United Education Institute
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| Type | Private, for-profit |
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| 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.
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."
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 Paul Scazillo wrote to Senator Tom Harkin detailing the issues he saw at UEI College:
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.
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.
$19,500 for an 8-9 month program.
(The average cost of one year of community college in California is $1,104 for residents. In Georgia, the average cost is $2,378 per year for residents attending community colleges.)
UEI College's Federal School Code is 017169.
Tuition and fees average $13,665 and the net price average is $23,240.
The amount 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 after deducting any grant and scholarship aid. It provides an idea of how much a first-time, full-time undergraduate student who receives grant/scholarship aid pays to attend an institution after subtracting the aid.
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