat...read more

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  by Keith Risman

  A friend of mine once said, "College is not about a Ph.D. but about a J.O.B." The truth is that when a college fulfills its promise to the student, to provide an education that ...read more

• 8 of 17

  by Ted Sherman

  I vote a reluctant yes, but there can be no definite answer to the question. I attended a small, private college and later spent several years on the faculty of a large land-gra...read more

• 9 of 17

  by Peter Leonard

  Now this really is a tough question to answer: after all, how can you have a balanced view of the argument when chances are that you've only ever experienced one of the two? ...read more

• 10 of 17

  by Alejandra Gonzalez

  I believe private colleges are better than public ones not because of the academic achievement because that depends on the student, not the schools. The reason I say that privat...read more

• 11 of 17

  by Peter Akermann

  The private colleges have a better appreciation than the public colleges. It is this a real difference or only is a myth ?. I try to give an answer based on several...read more

• 12 of 17

  by Jun Han

  With the development of the society, there comes to more and more private college, which become more and more popular with people. Of course, there is another kind of college-pu...read more

• 13 of 17

  by Phil Hill

  In life you get what you pay for. Private education breeds more successful students than public colleges. The only question really is whether that is because pay-as-you go schoo...read more

• 14 of 17

  by Martha Lopez

  The answer is a Pretentious YES. I went to Columbia College in Chicago, paid over 8 thousand per semester but I was taught in classrooms of no more than 8 people, sometimes 5 d...read more

• 15 of 17

  by M.P.R

  yes..Private colleges better than Public colleges..i can say this its because as what i have experience and base on my knowledge that Private school is much better,they will pro...read more

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  by Angela Brown-Knight

  Yes and no. It depends on how you look at the question being asked. If we are looking on the issue of better funding and more staff we might more consider the private colleges. ...read more

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  by MythMan J

  Private colleges are indeed better than public colleges. You could say that marks me as being two-sided on the issue, as I ~failed~ at a private college (which I attended be...read more

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