Foreign Education Consultancy in India urges that a trade school is better than a four-year full-time, college degree. The following points will help you determine the advantages and disadvantages of a trade school. At the end of the article, you will be able to decide better for yourself.

1.The most obvious benefit of going to a trade school is that trade schools require less time to complete. Almost all trade school programs can be finished in less than two years. Meanwhile, getting a degree from a community college normally takes two years, and getting a traditional four-year college degree usually takes at least four years to complete, sometimes few among the many students need a fifth or sixth year to get their degrees.

Less time in school allows you to get more job experience and progress faster in your career. Furthermore, if you're not in school, you won't have to pay for those additional years of college tuition and may have to take out fewer student loans.

2. Another advantage of trade schools is the hands-on preparation you'll receive for a specific job. Many four-year colleges and programs at four-year colleges focus more on scholarly learning than on job preparation. For example, if you graduate with a degree in philosophy or theater, you may have difficulty finding a job that's directly related to your major. At a trade school, the focus is on learning the skills that you'll be using in your job when you graduate.

Similarly, because the goal at a vocational school is to acquire the skills for a certain job, it may be easier to initially find a job in that field. Also, many trade school programs are geared toward fields in which there is high demand for workers.

3. Additionally, there are lucrative jobs you can get with a trade school degree. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median pay for dental hygienists was $76,220 in 2019. Meanwhile, the median starting salary for four-year college graduates was $51,347 for students from the class of 2019.

4.Finally, if you go to a trade school, you don't have to stress about the traditional college application process. Because the application requirements are much less strict at a trade school, if you decide to go to one, you won't have to spend the time or money associated with four-year college applications. You won't have to take the SAT/ACT. You won't have to stress about your grades. You won't have to worry about joining clubs just to enhance your college applications.

Disadvantages of Attending a Trade School

While vocational schools do offer some benefits, there are significant drawbacks, especially when compared to traditional 4-year colleges.

Even though there are financial benefits to going to a trade school, college graduates, on average, make more money than trade school grads. According to College Scorecard, the salary after attending, which is the median income for students receiving federal financial aid 10 years after graduating, for American Career College in Los Angeles ranges from $14,300 to $40,400 depending on the field of study. Comparatively, the salary after attending UCLA goes from $21,000 to $102,100. Even after accounting for the additional time spent in school, the average UCLA graduate is going to come out well ahead financially.

Also, four-year colleges tend to offer more generous financial aid. After financial aid, the average cost for West Coast University in Anaheim, California is $42,206. Meanwhile, the average cost for an in-state student at CSU Long Beach, a California State University, is $8,982.

Furthermore, if you go to a vocational school, you'll miss out on the traditional college experience. At trade schools, there's no real on-campus culture, and there's limited social interaction. At a four-year college, you can join clubs, attend campus parties, go to sporting events, join Greek life, and live in dorms with your peers. For many people, the college experience gives them wonderful memories and helps them form long-lasting friendships.

Much of the learning you do at a traditional college takes place outside of the classroom. You can attend lectures by famous politicians and prominent academics, and you're able to socially interact with students from all over the world.

At a trade school, the focus is on the job preparation you receive inside the classroom, and that's the extent of your education.

Additionally, traditional colleges offer a more broad, well-rounded education. Again, at a trade school, the education you receive is almost exclusively focused on preparing you for a specific job. At a traditional college, you'll have general education requirements that will expose you to a variety of different subjects, and even in many majors, you'll learn about a wide variety of topics.

In college, I was an American Studies major, which is an interdisciplinary major that focuses on the United States. I was able to take classes in sociology, education, religion, history, psychology, and political science that counted towards my degree. Outside of my major, I was able to take classes in numerous subjects like human biology, anthropology, statistics, and Spanish.

Traditional colleges pride themselves on not just preparing you for a specific job, but also teaching you critical thinking skills and making you an informed citizen who will be able to have a positive impact on the society outside of your profession.

Finally, there's more job flexibility with a traditional college degree. Trade schools prepare you for very specific jobs, but there are a wide variety of jobs you can get with a bachelor's degree, regardless of your major.

If you study medical assisting at a trade school, your program will only prepare you to be a medical assistant. If you end up deciding that you want to do something else or can't find a job as a medical assistant, your vocational school degree won't be of much value.

On the other hand, a degree from a four-year college offers you many more job opportunities. There are sales, education, and consulting jobs that are open to four-year college graduates from a wide variety of majors. Furthermore, you can pursue graduate school and professional schools like medical school and law school with a four-year college degree. On average, with more education and advanced degrees, you'll make more money and have more job security.