Results: What factors would be most important to you when choosing a university to attend?
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What factors would be most important to you when choosing a university to attend? Proximity/distance from home and family
27%
•
339 votes
What universities friends are attending
6%
•
77 votes
What university your love interest/partner is attending
8%
•
97 votes
The cost of tuition
42%
•
525 votes
The cost of residence
24%
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304 votes
Location (small town, large city, etc)
27%
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339 votes
Certain courses offered
35%
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435 votes
Opinions of parents, relatives, others
7%
•
88 votes
Sports teams/quality of sport programs
3%
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44 votes
On campus facilities (such as gym, library, etc)
13%
•
169 votes
Meal plan options (meal block plans, declining balance plans, unlimited plans, etc)
10%
•
131 votes
N/A
37%
•
466 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
16 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.07% | 2 | |
| does not apply to me | 0.03% | 1 |
| no universities but instead do trade schools. | 0.03% | 1 |
| graduation rate and whether its worth even going | 0.03% | 1 |
| quality of education | 0.03% | 1 |
| reputation, quality of the education, class size, whether the classes were actually taught by the profs and not just students who had graduated at some point. | 0.03% | 1 |
| quality of academic programs and research | 0.03% | 1 |
| conservative values, not a party "school" | 0.03% | 1 |
| caliber of professors and university rank | 0.03% | 1 |
| if some classes can be done online | 0.03% | 1 |
| seriously? you made an entire list and the single most important factors wasn't on it? how about the quality of the education? | 0.03% | 1 |
| security | 0.03% | 1 |
| academics | 0.03% | 1 |
| program that suits your interests and future goals | 0.03% | 1 |
| college placement percentages or college ranking | 0.03% | 1 |
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