On the flip side, university professors will be world experts in their subjects, while community college professors will often have only a master’s degree. University professors teach only one or two classes a semester, while community college professors teach four or five, and university professors will have teaching assistants, which community colleges rarely have. The science lab facilities will be better at universities. Courses will be usually more demanding at universities with high admissions standards, so you will learn more.

In general, I think it’s a pretty good system – community college faculty would often be strained to teach upper level undergraduate courses, but can often do a better job than universities with the intro level courses.