College Comparison Worksheet

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1. Determine your interest of study
2. Do you want to live in Vermont, New England, or another location?
3. Compare four (4) colleges.

College #1 College #2 College #3 College #4

Name of College New England College Nichols College Brandeis Bentley
University University
Location (city, Henniker, NH Dudley, MA Waltham, MA Waltham, MA
state)
Interested Business (sales) and Marketing Business and Professional
Major(s) Political Science Communications, politics sales and
and Business public policy
Management
Sample classes Remembering the College writing, Financial First Year
you would take Holocaust, How the Statistics, and First Accounting, Seminar,
your first year. Earth Works, and year professional Introduction Intro to
Over Here: American development. to Finance, Finance, and
Artists and the Great and Real Expository
War. Estate and Writing.
Society.
Length of Program Bachelors Bachelors Bachelors Bachelors
(Certificate,
Associates,
Bachelor’s,
Masters, Ph.d.)
Application Fee? N/A N/A $ 80 $ 75
Cost without $ 34, 606 $ 33, 000 $ 49, 598 $ 45,760
Room & Board
Cost with Room & $ 50, 874 $ 50, 500 $ 65, 954 $ 63, 290
Board
Application Rolling Rolling January 1, January 7,
Deadlines: 2018 2018
financial aid
Application Rolling Rolling January 1, January 7,
Deadlines: 2018 2018
admissions
How many 1,756 1,069 5,945 4,222
students attend
the school?
What is the 13 16 10 14
average class size?
Are job placement Yes. 92% job Yes. 98% job
services available? placement after 6 placement
months. rate.
What types of  Community Need-based and Merit-based Merit-based
financial aid are College merit scholarships, scholarships, scholarships,
available? Scholarship Need-based grants, public and need-based
 Presidential Work Study private loans. grants,
Scholarship Programs, and federal loans,
Student and parent and work
loans. opportunities.
  ALTA
Petenda
Scholarship
 New England
Scholarship
 NEC’s Dean
Scholarship
 Academic
Improvement
and
Opportunity
Scholarship
 Alumni
Legacy
Scholarship
 John Stark
Scholarship
 Henniker
Area
Scholarships
 Endowed
Scholarships

Describe the living Standard Living Every Freshman Standard Single,

facilities guaranteed private Living Double,
bathroom. Free Triple, and
Laundry, Free Quad.
Oven and Laundry
Microwave.
Describe the 16 varsity sports. 21 different 16 varsity 21 varsity
social/recreational Skiing passes, varsity sports, 32 sports, 260 sports, 11
facilities student newspaper, clubs and student run different
Adventure Bound organizations. clubs and organizations.
Club, and tons more organizations.
clubs.
Do you know of Yes! They loved it! No Yes! They No
anyone who has love it!
attended this
school? What’s
their opinion
What does your Small, but nice! Doesn’t know Doesn’t know Doesn’t know
high school much about it! much about much about
counselor say it! it!
about this school?
Based on your comparison, what college do you want to attend and why?
New England College! It is in a nice location, it is the right size, and in the right area. It would
accept all of my college credits.