Wright Career College

Location and Contact Information

10975 El Monte
Overland Park, KS 66211
USA
Main Tel: (913) 385-7700

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

The Wright Business School or Dickinson Business School is now known as Wright Career College. Wright Career College was founded in 1921. It also has campuses in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Kansas City, Missouri. The Wright Career College offers undergraduate and graduate courses in several subjects, including medical/clinical assistance, medical insurance coding, surgical technology and information science.

Wright Career College’s business school offers several facilities to its students, including career counseling, job placement assistance and administrative assistance. In addition, Wright Career College offers financial assistance in the form of several grants and scholarships.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

  • Many students concentrating in office and administration and computer science and engineering.
  • High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
  • High female/male ratio.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • Large number of students.

School characteristics:

  • The school is private, not-for-profit.
  • Academic calender: Semester.

Features of note:

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

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 8,950
Books and supplies$ 1,975

Financial Aid

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

In 2009-2010, 98% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students		Average
Amount
Any Grant95%$3,580
Institutional Grant  
Federal Grant95%$3,580
Pell Grant95%$3,580
Other Federal Grant  
State or Local Grant  

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
Student Loan98%$7,761
Federal Loan98%$7,761
Other Loan  

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

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
1-2 year certificate26810
Associate285

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
Without tenure; tenure not available  51

Students

Student enrollment was 899 in 2009-2010 (1,805 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 55% of the student body. About 10% 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)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (14 awarded)

  • Accounting

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (30 awarded)

  • Computer and Information Systems Security
  • Information Science/Studies

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (8 awarded)

  • Computer Installation and Repair Technology/Technician

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (32 awarded)

  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • Medical Office Management/Administration
  • Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (191 awarded)

  • Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder
  • Medical/Clinical Assistant
  • Surgical Technology/Technologist

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (21 awarded)

  • Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
  • Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry