The greatest amount of their effort, however, is still placed on teaching undergraduates. These major categories of colleges and universities tell only part of the story. Some schools may be closely allied to a religious denomination or the military. Some serve a dominantly minority population or a Native American tribal community. Some focus on business programs, or the health professions, or they may emphasize music and the performing or visual arts.
Colleges vary greatly in size, cost, and the types of special services they offer.
And, of course, every college or university offers a different mix of subjects and teaches them in somewhat different ways. Finally, some colleges are much pickier than others about high school grades, standardized test scores, and other factors that determine who they admit. All of this can be confusing. If you don't like what you see in one campus, keep looking. First, do an honest inventory of the characteristics that matter to you.