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Four Year College
Four-year colleges provide you with a broad range of classes and educational experiences, along with in-depth courses specific to your major or minor (your degree’s primary or secondary area of concentration). These institutions generally offer Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees, and prepare you for a career. Common fields of study include business, communications, economics, engineering, English literature, science, history, political science, foreign language and more. A degree from a four-year college may also allow you to do advanced studies  to earn a master’s or doctoral degree; or to later specialize in medicine, law, architecture, social work, etc. Four-year colleges may be public or private and are generally more expensive than communitytechnical and vocational colleges.

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