The State Board of Career Colleges and Schools registered approximately 240 Ohio Career Colleges and Schools, plus 50 out-of state schools who recruit Ohio students. Over 84,000 Ohioans chose to pursue their Post-Secondary education in one of Ohio Career Colleges and Schools

WHAT ARE CAREER COLLEGES & SCHOOLS?

Career Colleges and Schools are postsecondary institutions that provide educational programs that are:

Professional
Technical
Career Specific

Provide training for over 200 occupational areas
Issues Certificates, Diplomas & Degrees

School and College Programs and Student Enrollment

There are four types of registered instructional programs that can range in length from a few days to over four years:

1. “Certificate Program” means generally one or more technical courses usually completed in one to twenty-six weeks, normally with a single skill objective.
2. “Diploma Program” means a program of instruction offering technical and basic course work. The program generally ranges in length from six hundred to fifteen hundred-clock hours; or more than forty but less than ninety-quarter credit hours; or more than twenty-seven but less than sixty semester hours.
3. “Associate Degree Program” means a group of technical, basic, and general education courses which full-time students may complete in a minimum of two academic years, six to eight academic quarters, or four semesters.
4. “Advanced Degree Program” means a program of instruction at the baccalaureate, masters or doctorate level of instruction that is approved by the Board of Regents.

During FY 2009, Ohio’s career colleges and schools offered a total of 1,483 programs.

The following table indicates the enrollment and placement activities of the schools registered with the State Board of Career Colleges and Schools in FY 2009.

CAREER COLLEGES & SCHOOL:

Are owned and operated by:

private individuals
private investors
public corporations

They pay local, state & federal taxes.
They receive no direct financial support from the state of Ohio.

FINANCIAL IMPACT ON OHIO

• 4089 full time employees
• Full time employees earnings   $209,561,324
• 3846  part time employees (
• Spent over $646,610,924 on goods & services

Career college and school graduates make a continuing contribution to the economy.

• Because of their improved productivity. Graduates of these institutions have higher personal incomes and pay more taxes.
• Second, career colleges and schools are businesses that pay salaries, buy goods and services from other businesses and pay taxes to the local, state and federal government.

Additional Cost Savings to the State

Each student that chooses a Career College or School to pursue their postsecondary education represents a significant cost savings to the State.  If they were all to enroll in the two-year or four-year college system in Ohio, the cost in state subsidies would represent a significant amount of tax money.

Placement of Graduates