The Catholic University of America

Date: Feb 28 2016
Major: Education (This Major's Salary over time)
Like many schools in a similar price/rankings point, the student body is probably CUAs greatest weak point. As a returning student who was in the army for a while, I found that if you are not a student who has lived in the dorms from Freshman year onward, you will likely feel excluded. I was more or less fine with this but it could be hard for others. The student body is primarily made up of monied catholics from NY and NJ. This is not nessesarily a bad thing but does seem to come at the expense of meaningful student diversity. As a result, viewpoints and life experiences among students are often singular rather than plural, making debate in class difficult. Freshman and sophomore courses were plagued with unmotivated students filling desks, though by upper division most have either moved to media studies or dropped out.

Plus sides: profs are fantastic and class sizes are small. If you are someone who wants to stand out and get to know your professors, only a little hard work will get you to the head of the class.