Kansas City students seeking a technical education have a bright future.
Ninety-seven percent of students finishing high school graduate with some credits in career and technical education, according to a fact sheet from the National Center for Education Statistics. Students in the Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area seeking to advance their post-high school technical career education can choose from a variety of local technical colleges.
Metropolitan Community College
Metropolitan Community College (MCC) offers the convenience of five campuses located throughout Kansas City, including the MCC Business and Technology Campus. The college provides hands-on training in state-of-the-art facilities in technical areas, such as engineering technology, industrial electrical technology, electrical utility line technician, millwright and precision machining. MCC also offers the only Kansas City-area Occupational Safety and Health Administration training facility. This facility teaches the latest occupational and environmental health and safety standards in construction, general industry and health care. To help students earn their degrees, MCC maintains access to more than 22 million resource items through a network of library databases, including each of the school's campus libraries and 60 other academic libraries throughout Missouri.
Colorado Technical University Kansas City
Colorado Technical University (CTU) Kansas City is affiliated with the CTU campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school's Kansas City location has educational programs in business, criminal justice and health care. Technical areas of study include engineering and computer science, health sciences, and information systems and technology. The school offers both undergraduate and advanced courses in which students can earn a diploma, associate's, bachelor's or master's degree.
Specific areas of instruction at the Kansas City campus include diplomas in medical assisting and practical nursing. Associate's degrees are available in applied sciences, such as criminal justice, radiological technology and surgical technology. A number of bachelor of science degrees are offered, including criminal justice, forensic or cybercrime investigation and health care management. An array of master's degree programs, in areas such as business administration, computer sciences and management are also offered. Doctoral programs are provided in computer sciences and management.
Heritage College Kansas City
Heritage College Kansas City is associated with Heritage College of Denver. The Kansas City location offers therapeutic massage and medical assistant programs. In addition, esthetician, health management and personal trainer courses are available. The college also provides pharmacy technician and X-ray technician programs. Heritage College has a network of more than 1,300 employers working with its Career Services Department to help students find employment. The school's job placement program assists with initial job placement and provides additional assistance throughout one's career.
Kansas City Kansas Community College Technical Education Center
The Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) Technical Education Center offers diplomas, certificates and associate of applied science degrees. In addition, the school provides business and industry training and continuing education programs. All programs use the latest equipment considered standard for the particular industry. KCKCC has numerous technical certificate programs such as auto technology, construction and electrical technology, major appliance technology and welding technology. Academic divisions include Allied Health and Nursing, Business, Humanities and Fine Arts, Mathematics, Science and Computer Technology, and Social Behavioral Sciences.
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