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(19,149 posts)which is a lot cheaper. Also in some ways community college is better (from my personal experience). I went back for my college degree after a stint in the military. For convenience I took some lower level courses at community college. The classes were smaller and more personal than the freshman sections at a large university. Instead of just sitting through lectures in a huge lecture hall, the classes included actual group discussions. In every way the classes were at least as good as the corresponding university classes would have been, in my opinion.
Of course it isn't fair that some people by luck of birth get to go to a prestigious, 4-year school from which a diploma with good GPA will open a lot of doors that a more pedestrian degree won't. But that's just one of many unfair things in this world, and not near the worst, in my opinion.