Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Systems Analysts
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at UW Milwaukee, UW Eau Claire, Cardinal Stritch, and UW Whitewater.
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- 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 Milwaukee Area Technical College, UW Parkside, UW Superior, and UW Milwaukee.
- Female: For schools particularly welcoming to female students, consider Rasmusssen.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Concordia, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and Ottawa University-Milwaukee.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Cardinal Stritch, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College, Concordia, and Marian.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Maranatha Baptist Bible, Marquette, UW Superior, and University of Wisconsin.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Maranatha Baptist Bible, Saint Norbert College, Marquette, and Concordia.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at University of Wisconsin, Marquette, and Milwaukee School of Engineering.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at Cardinal Stritch, Maranatha Baptist Bible, and Milwaukee Area Technical College.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Nicolet Area Technical College, Silver Lake College, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, and Gateway Technical College.
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Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
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Ripon College • Ripon, WI
Studying Communication (completion in 1999)
• 11/10/2011
"Ripon College provided me a liberal arts college experience that prepared me for any career I wanted to pursue after graduation. Because my education focused on teaching me how to learn, as opposed to preparing me for a specific career, I have been able to work in the IT field for the past 5 years without specific technical education."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | yes | I believe that a liberal arts education, like the one I received at Ripon College, can prepare a student for any career. The focus on problem solving, the teaching of learning skills, and interdisciplinary studies are all reasons why Ripon College can prepare a student for success in their career. |
| Program Reputation | 8 | The reputation of the Communication Department at Ripon College is built on a few factors. One of these factors is that over 90% of its graduates have jobs waiting for them after graduation. In addition, students from this department are regularly accepted into the best Communication graduate programs in the country. |
| Program Quality | 8 | Ripon College is a classic, small, liberal arts college. The communication department was focused on rhetoric, persuasion, and logic. The coursework was quite challenging and the standards were set very high. A large percentage of students from this department went on to graduate programs at the best graduate schools in the country in the field of communication. |
| Instruction | 8 | Because of very high standards and expectations and excellent faculty, along with personal attention in the classroom, I believe the quality of instruction in this department at Ripon College was excellent. While my field of study did not relate directly to my current job as a System Analyst, it did prepare me for success in my career. |
| How Difficult | 8 | Expectations were set quite high for all coursework in this department. The department was known as a department for only those wishing to be challenged. The coursework and subject matter covered was often the level of graduate-level coursework at other universities. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | Service learning was a central part of the experience a student had at Ripon College. Hands-on learning was a part of almost every course I took. This also often included applying coursework to real business or organizational situations. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 2 | Ripon College is a traditional liberal arts college of approximately 1,000 students. The flexibility of class schedules is very limited and almost all students are residential. |
| Academic Facilities | 5 | Because Ripon College is quite small in terms of enrollment, there are limited resources on campus for things like libraries, labs, etc. That being said, the availability of professors is extremely high, so much so that I knew many of them personally and still remain in contact with them 15 years after graduation. |
| Social Life | 8 | The social experience I had at Ripon College was outstanding. This was primarily due to the fact that it was a residential college in which almost all students lived in on-campus housing for all 4 years of their enrollment. This living situation fostered a spirit of common experience that brought the students together. |
| Placement Services | 4 | As a small institution, the career service office at Ripon College offered limited services. That being said, they did provide basic services, including hosting companies on campus to do interviewing for job opportunities. |
| Alumni Network | 5 | The alumni network at Ripon College is quite dedicated and closely connected. That being said, the alumni base is quite small compared to other universities. |
University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee • Milwaukee, WI
Studying Management Information Systems (completion in 2008)
• 12/14/2011
"My school is average. There is no other way to put it. It is not great and glorified, nor is it poor and frowned upon."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | maybe | If they needed an affordable school that can give them a good education, I would recommend it. I was able to get through school with a good education, while not having many school loans. |
| Program Reputation | I am unsure of the reputation my school has regarding my major. I will assume it is neither good nor bad. | |
| Program Quality | 6 | My school was okay for the program. I feel like they gave a jack-of-all-trades type of program. They tried to include so much stuff that you were unable to master much of anything. |
| Instruction | 5 | Some of my instructions were great. A lot of them had a language barrier with the students, though. |
| How Difficult | 7 | It was fairly difficult. I assume it was not the hardest course out there, though. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | It was mainly hands on, because I was doing a lot of computer programming at the time. There still was some material where you needed to bury your nose in a book, though. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 7 | Flexibility was great. I was able to work a job throughout college and make my schedule work around my work hours. |
| Academic Facilities | 5 | The computers were starting to become out of date. The library was great, but no one really uses a library too much these days. |
| Social Life | 5 | The parties were great. The sports teams were so-so. The area that the campus is located around is a real cool place to live. |
| Placement Services | 2 | I basically found a job on my own. I had no use for the job placement center. |
| Alumni Network | 3 | I have no connection with the alumni network. The only thing I hear from alumni is requests for donations. |
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