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Applying to college? Congratulations! You’re taking a major step toward new opportunities. You’re also taking on some paperwork—especially when it comes to financial aid. If ...
Posted Tuesday, Mar 22, 2022 by Altierus
Researching career training schools or trade schools in Houston? Altierus Career College could be the right choice for you. Located in the Southwest Corporate Center just off Interstate 69, we help students like you prepare for new career opportunities in healthcare and skilled trades. On this page, we answer some of the most common questions people ask about us.
Yes. Altierus in Houston provides career and technical education (CTE) for “middle skill” career paths that require eight to 24 months of training. We choose the programs we will offer based on the needs of our community.
CTE programs help students prepare for in-demand “middle-skill” career paths that play an important role in keeping our communities safe, prosperous, and healthy.
No. Altierus Career College is a private nonprofit college operated by ECMC Education. Learn more about ECMC Education at https://www.ecmceducation.org/.
Our trade school in Houston offers the following programs:
Our trade school in Houston is located southwest of the city center on Bissonnet Street in Westwood. We’re close to Interstate 69.
Our street address is:
9700 Bissonnet St #1400
Houston, TX 77036
Phone: (713) 772-4200
No. Everest College closed its network of for-profit colleges in 2015. ECMC Education took over Everest’s former campus locations in 2016 and now operates them as nonprofit schools.
Other than maintaining student records and transcripts for former Everest College students, we are not in any way affiliated with that organization.
Yes. Altierus Career College is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). For further information on ACCSC, send mail to 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 302, Arlington, VA 22201, call (703) 247-4212, or visit www.accsc.org.
The ACCSC is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an independent accrediting agency.
In addition:
Yes. Our Houston campus offers the following scholarship and grant opportunities:
Please visit our main campus page and click the “scholarships” tab for more information.
Financial aid is available to those who qualify.
If you are a former Altierus student or former Everest student, you can visit the Parchment.com website to obtain your transcript.
We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch by calling (713) 772-4200 or visiting our website.
Our Houston campus hosted Roadtrip Nation on their screening tour of their documentary film, One Step Closer.
One Step Closer follows roadtrippers Melanie, Armand, and Becca across America as they listen to personal stories about how community college shaped the careers of working professionals. Roadtrippers engage in honest dialogue with all kinds of professionals and asked honest questions about their struggles as well as their successes.
We’re excited to continue the conversation about postsecondary education and how Altierus Career College is providing options in career technical education.
Altierus Career College nursing students completed their first round of clinical rotations at Genesis Healthcare. Before graduating with an Associate of Science degree in nursing, students must complete 600 hours of clinical rotations in addition to their program coursework.
During their clinical rotations, students practice what they’ve learned in the classroom in a real healthcare setting, taking vital signs, transferring patients from the bed to the wheelchair, re-positioning patients who can’t get out of bed, assisting in providing oxygenation, as well as administrating medications, inserting and maintaining IVs.
This year, we started some great conversations with key industry partners about closing the HVAC skills gap at all three of our local campus locations. Altierus Career College hosted local HVAC businesses to talk about how to create awareness for career technical education (CTE) and train the next generation of HVAC workers and possible apprenticeship programs so students can earn while they learn.
In addition to local HVAC servicers, we also met with Tim Elliott, CTE program specialist with Georgia’s Department of Education. Tim was excited to talk about to how partner with high schools to create awareness of CTE.
This past March, 12 medical assisting students from the Norcross Altierus campus in Atlanta competed against 4,000 other students from 84 different schools in the region. Betty Wilkins, a Medical Assisting instructor for Altierus, applied for and received a Campaign for Innovation grant from the ECMC Foundation. The grant paid for HOSA membership fees, student uniforms, travel, and other expenses.
Students participated in competitions which tested their healthcare knowledge and skills. Five of those students placed in their respective events.
