<p>queenjazz . . . Like I said earlier, you can do better!</p>
<p>CAU is a historically black college and I have no doubt that it was, at one time, part of the solution. That is no longer the case. It is now part of the problem.</p>
<p>CAU provides little to no funding for its students, being content instead to let the students take whatever federal funding they can and then borrow the rest . . . whether or not the students (and their families) can afford those loans. CAU deemphasizes the financial burden its placing on its students by avoiding any discussion of money. CAU has the only school website I have ever seen that does not openly disclose the actual cost to attend the school. If the cost of attendance is posted on the CAU website, it’s well hidden. I searched and searched . . . and could not find it.</p>
<p>CAU also, apparently, cares little if its students actually complete their studies. According to its own figures, only 60% of its freshmen actually return to the school for their sophomore year. That’s a ridiculously high attrition rate! I don’t know if this high drop-out rate is the result of academic problems or financial problems. Likely, it’s both.</p>
<p>You need to find a school that you can afford and that cares about your success. CAU doesn’t fit the bill on either count.</p>