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Empire College - Santa Rosa
Empire College can give you career instruction and training to start or further your career in the business, law, technology, hospitality, or medical fields. Career-focused degree, diploma, and certificate programs with focused, practical curricula are designed to help students gain the skills that potential employers seek. Lifetime career assistance is offered to all graduates, and financial aid is available for students who qualify.
Empire College provides students with a supportive educational environment that fosters self-esteem and provides the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in their chosen careers.
Empire College Day and Evening Programs
Located in the heart of Sonoma County's wine country, Empire College offers year-round day and evening classes in 25 areas, including its top-ranked juris doctor program and several associate degree programs. Courses focus on specific areas of study like accounting, office administration, hospitality, information technology, and medical assisting.
Empire College also offers customized programs under the California's Workers Compensation training voucher system and the Trade Adjustment Act.
Empire College Business Programs
Founded in 1961, the Empire College School of Business is dedicating to helping students reach their full potential through a variety of programs that give its graduates marketable skills that not only provide an advantage in the job market, but also help them achieve their professional goals after graduation. Empire College students are able to work at the levels most suitable to their individual goals, choosing from a variety of specialized associate degree and certificate programs. Classes focus on the tools and knowledge students need to succeed in today's business environment. The convenient campus location offers many students an expedient way to pursue full-time or part-time day and evening programs.
Empire College's specialized associate degree programs enable students to concentrate on specific areas so they can gain expertise in the field that best fits with their personal interests and professional ambitions.
Empire College School of Law
The Empire College School of Law opened in 1973. Since its inception, 80 percent of the school's graduates who have taken the California Bar Exam have passed it. Recently, Empire School of Law achieved one of the highest pass rates for California Accredited Law Schools. Empire College was ranked second in the state on the February 2004 exam. Its graduates include prominent members of the judiciary in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, and Merced counties.
In addition to the juris doctor program, Empire College offers dedicated career training for students wishing to become paralegals, law office assistants, or legal secretaries.
Empire College's School of Law is committed to providing students an education that will help them successfully confront the ethical and intellectual challenges graduates often face in the field of law. Faculty members at the School of Law have distinguished records and high levels of competence in their fields of specialization. They are teaching-oriented, bringing a respect for scholarship and effective communication skills to the classroom.
The School of Law at Empire College offers an evening program that allows students to have flexibility in their schedule while pursuing a juris doctor program.
Educational Financial Aid programs
Federal and state financial aid programs are available to all students who meet eligibility requirements, based on need and prior academic performance, and who maintain satisfactory progress. These programs include:
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)
- Federal Stafford Loan Program or Federal Direct Loan Program.
- Federal Subsidized Stafford Loan
- Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan
- The William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.
- Federal Perkins Loan Program
- Federal Parent Loans for Students (PLUS)
College Work-Study Programs
The Federal Work-Study Program provides jobs for students with a financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay for education expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to each student's course of study.
Empire College programs are also approved and funded by several federal and private agencies.
