Concorde Career College

Location and Contact Information

12951 Euclid Street, Suite 101
Garden Grove, CA 92840-9201
USA
Main Tel: (714) 703-1900
Web Site

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Concorde Career College – Garden Grove is a private, for-profit college in California that was established as a Delaware corporation in 1988. Concorde Career Colleges, Inc. presently operates campuses in more than ten locations in 7 states. The Garden Grove campus offers vocational nurse, dental assistant, respiratory therapy (A.S.), medical assistant, and insurance coding and billing specialist programs to students.

Concorde Career College - Garden Grove provides assistance in placement and guidance in interviewing techniques & resume preparation for its students. The Garden Grove campus also provides helpful information on a variety of employment opportunities in the field of healthcare.

The college participates in various financial aid programs including Federal Plus Loans, Federal Stafford Loans (Subsidized and Unsubsidized), Federal Perkins Loans, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG).

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
  • High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

  • The school is private, for-profit.
  • Academic calender: Differs by program.

Features of note:

  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.
  • Weekend study is an option.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Concorde Career College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 95% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students		Average
Amount
Any Grant64%$3,458
Institutional Grant  
Federal Grant62%$3,334
Pell Grant62%$3,208
Other Federal Grant21%$378
State or Local Grant3%$3,927

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
Student Loan90%$7,100
Federal Loan84%$6,768
Other Loan9%$8,853

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Concorde Career College:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1Kent State University East Liverpool CampusEast Liverpool, OH964
2Eastwick CollegeRamsey, NJ753
3Concorde Career CollegeSan Bernardino, CA796
4Concorde Career CollegeNorth Hollywood, CA579
5George C Wallace State Community College-SelmaSelma, AL1,896
6Concorde Career CollegesSan Diego, CA649
7Ohio University-Southern CampusIronton, OH1,831
8Dyersburg State Community CollegeDyersburg, TN2,749
9Eastern Shore Community CollegeMelfa, VA939
10Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of NursingSaint Louis, MO673

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
< 1 year certificate2744
1-2 year certificate1091
Associate1031

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
Without tenure; tenure not available  20

Students

Student enrollment was 587 in 2009-2010 (676 full-time equivalent).

About 20% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 80% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 44% of the student body. About 14% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men100%
Women100%
All100%

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (105 awarded)

  • Health and Medical Administrative Services

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (272 awarded)

  • Dental Assisting/Assistant
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
  • Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (109 awarded)

  • Nursing