Douglas Education Center

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small suburb.

Overview

The Douglas Education Center, founded in 1904, is located in Monessen, Pennsylvania. Douglas Education Center offers a number of academic programs in business, medicine, arts, and cosmetology. Students are awarded associate’s degrees, as well as diplomas in the respective areas. In addition, various short-term programs are also available in the fields of graphic designing, special make-up effects, illustration, and fantasy art.

Students of Douglas Education Center are provided with career services such as work-study jobs, part-time jobs, externships, freelance opportunities, and full-time career opportunities. Academic counseling is also available. The institute also offers financial aid programs. Eligible candidates are awarded the Monongahela-Valley Hospital Healthy Help Scholarship for medical students, The Greg Nicotero Scholarship for special make-up effects students, and The Tom Savini Scholarship for digital film production students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in media, beauty and cosmetology, and design.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, for-profit.
• Academic calender: Trimester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 291 in 2009-2010 (476 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 66% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

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)

BEAUTY AND COSMETOLOGY (38 awarded)

• Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist
• Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor
• Cosmetology/Cosmetologist

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (8 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

DESIGN (10 awarded)

• Graphic Design
• Illustration

MEDIA (95 awarded)

• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (9 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
• Medical Office Management/Administration
• Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (11 awarded)

• Medical/Clinical Assistant

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (5 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production