Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Secretaries
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at New River and Mountain State University.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Eastern, West Virginia Northern Community College, and Mountain State University.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Huntington Junior College, West Virginia Northern Community College, Eastern, and Marshall Community and Technical College.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Mountain State University, Potomac State, Huntington Junior College, and Marshall Community and Technical College.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Potomac State, BCTC, and Mountain State University.
Excellence
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at BCTC.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
American Military University • Charles Town, WV
Studying International Relations And Conflict Resolution (completion in 2013)
• 11/14/2011
"I'm just taking classes for fun. I'm not extremely satisfied, but at the same time, I'm not disappointed. Like anything, it has its good aspects and poor ones."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | Before recommending the school, I would want to know what the other people wanted. Then, I would provide them with information about my experience and let them make their own choice. |
| Program Reputation | I have no idea. I just found some courses that I wanted to take and ended up enrolling in this master's program. Other people that I know have taken classes there and rate the undergrad program highly. | |
| Program Quality | 5 | It's an okay school. I'm just pursuing a master's for fun, not because I expect it to change my life. It is a military-friendly school, and that is important to my family. It has interesting classes. |
| Instruction | 5 | The instruction relies heavily upon class participation; if others in the class don't participate or don't have anything intelligible to say, then the instruction is bad. |
| How Difficult | 3 | The classes that I have taken so far have been both incredibly easy and incredibly time-consuming. I'm dissatisfied with the lack of intellectual challenge, but the classes do take up a lot of my time. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | It is very hands on and discussion-oriented. The books are read, but not really discussed. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 10 | Being an online, military-friendly school, the class schedule is very flexible. Courses start every month. Additionally, teachers are willing to work around obstacles. |
| Academic Facilities | 3 | The librarians are very good, and the media used in classes is fairly good. There are no laboratories, classroom space, academic advisors, or study groups in my fields. The professors appear to be overwhelmed by the time-consuming nature of the classes, and while they attempt to remain accessible, there is a time delay in responses. |
| Social Life | 1 | I have not had a social experience at my school. There is an online forum, but no one really does anything social on it. |
| Placement Services | Any type of assistance or support is nonexistent or non-published. Therefore, I would not know how to rate it. | |
| Alumni Network | I have no idea about the alumni network; I have not seen anything about this. Any support aspect at the school - whether technical, academic, or other - is very fragmented and unpublicized. |
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