Clarion County Career Center Practical Nursing Program

120 Career Center Lane, Towanda, PA

The Clarion County Career Center is a public technical school that is located in Shippenville, Pennsylvania.  The school offers other technical programs aside from practical nursing. The program was conceived recently after the administrators of the school noticed a high demand of institutions that provide healthcare technical training in Shippenville.

The practical nursing program offered by Clarion County Career Center can be completed within a year for students taking up full-time classes. The school offers stringent training to its students. Aside from investing in state-of-the-art training facilities, the school also makes sure that the student-teacher ratio remains at 10:1 in order for the teachers to focus on the progress of the students.

Students who enroll in Clarion County Career Center has high employment rate. Last year, 60% of the graduates were able to find employment in long-term care facilities like hospices and retirement homes, 18% found employment as private nurses while the remaining 22% found employment in hospitals, rehabilitation centers and school districts. Moreover, the school also had a total employment rate of 94%.

With the high employment rate among graduates from Clarion County Career Center, it is no wonder why a lot of people want to train under the practical nursing program of the school. For those who wish to enroll in this school, the tuition fee is at $9,400 annually for both in-state and out-of-state students.