Concorde Career Institute

Location and Contact Information

7960 Arlington Expressway
Jacksonville, FL 32211-7480
USA
Main Tel: (904) 725-0525
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Concorde Career Institute is an institute of higher learning with a campus in Jacksonville, Florida. Concorde was established as a Delaware corporation in 1988. The Jacksonville campus offers healthcare programs in surgical technologist, respiratory therapy (A.S.), practical nursing, patient care technician, nursing, medical assistant insurance coding and billing specialist, and dental assistant.

Concorde Career Institute participates in the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Financial Aid Programs. Eligible students of the Jacksonville campus can apply for Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG), Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Stafford Loans (Subsidized and Unsubsidized), and Federal Plus Loans. The institute also offers job placement assistance and career counseling services to its students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.
  • High female/male ratio.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

  • There are one or more libraries on-campus.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

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

In 2009-2010, 92% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students		Average
Amount
Any Grant72%$3,019
Institutional Grant  
Federal Grant71%$2,897
Pell Grant71%$2,783
Other Federal Grant24%$335
State or Local Grant2%$5,492

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
Student Loan77%$5,502
Federal Loan77%$5,315
Other Loan3%$4,971

(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 Institute:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1Concorde Career CollegesAurora, CO751
2University of Antelope ValleyLancaster, CA663
3Maria College of AlbanyAlbany, NY773
4Concorde Career CollegeMemphis, TN1,147
5Mercy College of Health SciencesDes Moines, IA669
6Miles Community CollegeMiles City, MT511
7Trocaire CollegeBuffalo, NY1,060
8Our Lady of Holy Cross CollegeNew Orleans, LA1,290
9Midway CollegeMidway, KY1,283
10Concorde Career CollegesSan Diego, CA649

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
< 1 year certificate4305
1-2 year certificate542
Associate51

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
Without tenure; tenure not available  26

Students

Student enrollment was 654 in 2009-2010 (499 full-time equivalent).

About 12% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 88% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 36% of the student body. About 13% 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 (65 awarded)

  • Health and Medical Administrative Services

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (304 awarded)

  • Dental Assisting/Assistant
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant
  • Surgical Technology/Technologist

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (115 awarded)

  • Health Aide
  • Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (5 awarded)

  • Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage