California College San Diego (also known as CCSD) is a private, non-profit college located in San Diego, California. The college is one of four educational institutions affiliated with the Salt Lake City-based Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE). Associate's, bachelor's and master's programs in healthcare administration, medical specialties, respiratory therapy, business management and accounting, computer programming, computer networking, and computer science could be completed from CCSD. The college is accredited by Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) which provides accreditation to non-university post-secondary colleges. CCSD is also affiliated with Stevens-Henager College for providing online education.
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History
Prior to moving to California, the college was known as California College of Health Sciences (CCHS) and before that as California College for Respiratory Therapy (CCRT).
CCRT, earlier known as Scottsdale Education Center, originated in December 1971 and was located in Phoenix, Arizona (AZ). As a vocational-technical school, the college offered multiple allied health and technical programs. A Respiratory Therapy Technician Program was initiated by the college in January 1974 and was continued till 1976, in Phoenix. Scottsdale Education Center became California College for Respiratory Therapy (CCRT) after moving to California, where it operated in San Diego from 1977 to 1980. The college then offered only a Respiratory Therapy Technician program. A distance education model of the Respiratory Therapy Program was launched by CCRT in 1978. In 1983 CCRT renamed itself as California College of Health Sciences (CCHS).
In June 1996, the college was acquired by National Education Company (NEC)/International Correspondence Schools (ICS). Harcourt General acquired NEC, ICS's parent corporation and CCHS in June 1997. ICS (now Education Direct) and CCHS were then acquired by Thomson Corporation in 2001. In May 2003, the college was purchased by California College Inc. The institution then changed its name to California College San Diego (CCSD). The college became the newest member of the family of schools that includes Stevens-Henager College and CollegeAmerica. The academic offerings of the college were expanded to include degree programs in other educational fields like business, technology and medical specialties.
Non-profit status
In 2012, the college announced its intent to transfer to non-profit status for Title IV financial aid purposes (not to be confused with their non-profit Internal Revenue Service status) through its affiliation with the CEHE. However, a whistelblower suit was filed in Idaho against the CEHE collective of schools by two former recruiters alleging they were paid "bonuses, commissions, and other forms of incentive compensation in violation of the federal ban on such compensation." In May 2014 the U.S. Department of Justice joined the suit, stating that from its point-of-view the CEHE "directly or indirectly encouraged its recruiters to enroll anyone who was willing to apply for federal funds regardless of the students' likelihood of success or ability to benefit" from the associated schools' educational programs. The Colorado Attorney General filed a similar lawsuit in December 2014, though it alleged "staff consistently misled and lied to students about the selectivity of the school, the transferability of credits, the jobs they could obtain, the salaries they could earn, and more," though CEHE denied the allegations as "full of distortions [and] half-truths."
On August 11, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education rejected the college chain's attempt to make its schools non-profit for Title IV financial aid purposes, leaving the schools for-profit for Title IV. In the Department of Education's statement, they said "non-profit institutions must be owned and operated by a non-profit where no part of the net earnings benefit any private shareholder or individual," and it had found, in its review, this was not the case. The CEHE filed suit against the Department of Education on August 30, calling its decision "arbitrary and capricious and inconsistent with the treatment of similarly situated nonprofit schools."
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Accreditation
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) is a national accrediting organization in the United States that provides accreditation to non-university post-secondary colleges. ACCSC is an accrediting agency recognized by U.S. Department of Education under the provisions of Public Law 82-550 for non-university post-secondary colleges and subsequent legislation that requires the evaluation of such agencies and issuance of an official list by the Department.
California College San Diego (CCSD) is nationally accredited. Credits or courses taken from nationally accredited institutions are not widely accepted in transfer if you later attend a regionally accredited college.
Post-secondary education by California College San Diego (CCSD College) regulated through accreditation, federal requirements under the Higher Education Act of 1965 Title IV, and state regulatory and licensing.
Selected degree programs, for example, Respiratory Therapy Program, offered by the college are also accredited by other accreditation agencies.
Tuition
Most Popular Programs: California College-San Diego has over 11 programs available.
Campus locations
California College San Diego's campus is located at 6602 Convoy Court, San Diego CA 92111. (619)680-4430
San Marcos Campus is located at 277 Rancheros Drive Suite 200, San Marcos CA 92069. (619)680-4430
Academics
Associate's degree programs
- Associate of Science in Respiratory Therapy
- Associate of Science in Business Management and Accounting with a Property Management emphasis
- Associate of Occupational Studies in Medical Specialties
- Associate of Science in Business Management and Accounting
- Associate of Science in Computer Technology & Networking
- Associate of Science in Computer Programming
- Associate of Science in Graphic Arts
Bachelor's degree programs
- Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy
- Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with multiple types of emphasis
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with several emphases
- Bachelor of Science in Health Information management
- Bachelor of Science in Graphic Arts
- Bachelor of Science in Web Design and Development
Master's degree programs
- Master's of Science in Healthcare Administration
- Master's of Science in Healthcare Informatics
- Master's of Science in Nurse Education
- Master's of Science in Nursing Administration
- Master's of Science in Business Administration
- Master's of Science in Information Systems
Financial aid
California College San Diego aims at helping college students who lack financial resources to go to college. CCSD works out personal financial plans for individuals and introduces them to the grants and loans they qualify for.
Few of such lists of Preferred Lenders that CCSD College offers are:
- Pell Grant
- Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
- Subsidized Stafford Loan (Federal Student Loan)
- Unsubsidized Stafford Loan (Federal Student Loan)
- Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)
Federal Student Aid Information
- The information provided above is updated quarterly and may not reflect recent changes.
- 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.
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