[Quiet Man Cometh]

Depends where you go and what you want out of it. I got all my education in BC here, and I started with a community college in Fort St. John (college maybe 250 students big) and then transferred to UBC in Vancouver (student population of some 50 000. Big difference, and a price difference to go with it.

Tuition for me at UBC was easily more than double what it was at my community college. The extra cost is brought on in part by what enrollment covers. My rinky dink college only had a library and a small atrium for 'features' while my provincial university had it's own farms, multiple libraries, multiple sports facilities, performance center, transit, themed gardens, etc., and the the costs for much of that go into tuition. Students use, student pay. So, if you don't care about how big your college swimming pool is, then consider how much fancy amenities might be affecting education cost.

I advocate starting with a small college first, no matter what you are doing. Even though my college was little and the course choices limited, the very small class sizes made it very easy to learn and discuss material, teachers were readily available for help, and it was a much calmer setting. I was able to maintain a very good GPA and got a very good understanding of the material.

When I transferred to the large university it was serious culture shock. Class sizes were huge, teacher's aren't always easy to get time with if there are 300+ students in the odd class, and it can be more of a struggle to get at what you need. I crashed and burned my first year of transfer. It was great, but it wasn't easy. The solid academic start in the college gave me a decent save.