This is the second year in a row that the Concord campus has earned this honor.
SAN ANTONIO , Oct. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Concord Career College San Antonio (CCC) has been recognized for its exemplary graduation and employment rates and has been recognized as one of the top Texas Career Colleges and Schools of the Americas. Named “School of the Year” by Texas (CCST). , community service, and legislative efforts. This award recognizes one institution each year by CCST, an association of approximately 200 private post-secondary career colleges and schools in Texas that offer a wide range of vocational curricula.
Concord Career College – San Antonio Campus Jerry Valdez (left), executive director of Texas Career Colleges and Schools, and Eddie Valdez, president of Concord Career College – San Antonio Campus, attended the award ceremony. Mr. Kleiner.
“We are honored that the Concord campus has been recognized by CCST for the second year in a row,” said Kevin Pullen, president of Concord Career College. “Over the past year, our San Antonio campus has outperformed program outcomes in terms of completion, licensure, and employment, and has also far exceeded accredited agency employment benchmarks for 2023-2024.”
Plain continued, “Congratulations to the San Antonio team for their contributions to this prestigious award.”
The minimum ACCSC placement rate is 70%. Concord’s San Antonio campus programs all have placement rates above 80%, some exceed 90%, and the Physical Therapy Assistant program achieved a 100% placement rate.
“Our team’s unwavering dedication to students helped us achieve these results. Our commitment to providing San Antonio students with the skills, support, and experiential learning they need to succeed in the healthcare industry “We are honored to receive this recognition from CCST for our efforts,” said Eddie Kleiner, president of Concord Career College San Antonio Campus.
Among many professional and community contributions last year, faculty and alumni of Concord San Antonio’s dental hygiene program helped pass a landmark state law allowing dental hygienists to administer local infiltration anesthesia to patients. played an important role. Additionally, through the Florida-based Jamaica Outreach Program, dental hygiene graduates and faculty traveled to Kingston to help meet the dental needs of low-income families by providing oral health care to more than 300 children. I did.
This is the second year in a row that a Concord Career College campus has received the CCST “School of the Year” award, with Concord Career College Dallas earning this honor in 2023.
Concord Career College San Antonio also received the 2022-2023 ACCSC Outstanding School Award from the Accreditation Commission for Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). This award recognizes ACCSC-accredited institutions that demonstrate a commitment to the expectations and rigor of accreditation and maintain high levels of student achievement.
Concord’s San Antonio campus offers career-focused healthcare programs including dentistry, allied medicine, diagnostics, and patient care. For more information, visit concorde.edu/campus/san-antonio-texas.
About Concord Career College
Concord Career College, the healthcare division of Universal Technical Institute (www.uti.edu) (NYSE: UTI), has 17 healthcare-focused offices in eight states under the Concord Career College and Concord Career Institute brands. campuses and preparing America’s next generation of health. We offer rewarding careers for nursing and dental professionals. Concorde’s blended education model combines online coursework with in-person lab classes and clinical sites. Concord’s 25 student-centered academic programs and personalized support prepare graduates for in-demand careers in nursing, dentistry, respiratory, diagnostics, and other healthcare fields. Concord School is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) and the Council on Vocational Education (COE). For more information, visit concorde.edu or uti.edu, @Concorde Career Colleges and @UniversalTechnicalInstitute on LinkedIn, or @ConcordeCareer or @news_UTI on X (formerly Twitter).
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