The sky’s the limit in non-traditional education

Classes are few and far between at California State Universities. Colleges like United Education International College (UEI) are an increasingly popular way to fill the gap.

You can enroll in training programs for medical or dental assistants, massage therapists, law enforcement officers and business office administrators, just to name a few. You spend 8 months learning, training and getting hands-on experience in a particular field. UEI claims an 80% completion rate as well as a 92% rate for job placement when you complete the training.

Do students register at UEI because they can’t get classes at a CSU school? “Out of ten students probably six say that is the reason they are here,” says admissions representative Edgar Ochoa-Contreras. Enrollment at one UEI campus has gone from 400 to 700 students in the last year alone.

“It’s not a bad choice,” he says. “I have a buddy that goes to CSUN and he says this is a hot topic.”