Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree is time consuming. Typically, to obtain a Bachelor’s degree, four years of college is required to meet all of the requirements.
Bachelor degree programs typically require many courses that don’t relate at all to the trade you are in interested in pursuing.
The increasing cost of a four-year college program is prohibitive to many students. Recent research indicates that the average bachelor’s degree in the United States costs $127,000.
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Increased job security: Having specific experience in a specified trade is increasingly valuable in today’s economy as employers are looking to fill positions with qualified candidates that don’t require a lot of investment in additional resources to get them up and running.
Trade or vocational schools offer high school students the opportunity to get a jump on their freshman year of college allowing them to take courses for college credit while still in high school.
Fast-track for skilled careers: Vocational/trade schools allow students to fast-track their way to certification for highly specialized trades that offer comfortable salaries.
Today’s students have many options regarding their education, but oftentimes they feel as if a trade or vocational school won’t give them the same advantage as their peers who attend a four-year institution. There are many advantages to considering a trade school and trade school graduates experience high success in their