Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
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 Boise State and Lewis-Clark State.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider College of Southern Idaho, Lewis-Clark State, North Idaho College, and Boise State.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Lewis-Clark State, Boise State, North Idaho College, and College of Southern Idaho.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Lewis-Clark State, Boise State, North Idaho College, and College of Southern Idaho.
Excellence
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Lewis-Clark State and North Idaho College.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
Boise State University • Boise, ID
Studying Journeyman HVAC Mechanic, NATE Service Core (completion in 1998)
• 9/21/2011
"If I had not been under a good journeyman I would have been in trouble. My counterparts in California came out of their programs with a far superior education."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | no | The school is still woefully inadequate. Unfortunately the union school is no better. Hopefully the switch of organizations will improve the program. |
| Program Reputation | 3 | Recently the program moved to the College of Western Idaho. Hopefully with this change it will improve. |
| Program Quality | 4 | I attended the program when it was in its infancy. The program was very inconsistent and uneven. |
| Instruction | 1 | Instructors were volunteers with very little vested interest in the students. It appeared they were often more interested in getting home than teaching. |
| How Difficult | 2 | Tests were open book. The classroom was considered secondary to field work. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | The school did try to conduct labs but most of what I learned was in the field. The book program was emphasized in most cases. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 1 | Classes were at set days and times... no exceptions. The only way out was a note from work. |
| Academic Facilities | 3 | Training aids and tools were mostly donated from companies, so they weren't the best. The program was not well funded so training aids were of low quality. |
| Social Life | 5 | Well, being a tech program we were alienated from the rest of the campus. I got along well with the other students in the program. |
| Placement Services | 1 | Students were mostly placed there by the companies they already worked for. I do not believe the program even made an attempt at job placement. |
| Alumni Network | 1 | This network does not exist. Alumni do not communicate mostly due to competition. |
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