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Overview
Verve College is in a large suburb with more than 250,000 residents. It is in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin IL-IN-WI area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($56K): Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Largest undergraduate program (78): Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
Institutional Control
Verve College is a private for-profit organization.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Verve College 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
Council on Occupational Education (Accredited September 18, 2017 - present)
- The next accreditation review was scheduled for September 18, 2020.
North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement, Board of Trustees (Accredited April 1, 2007 - February 1, 2013)
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (Accredited June 8, 2018 - present)
- The next accreditation review is scheduled for February 28, 2024.
Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (Accredited April 18, 2014 - September 12, 2017)
- The acccreditation was ceased for the following reason: Voluntarily withdrew, while under a show-cause action
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.
Programs
1-2 Year Certificate offerings at Verve College
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
A program that prepares individuals to assist in providing general nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse, physician or dentist. Includes instruction in taking patient vital signs, applying sterile dressings, patient health education, and assistance with examinations and treatment
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._
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Completions in Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training by award level
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 Verve College, then that is shown in blue.
Starting Salaries
Cumulative Federal Student Loan Debt
What can I do if I study Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training?
Below we list the careers that the US Department of Education suggests are best fits for people who studied licensed practical/vocational nurse training. You can get an idea of salary and the level of education you'll need, as well as whether this is a growing or shrinking career field. Sometimes this list of recommended careers doesn't match what people who earned this degree are really doing. Our licensed practical/vocational nurse training program page has much more information about the interplay between study in this field and possible careers. Select any table row to learn more about listed career.
Occupation
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Salary distribution for people with this Career
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The projected percentage growth in employment over the next 10 years
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.
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training (14 Months)
This program is Verve College's 1st largest program. On average, students take 14 months of full-time study to complete the required 1080 contact hours. This program is being compared to all Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training certificate programs within the context schools that take longer than a year but less than 18 months to complete.
Expense type
Tuition and fees
Amount
$22,995
Context: costs of similar programs
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.
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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
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Outcomes
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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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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. Keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Verve College
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 Verve College
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Verve College has 25% full-time instructors, and 82% of the context schools have a higher percentage of full-time instructors. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Verve College, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
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Housing
Activities and Services
Student Body
Study Types
All students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
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Online classes
Context: Student body size
Verve College enrolled 335 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 61% of the context schools.
Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Verve College students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
Gender
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Verve College reports that 95% of students are minority, which is near the middle of the context schools. Similarly, this school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
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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 Verve College.
Context: Percentage of women
With 92% women students, Verve College has a higher percentage of women than 80% of context schools.
Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Verve College compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
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.
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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.
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School Finances
Verve College: 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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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?
Verve College is a private for-profit school, meaning that its annual goal is to make a profit for its shareholders. The other types of schools are public or not-for-profit, and profit is not a goal.
Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Verve College 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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