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Q7.
Why should I pursue a classical education at the collegiate level after having a classical education at the high school level?
Answer.
The same reason Christians have done so for hundreds of years—because we know only a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of all there is to know about Western civilization and the world God created. A classical Christian education is still the best, history-tested preparation for better understanding God's Word and the world in which He placed us. Many may be more highly trained, but few are better educated than those who are classically and Christianly educated.
Q8.
New Saint Andrews College offers only one "major" so wouldn't I have more career options at a college with more specialized programs and majors?
Answer.
Maybe. That's often the claim, but today most careers demand more than just an undergraduate degree in a specialized field. In fact, more and more employers recognize that narrowly trained specialists are less adaptable to change and less likely to advance later into positions of leadership and management. The best place to specialize is at the advanced or graduate level, not the undergraduate level. Getting a classical Christian education at the undergraduate level is one of the best ways to prepare yourself intellectually and spiritually to pursue advanced studies and specialized training in parrticular fields or careers. More than one third of our graduates have gone on to do advanced study in law, pastoral ministry, literature, philosophy, theology, classics, Medieval studies, and more. It is also possible to pursue both classical studies and technical training at the same time. Several New Saint Andrews students have taken our classical Christian program while studying engineering, computer science, microbiology and other technical fields at the University of Idaho just six blocks away. It certainly isn't easy, but they've managed to excel at both pursuits. So contrary to the "received wisdom" of colleges with majors in anything that will attract more students, we believe having only one major is a major advantage to our students who think and plan for the long-term--not just for a dead-end, entry level job right out of college.
Q9.
What use is a liberal arts, classical education? Or, how will I get a job with a classics background from New Saint Andrews?
Answer.
No undergraduate degree comes with a "union card" guarantee to a job. And even if it did, there’s no guarantee that the job will still be there in two-to-five years. Only those who are broadly and deeply educated will be able to adapt well to changing circumstances and job markets. Liberal arts graduates are blessed with rewarding work every year, because employers in all fields know the long-term value of having well rounded, clear-thinking employees. By worldly pragmatic standards, though, a liberal arts education is pretty useless. As useless as a flower bouquet or a beautiful song. As useless as the humanities and arts that enrich our lives and add beauty and biblical wisdom to our fallen world.
Q10.
Does New Saint Andrews offer a distance education program?
Answer.
We don't. A quality college education depends on the personal interaction between teacher-mentor and student within an academic and church community with a shared Christian worldview, high intellectual standards, moral integrity, biblical wisdom, and spiritual maturity. New Saint Andrews seeks to provide such a personally nurturing and spiritually encouraging environment for its Christian scholars. While distance education programs may provide an efficient transfer of information between teachers and students, they cannot, by their very nature, provide the close personal and covenantal setting that makes the New Saint Andrews experience what it is.
Q11.
How much does it cost to go to New Saint Andrews College?
Answer.
The College’s tuition rate is among the lowest of any Christian college in the country, and with a $500 deposit that rate can remain fixed for four consecutive years from the date of first enrollment. In a day when private college tuition averages about $18,500 per year nationally, New Saint Andrews charges about one-third of that, or what many government subsidized universities now charge. Not only is our tuition very affordable, but it is that way without compromising our Christian mission and vision by being dependent on government support. We refuse, on principle, to accept any government funding or "aid." Basically, our tuition rate provides the equivalent of a $12,000 scholarship (not a federally financed student loan) for every four-year student, compared to the average private college tuition rate. Bottom line: New Saint Andrews offers a quality undergraduate education at very competitive rates, which makes it easier for you not to become a slave to debt and to graduate better prepared academically, spiritually, and financially to serve only one Master.
Q12.
How much will my tuition likely increase at New Saint Andrews over the next four years?
Answer.
While tuition rates may increase each year to meet rising costs and inflation, we are committed to keeping tuition as low as possible and within the reach of every Christian family. To help students and their familes to budget effectively for their undergraduate education, we offer a fixed tuition rate option. With a $500 deposit toward your final year, your tuition rate will remain fixed for four consecutive years at the rate you pay when you enter as a first-year student. While tuition rates may increase in future years, those increases will not affect students who have paid the fixed tutiion deposit. Students who take longer than four years to complete their degrees, however, may be subject to increased tuition rates beginning in their fifth year of enrollment. Think of it as our not-so-subtle incentive for you to finish your studies on time and to move on to bigger and better things in your life.
* From First Fruits of New England, Vol. I, Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1643, pp. 244-245.
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