UEI College
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| Type | For-profit |
|---|---|
| Established | 1982 |
| Location | Multiple, California, United States |
| Website | www.uei.edu |
UEI College is a United States career education for-profit school that specializes in automobile, business, computer, dental, medical, and pharmacy professions. The school was founded in 1975 as United Education Institute, and changed its name to UEI College in 2009. It has locations in Central California and Southern California, Florida and Georgia.
Accreditation
UEI is accredited through the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET). The Gardena and Fresno, California locations are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), which is a national accrediting organization in the United States that provides accreditation to "postsecondary, non-degree-granting institutions and degree-granting institutions that are predominantly organized to educate students for occupational, trade and technical careers."
Controversy
UEI College has been under scrutiny for misrepresenting job placement rates, hiring unqualified teachers, and failing to fulfill promises of helping with job placement. Former UEI College criminal justice instructor wrote to Senator Tom Harkin detailing the issues he saw at UEI College:[1]
- "UEI Admission Representatives sold these students the criminal justice program knowing most of them could never get a job in this field."
- "The real problem I saw was that there was no one in Career Services working on getting these students jobs during my tenure. .... If they complain, UEI gets them security guard positions, which could have been obtained without spending thousands of dollars on a UEI certificate."
- "...UEI knows full well that most of the students will not be able to get positions in any CJ field."
In 2012, the Accrediting Commission of the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET) prohibited certain UEI College campuses from enrolling new students due to the low job placement rates of graduates.
- In 2011, the Huntington Park Medical Assistant had a 33.87% job placement rate. The program had 815 graduates eligible for job placement, but only 276 were able to find employment. The following year the job placement rate was 25%. The program had 144 graduates eligible for job placement and only 36 graduates were able to find employment.
UEI College has been placed on probation numerous times by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) for failing to comply with accreditation standards.
Tuition
$19,500 for an 8º9 month program.
The average cost of 1 year of community college in California is $1,104 for residents.[2]
In Georgia, the average cost is $2,378 per year for residents.[3]
Federal Student Aid information
Source:[4]
| School name | United Education Institute |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3727 West 6th Street |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Federal School Code | 017169 |
| Website | NA |
| School type | Private for-profit- less-than 2-year |
| Tuition and fees | $13,665 |
| Net price average | $23,240 |
| Graduation rate | 72% |
| Retention rate | NA |
| Transfer rate | 0% |
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- The amounts for tuition and fees apply to full-time first-time degree/certificate-seeking students.
- Net Price Average is the average yearly price charged to full-time, first-time undergraduate students receiving student aid at an institution of higher education after deducting any grant and scholarship aid received. Average Net Price provides students and families with an idea of how much a first-time, full-time undergraduate student who receives grant/scholarship aid pays to attend a particular institution after subtracting out that grant/scholarship aid.
- Graduation rate is the percentage of a school's first-time, first-year undergraduate students who complete their program within 150% of the published time for the program.
- Retention rate is the percentage of a school's first-time, first-year undergraduate students who continue at that school the next year.
- Transfer rate is the percentage of a school's first-time, first-year undergraduate students who transfer to another college within 150% of the published time for the program.
- NA indicates that information is not available from College Navigator.
Locations
- Anaheim, California
- Bakersfield, California
- Chula Vista, California
- Gardena, California – formerly located in Cerritos
- El Monte, California
- Encino, California
- Fresno, California
- Huntington Park, California
- Ontario, California
- Riverside, California
- San Bernardino, California
- San Diego, California
- San Marcos, California
- Stockton, California
- Morrow, Georgia
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Houston, Texas
Programs
- Automotive Technician
- Business Management, Associates of Applied Science
- Business Office Administration
- Computer Systems Technician
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Security Administration
- Dental Assistant
- Medical Assistant
- Medical Billing and Insurance Coding
- Pharmacy Technician
- Vocational Nursing
References
- ↑ Scauzillo, Paul. "Letter from Paul Scazillo, former instructor at UEI College, to Chairman Tom Harkin, July 7, 2010." (PDF). http://senate.gov. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ https://secure.californiacolleges.edu/Financial_Aid_Planning/Financial_Aid_101/college_cost.aspx
- ↑ http://www.communitycollegereview.com/georgia
- ↑ https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/faces/MoreInfo.faces?schoolCode1=017169
External links
Coordinates: 36°59′18″N 121°59′07″W / 36.988279°N 121.985295°W