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Westwood College

Westwood College

Overview of Westwood College

Westwood College is probably easier to understand if you think of it as a group of colleges, since more than a dozen incarnations of this career training institute are scattered across the US. All are known as Westwood College, though always with a qualifying dash – as in “Westwood College - Inland Empire” (found in Upland, CA). Established over fifty-three years ago as a small, solitary technical training school, and known for decades as the Denver Institute of Technology, it has shortened its name and expanded its allure in recent years, proliferating into the Los Angeles basin and opening facilities in Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Annandale and Arlington, Virginia. All offer the same brand of technical education as its affiliate and sister school, Westwood College Online, which was founded in 2002 and offers more than a dozen different degree programs, ranging from E-Commerce to Automotive Repair, on the web.

Brick-and mortar outlets include Atlanta (Mid-town and Northlake); Denver (North and South); DuPage, Chicago loop, River Oaks and O’Hare Airport in northern Illinois; and Anaheim, South Bay (Torrance) and Los Angeles. The Westwood Colleges and Westwood College Online, as well as Redstone College (the former Westwood College of Aviation Technology) are owned by a corporation that helps prepare students for the college boards.

Points of Distinction

  • Numerous locations: 4 in northern Illinois, 4 in southern California, 2 in Denver, 3 in Texas, 2 in Atlanta and 2 in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC
  • All programs of study available online at Westwood College Online

Areas of Study

Westwood’s broad academic line-up includes programs in automotive technology, business and accounting, computers/software, criminal justice, health care, hospitality management, information technology and surveying. Not every program or area of study is available at all locations.

Admissions

Admission is non-competitive but all applicants are required to show a high school diploma or its equivalent. Admission is available throughout the year.

Westwood College Faculty

Teachers, often graduates of Westwood themselves, have extensive hands-on experience in the fields in which they teach and a seasoned appreciation of the hazards and the contours of the workaday world.

Student Body

In addition to thousands of learners online, Westwood provides career education and vocational assistance to a diverse amalgam of almost 9000 students (based on a recent survey) in its nationwide office park classrooms. Most are looking to enhance their prospects in one of the practical careers that Westwood offers guidance in, and all commute or use the web to get to class.

Student life

Most of Westwood’s curriculum is geared toward enhancing the occupational opportunities that are available to working professionals. Students commute to campus, and student life is generally limited to encounters in class.

Programs of Study

(Note: Not all programs are necessarily available at all locations.)

Business And Management

  • Associate Degree - Surveying
  • Bachelor Degree - Business Administration - Accounting
  • Bachelor Degree - Business Management
  • Bachelor Degree - Visual Communications
  • Master of Business Administration
  • Masters in Business Administration

Computer Science And Engineering

  • Associate Degree - Computer Network Engineering
  • Associate Degree - Hotel and Restaurant Management
  • Bachelor Degree - Business Administration - Marketing/Sales
  • Bachelor Degree - Computer Network Management
  • Bachelor Degree - Fashion Merchandising
  • Bachelor Degree - Game Art and Design
  • Bachelor Degree - Game Software Development
  • Bachelor Degree - Web Design and Multimedia

Design

  • Associate Degree - Computer Network Engineering
  • Bachelor Degree - Computer Network Management
  • Bachelor Degree - Game Software Development
  • Bachelor Degree - Interior Design

Education And Teaching

  • Bachelor Degree - Animation

Engineering Technician

  • Associate Degree - Automotive Technology
  • Associate Degree - CAD - Architectural Drafting

Law

  • Associate Degree - Paralegal

Leisure

  • Bachelor Degree - Computer Network Management
  • Bachelor Degree - Criminal Justice

Mechanics And Repair

  • Associate Degree - Graphic Design and Multimedia
  • Bachelor Degree - Information Systems Security

Medical Support And Technology

  • Associate Degree - Information Technology
  • Bachelor Degree - E - Business Management
  • Bachelor Degree - Healthcare Management
  • Bachelor Degree - Information Technology:Major in Network Management
  • Diploma - Medical Assisting
  • Diploma - Medical Insurance Coding & Billing

Real Estate And Construction Management

  • Associate Degree - Computer Network Engineering
  • Bachelor Degree - Construction Management

Security And Law Enforcement

  • Bachelor Degree - Business Administration - Marketing/Sales
  • Bachelor Degree - Criminal Justice

Westwood College Degrees or Coursework

(Note: Not all degrees and coursework are necessarily available for all programs of study.)

Degrees or Coursework

  • Associate
  • Bachelor
  • Diploma
  • Master

Westwood College Campus Locations

California

  • Anaheim
  • Long Beach
  • Torrance
  • Upland

Colorado

  • Denver (2 locations)

Georgia

  • Atlanta (2 locations)

Illinois

  • Calumet City
  • Chicago
  • Schiller Park
  • Woodridge

Texas

  • Dallas
  • Fort Worth
  • Houston

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