Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Network And Systems Administrators
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at Pellissippi State, Walters State Community College, Jackson State Community College, and Dyersburg State Community College.
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 Nashville State, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Pellissippi State, and Jackson State Community College.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Southwest Tennessee Community College, Christian Brothers, University of Memphis, and Nashville State.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Nashville State, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Northeast State, and Chattanooga State.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Southern Adventist University, Belmont, Trevecca Nazarene University, and Freed - Hardeman.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Southern Adventist University, Lambuth University, Freed - Hardeman, and Carson - Newman.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at Belmont and Lipscomb.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at Jackson State Community College and Lambuth University.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Carson - Newman, Fountainhead, Southern Adventist University, and Christian Brothers.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
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Pellissippi State Technical Community College • Knoxville, TN
Studying Network Engineering Certificate Program (completion in 2001)
• 7/9/2011
"I feel the school could have offered better job placement assistance. Contacting instructors and advisors is very difficult."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | no | There are much better institutions offering more services to students. The school no longer offers the program due to a lack of enrollment. |
| Program Reputation | 4 | Even though it is a technical community college, there isn't a well know program for the IT field. The institution appears to pride itself more in the non-technical fields. |
| Program Quality | 4 | The classes were not informative when compared to the examinations. Job placement programs with the college were non-existent. |
| Instruction | 7 | The instructor appeared to know the material well, but did not deliver it in an effective fashion. Class time was not well spent to ensure students were actually learning the material. |
| How Difficult | 5 | When compared to other classes the difficulty was not that much different. The workload was moderate to heavy depending on the material presented. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | The mix of lab and book exercises are well balanced. Lab exercises are geared to be directly related to real world experiences as opposed to textbook examples. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 1 | There was only one class time available for the program I was enrolled in. Time to make up for missed classes was not given. |
| Academic Facilities | 5 | The school has 24 hour library access. Labs are equipped with the minimal equipment, most of which is aging to the point of being non-functional. |
| Social Life | 2 | The school has no athletics program. Organized social events, parties, etc. are discouraged. |
| Placement Services | 3 | There is no job placement service available. Career services are available on a minimal basis for additional costs. |
| Alumni Network | 1 | There is no alumni program at the institution. Once you have completed the programs, there is no further assistance or programs available without re-enrollment. |
East Tennessee State University • Johnson City, TN
Studying Computer Science (completion in 2008)
• 10/29/2011
"I liked my school. I was able to get a good job afterwards."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | yes | Certainly would. Overall it was a good experience. |
| Program Reputation | 5 | Good, I suppose. I've never really heard much about it. |
| Program Quality | 5 | They should have required me to take Sys Admin II, but didn't. I had to learn much of the stuff I do now as I did it. |
| Instruction | 4 | |
| How Difficult | 5 | Data structures was really hard, but other than that it wasn't that hard. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | In computer science, most of our projects were hands on, which really helped me out. I can't learn just from reading a book. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 7 | Great. Always had enough classes for me to schedule them around work. |
| Academic Facilities | 4 | Not the best. I would have liked better computers. Digital Media always got new tech before us. |
| Social Life | 4 | I didn't go out as much as others. No sports or parties. |
| Placement Services | 7 | I didn't need to use them, but my friends did and they were able to find jobs. |
| Alumni Network | 1 | I've never been contacted by anyone about it. |
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