Cass Career Center
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Overview
Cass Career Center in a town that is within 10 miles of an urban area. It is in the Kansas City MO-KS area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($43K): Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Address
1600 E Elm
Harrisonville, MO 64701
casscareercenter.com
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Accreditation:
good
Institutional Control
Cass Career Center is a public organization.
Student Focus
Single-sex: women
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Cass Career Center holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school.
Accreditation History
North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Board of Trustees (Accredited June 18, 2008 - February 1, 2013)
Council on Occupational Education (Accredited February 15, 2014 - present)
  • The next accreditation review was scheduled for December 31, 2021.
Undergraduate Students
Not all students attend their first college full time to completion. While some schools are focused on those that population, many schools focus on transfer and or part time students. What types of of student does this school support.
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Admissions
Context: Average High School GPA
Cass Career Center did not report the average high school GPA of it's students.
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Admissions Details
Here are some important dates and little tidbits. Please double-check this information on the Cass Career Center's webpage for the most up-to-date and accurate answers! We update this information with each school's annual reporting, but information can change unexpectedly. Select any item to view the details.
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Admissions Criteria & Qualifications
Application Fee & Common App
Application Fee & Common App
Cass Career Center has an undergraduate application fee of $5. We did not find Cass Career Center on the Common Application site. Keep in mind that it never hurts to inquire with an Admissions office to see whether they might be willing to waive your application fee.
Percentage of applicants who are accepted
A low percentage here can indicate that a school is highly selective. We think this is one of the least important numbers for you to consider.
Selectivity can be misleading
You may have heard that a high rejection rate is an indicator of a good school. However, this number can be gamed, and some schools started gaming the system to perform better in college ratings books and sites. Ididio believes a combination of good outcomes (e.g. successful graduation rates and loan repayments) along with indicators of a well-prepared student body (e.g. test scores and high school records) are the best indicators of a good academic experience for those who attend. Our advice is that you don't pay too much attention to this number as you decide whether you might be admitted.
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Percentage of accepted students who choose to attend
This is called the yield, and it suggests whether this was a first-choice school or a back-up school for most applicants. Even the most prestigious Ivy League schools lose about a third of their accepted students come enrollment time.
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Programs
1-2 Year Certificate offerings at Cass Career Center
Specialized Study in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
A specialized instructional program in practical nursing, vocational nursing, and nursing assistants not specifically listed by the US Department of Education
Note: The name and definition of this program are based on Department of Education CIP code descriptions, which ensures uniform reporting across schools in the US. Please check this school's website for detailed program information and their specific course descriptions._
Choose how to look at program completions
By Level
By Race/Origin
By Gender
Completions in Specialized Study in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants by award level
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1-2 Year Certificate
Recently College Scorecard released data on starting salaries and cumulative federal student debt for each school/program combination with sufficient graduates to allow for privacy concerns with data releases. Shown in the box plots below are data for all schools offering practical nursing, vocational nursing and nursing assistants (which may contain several related fields) by award level. If a value is reported for Cass Career Center, then that is shown in blue.
Starting Salaries
$43,426$0$20,000$40,000$60,000Associate'sCertificate
Cumulative Federal Student Loan Debt
$0$5,000$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000Associate'sCertificate
Costs
Current Program Costs

Schools report total costs for (up to) their six largest career-oriented programs. You can explore the costs by selecting the "+" symbol for programs that interest you. The average months to complete apply to full-time students. Additionally, if program length is reported in contact hours, then the time literally represents time with an instructor. Alternatively, credit hours approximate instructional time, but are not inclusive of total time spent by students in learning.

The cost details offer you comparisons to the costs of similar programs available in your context group. However, schools offering similar programs often have slightly different times to complete, and therefore we have grouped all programs that are 6 or fewer months, over 6 to 12 months, over 12 to 18 months, and more than 18 months. You can find the other schools offering this program using our school explorer.

You will find the most up-to-date information at this school's website for admissions.

Specialized Study in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (11 Months)
This program is Cass Career Center's 1st largest program. On average, students take 11 months of full-time study to complete the required 1484 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Specialized Study in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than 6 months and up to a full year to complete.
Expense type
Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Amount
$2,128
$12,585
Context: costs of similar programs
$14,713$0$10,000$20,000$30,000$40,000
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Area living cost estimates
The following cost of living estimates apply to this school's largest program and should reflect the cost for an academic year. We would expect that these costs of living estimates would be uniform across programs, and we additionally recommend that you double-check the estimates through a different source. We found that schools have wildly different estimates of living expenses within the same areas.
Expense type
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus with family
Miscellaneous costs when living off campus without family
Off-campus room and board
Amount
$8,360
$8,360
$7,117
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Historic Costs by Program
You can explore the programs and corresponding lengths and costs offered over the past ten years using the drop-down menu below the graph. The programs only appear if they were one of the six largest programs offered that year. All dollar amounts have been adjusted for inflation.
Program and length
Specialized Study in Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (11 months)
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Books and supplies
Tuition and fees
Outcomes
Graduation Rate
All undergraduate students are full-time. All full-time first-time students received a degree within 150% of the expected time for completion.
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Time to complete
On time
50% more time
Context: Graduation rate
These numbers reflect the percentage of full-time first-time students who graduate with a 2-year degree or certificate within 3 years.
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
Years after leaving school.
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Chart explanation
Cass Career Center
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Cass Career Center who have successfully reduced their federal school loans by at least $1 by the date shown, which is 7 years after leaving the school.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the loan repayment rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Read below for details on the typical loan burden, and keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
201420152016201720180%5%10%15%20%25%Former students with loan payment failure
Chart explanation
Cass Career Center
On the blue curve, we see the percentage of alumni from Cass Career Center who have defaulted on their federal school loans within 3 years ending on the date shown.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the 3-year loan default rate for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
Loan burden
At Cass Career Center, 63% of full-time degree-seeking freshmen receive federal student loans, averaging $6,729 each in just the freshman year. We have much more details about the full loan burden students experience in our Cost and Financial Aid Section.
Context: Percentage of freshmen with federal loans
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Context: Average freshman federal loan amount
$6,729$2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Cass Career Center
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Cass Career Center
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Cass Career Center has 67% full-time instructors, and 66% of the context schools have a lower percentage of full-time faculty. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Cass Career Center, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
Full-time instructors
67%
Long-term instructors
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Housing
No Student Housing Available
This school does not report any housing for students.
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Activities and Services
Undergraduate services offered
  • Academic/career counseling services
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Student Body
Study Types
All students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
Full-time
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Online classes
0%
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Context: Student body size
Cass Career Center enrolled 25 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 98% of the context schools.
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Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Cass Career Center students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
Gender
Men
Women
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Cass Career Center reports that 15% of students are minority, which is less than 99% of the context schools. This school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
Race/Origin
White
Black
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Cass Career Center.
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Context: Percentage of women
Cass Career Center is a single-sex institution.
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Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Cass Career Center compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
15%85%0%20%40%60%80%100%Pacific IslanderHispanicAsianAmerican IndianMultiracialNot ReportedInternationalBlackWhite
Freshman residences

A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.

Freshman residence
In-state
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International
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Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
Age range
18-19
20-21
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School Finances
Cass Career Center: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
Instructional spending
Student services spending
Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Chart explanation
Cass Career Center
On the blue curve, we see how the instructional expenses per student at Cass Career Center have changed over the years.
Context Schools
The shading shows the spread of the instructional expenses per student for the context schools. The dark shading shows the middle 50% of context schools, and the light shading shows all but the smallest and largest 10%.
All values have been adjusted for inflation. Customize your context group using the gear at the top of the page!
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?

Cass Career Center is a public school. Along with private not-for-profit schools, publicly-controlled schools do not have the goal of annual profit, but they do want to have healthy finances with adequate revenue to meet all expenses. On the other hand, private for-profit schools have creating a profit for shareholders as an annual goal.

Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Cass Career Center into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
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Tuition and fees revenue
Government appropriations etc.
Private and capital gifts
Other revenue
Instructional expenses
Student services expenses