Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Computer Support Specialists
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at Capital Community College, Housatonic Community College, Southern Connecticut State, and Eastern Connecticut State.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider Eastern Connecticut State, University of New Haven, University of Hartford, and Western Connecticut State University.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Capital Community College, Housatonic Community College, University of Bridgeport, and Yale.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Capital Community College, Rensselaer Hartford Graduate Center, Asnuntuck, and Norwalk Community College.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Yale, Trinity College, Fairfield, and Wesleyan University.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, Trinity College, and Mitchell College.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at Yale, Wesleyan University, Trinity College, and UConn.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at Yale, Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, and Trinity College.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Wesleyan University, Yale, Connecticut College, and Trinity College.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
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Southern Connecticut State University • New Haven, CT
Studying Mathematics (completion in 2006)
• 1/24/2012
"Very satisfied with SCSU. The opportunities that I had were second to none."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | yes | I do recommend SCSU to students that have the drive to make the education work for them. I do have to admit that it is not for everybody. The students that can get out successfully will have the drive to make things happen in their lives. |
| Program Reputation | 7 | SCSU started as a teachers school, and many educators come out of here. Some of the adjunct professors I had worked for the state department of education, or worked in high schools, etc. I did travel to math conferences to see cutting edge research done at my school, however Southern is not known for innovation in these fields. |
| Program Quality | 7 | Mathematics is a demanding field of study. My original plan to become a math teacher did not go as expected when this opportunity came my way. My understanding of math has helped my troubleshooting logic immensely, and I also am now a member of IEEE. |
| Instruction | 9 | SCSU has an Honors College program which was incredible. The staff cared, and I am still in touch with some of them. I am prepared to apply my skills to pretty much any opportunity that comes my way. |
| How Difficult | 9 | Some of the material taught was rather advanced and I still have little to no application for it in my day to day. In advanced physics or cutting edge electronics, my skills may be more applicable. The inside joke is that we learned the material and we'd never use it again. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | School placements for education are mandatory in CT. I had almost a full year of classroom experience under my belt. My thesis using technology in education laid the groundwork to make me a technology professional, along with working for IT on campus. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 6 | The Honors College classes were hard to schedule, and as a result, the school allowed us to register ahead of the upper classmen. working with a good advisor (for all students) is key to plan your semesters around when courses may be offered (some courses are only offered every other semester, every two years, etc). |
| Academic Facilities | 8 | Dedicated libraries were key - they were great places to study and had excellent and pristine copies of the resources we needed, and they were always available. The IT department at Southern and the computer lab are also the trendsetters for the whole CSU system. |
| Social Life | 10 | Southern was a great school. It offered me many opportunities and for what others consider a mediocre school, the synergy made my college experience great. |
| Placement Services | 2 | I am not even aware that SCSU has these options available. My personal network has gotten me to where I am and showed me other opportunities. |
| Alumni Network | 4 | I have to admit I am mainly out of touch with the alumni network. Furthermore, I have only been out of college for about 6 years. |
Branford Hall Career Institute • Branford, CT
Studying Computer Network Management (completion in 2011)
• 2/13/2012
"I was not satisfied at all, due to inept teaching staff, obnoxious students and poor administration. I would not attend again."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | no | There are better opportunities for education out there, such as pursuing a 4-year degree in CS. The certifications we were prepped for could be done at home, for almost nothing. |
| Program Reputation | 5 | A lot of students believe this program is challenging. My parents believed this was something worth spending money on. |
| Program Quality | 4 | The school used Microsoft online academy training for most of it. I also felt the teachers were simply reading from the book. |
| Instruction | 3 | The teachers really phoned in our education, and some simply did not know what they were talking about. In our server class, we did not use a server once, not even a virtual server; it was all done from a book. |
| How Difficult | 1 | We were not challenged. We simply read the book and used the glossary at the back. The tests were all open book. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | We did not get to touch servers/networking equipment at all while we were there. We were provided laptops with a copy of Windows XP to virtualize. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 5 | They offer both day and night classes. Missed classes can be made up, to some extent. |
| Academic Facilities | 2 | We did not have any modern equipment. We also did not have many workstations/servers/networking equipment to practice on. |
| Social Life | 2 | The teachers were inept and incapable of even the most generalized support. The students were usually tardy and class was run like a grade school. |
| Placement Services | 1 | They have not placed me in a job. My internship was at a public school system as a Jr. System Admin, and they do not have the budget to hire more people. |
| Alumni Network | 1 | The school has changed administration 3 times in the last 4 months. They constantly lose me in the system. |
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