Comprehensive universities account for a large proportion in the United States, many of which are well known to us, such as Harvard University, Princeton University and Yale University. Generally speaking, compared with colleges, universities have larger scale, finer professional division and stronger scientific research strength. Comprehensive universities are also divided into public universities and private universities.

Public universities are financially supported by the government, so the cost is relatively cheap. The famous American public universities include California University System, California State University System, Michigan University System, new york State University System and so on. . Generally speaking, engineering majors in public universities are more prominent because their funds, research and laboratories are directly supported by the government. It can be found that in fact, engineering cattle schools are basically public universities. For example, Georgia Institute of Technology, Virginia Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Texas A&M, etc. These are public schools with strong engineering skills.

American private universities have a longer history than public universities and can be said to be pioneers of American higher education. Ivy League schools in the northeastern United States, including Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Brown University and Dartmouth College, are all private universities.

In the comprehensive ranking of American universities, the top 20 are basically private universities, and most of the top 50 are private universities. The sources of funds for private universities are generally alumni, consortia and enterprises. And with abundant funds, students can often apply for scholarships. Because private universities focus on serving the children of rich families, the majors of politics, law and business will be more prominent. There is a saying in the world of studying abroad: poor students are rich in business.

College of Arts and Sciences:

General colleges of arts and sciences only provide undergraduate education, and very few will have graduate schools. The college of arts and sciences pays attention to liberal arts education, which can be understood as general education and quality education, emphasizing comprehensive ability and literacy. Therefore, the disciplines offered by the college are mainly liberal arts and science, namely humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. There are few employment-oriented majors such as business schools and engineering schools. The purpose of the college of arts and sciences is to train all-round high-quality talents, not to train people engaged in a particular industry.

The characteristics of the college of arts and sciences are: small but refined, small class teaching, and teachers pay high attention to students; Moreover, the college of arts and sciences is also known as an aristocratic college and an elite college, which specializes in cultivating social elites. The geographical location of the school is generally not in the downtown area, emphasizing the provision of a good learning environment for students.

Community college?

Community College is a higher education system with American characteristics. Community colleges are mostly public schools. Only two years of general university education and vocational training courses are provided. After two years of study, students can get a college diploma, and then they can choose employment or transfer to a four-year university or college for further study. Simply put, it can be understood as "2+2 mode". Many people mistakenly think that community colleges are equivalent to junior colleges in China, but they are not. Because students get an associate degree after completing two years' courses in community colleges, they also belong to undergraduate courses, so they are different from junior colleges. The advantages of community colleges are:

1, the threshold is low, students do not need to take the sat, TOEFL scores do not need to be very high, as long as they graduate from high school, they can apply;

2. Low cost, 654.38 million RMB a year;

3. the springboard of a prestigious school. The biggest advantage of community college is that it can be used as a springboard to local universities, which is also the biggest role of international students: through community college, transfer to comprehensive universities. The most typical is California. Many students choose to go to California to study in community colleges, because the University of California system reserves places for students who transfer to community colleges every year. If students keep good grades in community colleges, it is entirely possible to transfer to the University of California, even Berkeley, California and Los Angeles, California. Foothill is a famous community college in California, and many students successfully transfer to Berkeley, California every year. Therefore, those students who suddenly decide to study abroad, but haven't made any achievements, or can't meet the requirements of prestigious schools for the time being, and want to go to prestigious schools, may wish to consider community colleges.