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All things considered, all things are NOT the same for college freshmen at a four-year college and college freshmen at a two-year school.

Here are four differences that were discovered in a Noel-Levitz study:

1.  Nearly half of students at two-year institutions (45 percent) expect to work more than 20 hours per week.
    Just 19 percent of students at four-year public institutions and 27 percent of students at four-year private institutions expect to work.

2.  Students at two-year colleges were less likely than their peers at four-year colleges to report receiving family emotional support.
    80 percent of freshmen at four-year public institutions had parental support compared to just 70 percent of two-year college attendees.

3.  Students at four-year public institutions were also more receptive to career counseling and to receiving certain types of financial guidance.
    Sixty-nine percent of students at four-year public institutions report that they would like some help selecting an educational plan that will prepare them for a good job, compared to 57 percent of two-year students.

4.  Receptivity to talking to someone about student loans was similar across all institution types.

What do you think?