What impact will different sources of funds bring? The most obvious are rankings and scholarships. First of all, most of the top 50 universities in American news are private universities, but the strong universities in UC system, such as Berkeley, and public schools such as the University of Michigan and Purdue University, are not good? Of course not, because any organization has its own ranking factors, and an important consideration of American news ranking is alumni donation. In this regard, public universities are often at a disadvantage. Although the alumni donation rate only accounts for 5% of the ranking, it obviously affects other money-related indicators, such as the source of funds (10% weight), high admission standards for students (15% weight) and teachers (20% weight). With money, we can improve the average cost per student, attract outstanding students in the form of scholarships and grants, provide teachers with more competitive salaries and improve their rankings. Therefore, money is very important for school rankings and scholarship policies.
Students come from different sources. Because public universities are "political", most of them are popular. First of all, they exist to meet the needs of students in their own state and country, to ensure that local and domestic students have educational opportunities, and then to consider foreign and international students (in order to enrich the cultural diversity of the school). Private universities are not subject to this restriction, and the students they enroll are often more diverse and international.
However, it should be noted that the difference in students here does not mean that the quality of students in public universities is lower than that in private universities. In order to ensure their reputation, the school is equally strict in examining students.
3. The size of the school is different. The scale of public institutions is generally larger than that of private institutions. Every state basically has a series of public university systems, such as the University of California system. In some big states, another state usually has more than ten or twenty branch schools, and each branch school has its own campus, enrolling students independently and setting up its own courses. It can be regarded as an independent university, but the degree to be awarded in the end is uniformly distributed by the public university system.
In addition, because of the government's support, public universities generally have relatively large campuses (land allocated by the government), but the location of private universities is relatively good, and it is easier to be in the city center or a lively place, so it is impossible to be that big. Public universities usually build a school in the suburbs or independent areas.