Price Difference
Community College University College
As you know a Community College is where students usually commute to school and do not live on campus. This is something that should be taken into consideration because the student has to drive there everyday and with the price of gas today it will cost a good amount. The average tuition and fees for a Community College that is public is about $2,200. For private non profit or for profit Community Colleges the average tuition is about $13,000.
A University is different than a Community College because of many reasons, one major one being that the students live on campus. This cuts out the cost of having to drive to school everyday. The average cost of tuition for a public University is about $6,500, but the average cost for private non profit or for profit is about $20,000.
From the information above you can see that the cost of going to a Community College is less than going to a University. The main reason is that a University is larger than a Community College and has dorms where the students live.