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University Vs Troy University Essay

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I am currently looking for colleges that I would be interested in attending that meet my criteria. After researching many colleges and universities I have decided on the University of Montevallo and Troy University. The University of Montevallo is a medium size, public college in a small town rural setting. Three thousand four hundred sixty students are enrolled there with a retention rate of seventy-eight percent. This co-ed college is sixty-six percent women and thrity-four percent men. The student to teacher ratio is sixteen to one. Of the the over thirty majors, six percnt of the students enrolled major in Social Work. The requirements to be accepted into the University of Montevallo are you have to have a GPA of at least 2.5 and …show more content…

Troy University is a very large, public college in a small town setting. Approximately fifteen percent of the students enrolled in Troy major in Psychology. Troy is a co-ed college and is sixty-four percent women and thirty-six percent men. Also, seventy-five percent of students enrolled are undergraduates. To get into Troy University, you must make at least a on the ACT or a on the SAT an have at least a GPA. The SAT or ACT scores and application are due by August first. Out of all of the students that apply, only sixty-two percent are accepted and out of those, sixty-three percent of them actually enroll. Going to college is quite expensive, the in-state tuition for Troy University is six thousand right hundred forty-four dollars while the room and board is six thousand two hundred sixty-six dollars, books and supplies are one thousand ninety dollars, and other everyday expense will be approximately three thousand five hundred one dollars. In total, Troy University will cost seventeen thousand six hundred sixty-one dollars. College is very difficult to pay on your own so I must look for different scholarships and student

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