Ridge Career Center

 
 


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School Location

  Ridge Career Center
7700 State Rd 544
Winter Haven, FL 33881-9518
General information
Financial aid office
Admissions office
(863) 419-3060 Ext.
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Type of institution: Public, 2-year
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate, Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Carnegie classification: Not applicable
Number of students: 714 (2006)
2007-08 Undergraduate application fee:$20.00

Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-082006-072005-06
In-State$1,926$1,850$1,821
Out of State$7,530$7,300$7,286
Books and Supplies$625$625$600
On-Campus
Room and board------------
Other Expenses------------
Off Campus
Room and board$5,000$4,600$4,500
Other Expenses$8,600$8,600$8,500
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$7,600$7,600$7,500

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 29% $2,500
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 10% $1,700
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 7% $800
Loans to students 0% ----
 
 

Degrees offered by this school

 
 
Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Truck and Bus Driver + Commercial Vehicle Operation
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Truck and Bus Driver + Commercial Vehicle Operation: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to drive trucks and buses, delivery vehicles, for-hire vehicles and other commercial vehicles. Includes instruction in operating gas, diesel...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Nursing
Other
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Nursing, Other: Any instructional program in nursing not listed in the Nursing, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Nurse + Nursing Assistant + Aide and Patient Care Assistant
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Nurse + Nursing Assistant + Aide and Patient Care Assistant: A program that prepares individuals to perform routine nursing-related services to patients in hospitals or long-term care facilities, under the training and supervision of a registered nurse or licensed pract...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Nail Technician + Specialist and Manicurist
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Nail Technician + Specialist and Manicurist: A program that prepares individuals to shape fingernails and toenails, remove unwanted skin and blemishes, apply polish and cosmetics to nails, and function as licensed manicurists or nail technicians/specialists. Includes i...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Massage Therapy + Therapeutic Massage
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Massage Therapy + Therapeutic Massage: A program that prepares individuals to provide relief and improved health and well-being to clients through the application of manual techniques for manipulating skin, muscles, and connective tissues. Includes instruction in Weste...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Home Health Aide + Home Attendant
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Home Health Aide + Home Attendant: A program that prepares individuals to provide routine care and support services for homebound disabled, recovering, or elderly people. Includes instruction in basic nutrition, home sanitation, infection control, first aid, taking vit...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Ground Transportation
Other
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Ground Transportation, Other: Any instructional program in vehicle and equipment operation not listed in the Ground Transportation, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Fire Science + Fire-fighting
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Fire Science + Fire-fighting: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of fire fighters. Includes instruction in fire-fighting equipment operation and maintenance, principles of fire science and combustible substances, methods of controlling different ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Facial Treatment Specialist + Facialist
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Facial Treatment Specialist + Facialist: A program that prepares individuals to massage and treat the face, neck, and scalp with chemical and cosmetic preparations, and to function as licensed facial specialists in specialized and full service salons. Includes instruct...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Customer Service Support + Call Center + Teleservice Operation
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Customer Service Support + Call Center + Teleservice Operation: A program that prepares individuals to assist customers with inquiries and problems in frontline call centers, help desks, teleservice centers, and online. Includes instruction in user interfaces and user ...

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
Other
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other: Any instructional program in computer and information sciences and support services not listed in the Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-1-year certificate
Accounting
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-1-year certificate Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, t...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Welding Technology + Welder
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Welding Technology + Welder: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to join or cut metal surfaces. Includes instruction in arc welding, resistance welding, brazing and soldering, cutting, high-energy beam welding and cutting, solid ...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Pharmacy Technician + Assistant
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Pharmacy Technician + Assistant: A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of pharmacists, to prepare medications, provide medications and related assistance to patients, and manage pharmacy clinical and business operations. Includes instruction in med...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Nursing
Other
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Nursing, Other: Any instructional program in nursing not listed in the Nursing, General category.

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Medical Administrative + Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary: A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing physicians and nurses, health care facilities and services administrators, and oth...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Industrial Mechanics and Maintenance Technology: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair and maintain industrial machinery and equipment such as cranes, pumps, engines and motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, productio...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Heating + AC + Ventilation + Refrig Maint Technology + Technician
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Heating + AC + Ventilation + Refrig Maint Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, install, service and maintain the operating condition of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. Incl...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Food Service, Waiter + Waitress, and Dining Room Management + Manager.
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Food Service, Waiter + Waitress, and Dining Room Management + Manager: A program that prepares individuals to serve food to customers in formal or informal settings. Includes instruction inthe nutritional, sensory, and functional properties of food and its ingredients;...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Electrician
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Electrician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to install, operate, maintain, and repair electric apparatus and systems such as residential, commercial, and industrial electric-power wiring; and DC and AC motors, controls, and e...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Diesel Mechanics Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain diesel engines in vehicles such as automobiles, buses, ships, trucks, railroad locomotives, and construction equipment;...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Cosmetology + Cosmetologist
General
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Cosmetology + Cosmetologist, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to cut, trim, and style scalp, facial, and body hair; apply cosmetic preparations; perform manicures and pedicures; massage the head and extremities; and prepare for practice as licensed...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications: A program that focuses on the design, implementation, and management of linked systems of computers, peripherals, and associated software to maximize efficiency and productivity, and that prepares individuals to functi...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Carpentry + Carpenter
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Carpentry + Carpenter: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to lay out, cut, fabricate, erect, install, and repair wooden structures and fixtures, using hand and power tools. Includes instruction in technical mathematics, framing,...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Building + Property Maintenance and Management
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Building + Property Maintenance and Management: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to keep a building functioning, and to service a variety of structures including commercial and industrial buildings and mobile homes. Includes in...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
General
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General: A program that generally prepares individuals to perform the duties of administrative assistants and/or secretaries and stenographers. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law...

Certificates/Less-than-2-year certificate
Accounting
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-2-year certificate Accounting: A program that prepares individuals to practice the profession of accounting and to perform related business functions. Includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, t...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD + CADD
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-4-year certificate Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD + CADD: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to develop working drawings and electronic simulations in support of mechanical and industrial engineers, and related professionals. Incl...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD + CADD
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-4-year certificate Civil Drafting and Civil Engineering CAD + CADD: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to develop working drawing and electronic simulations in support of civil engineers, geological engineers, and related professionals. Includes i...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-4-year certificate Automobile + Automotive Mechanics Technology + Technician: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, service, and maintain all types of automobiles. Includes instruction in brake systems, electrical systems, engine performan...

Certificates/Less-than-4-year certificate
Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD + CADD
Ridge Career Center

General Description for:
Ridge Career Center Less-than-4-year certificate Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD + CADD: A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to develop working drawings and electronic simulations for architectural and related construction projects. Includes instruction in basic co...

 
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