Concorde Career Colleges

Location and Contact Information

4393 Imperial Avenue
San Diego, CA 92113-1964
USA
Main Tel: (800) 852-8434
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Concorde Career Institute San Diego campus is a part of the Concorde Career Colleges Inc., which was established in 1988. It is an organization operating institutions that offer vocational training programs in the allied health services field. The college operates campuses throughout the U.S.

Concorde Career Institute San Diego campus offers its students diploma programs in a number of areas related to allied health, including dental assistance, massage therapy, medical assistance, surgical technology and vocational nursing.

Concorde Career Institute San Diego campus has a career services department that offers academic and career counseling for its students. Financial aid is also available for meritorious students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
  • High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
  • High female/male ratio.
  • Good faculty-to-student 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 Colleges participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 93% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students		Average
Amount
Any Grant74%$3,478
Institutional Grant  
Federal Grant64%$2,837
Pell Grant64%$2,747
Other Federal Grant29%$228
State or Local Grant13%$5,789

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
Student Loan75%$6,067
Federal Loan75%$5,757
Other Loan3%$7,158

(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 Colleges:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1Concorde Career CollegeSan Bernardino, CA796
2Granite State CollegeConcord, NH1,542
3Concorde Career InstitutePortland, OR593
4Kent State University East Liverpool CampusEast Liverpool, OH964
5Medvance Institute-Fort LauderdaleLauderdale Lakes, FL628
6Concorde Career CollegeNorth Hollywood, CA579
7Pacific CollegeCosta Mesa, CA229
8Eastern International CollegeJersey City, NJ263
9Saybrook Graduate School and Research CenterSan Francisco, CA548
10Antioch University Los AngelesCulver City, CA697

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
< 1 year certificate4684
1-2 year certificate1112
Associate361

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

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

Students

Student enrollment was 649 in 2009-2010 (626 full-time equivalent).

About 23% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 77% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 46% 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 (111 awarded)

  • Health and Medical Administrative Services

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (384 awarded)

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

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (63 awarded)

  • Nursing

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (57 awarded)

  • Massage Therapy/Therapeutic Massage