| Pinnacle Career Institute | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1953 |
| Type | Career college |
| Location | Lawrence, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| Website | www.pcitraining.edu |
Pinnacle Career Institute Pinnacle Career Institute Pinnacle Career Institute (PCI) is a technical career college with two campuses in the Kansas City, Missouri, area and one campus in Lawrence, Kansas. In addition, they also have online education programs.
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The South Kansas City location has been teaching career education programs since 1953 when it first opened its doors as Electronics Institute, a technical college in Missouri. In 1992, Jeffery C. Freeman and Scott F. Freeman purchased the school and began expanding its programs. To reflect the diverse educational programs the school offered, the school changed its name in September 2002 to Pinnacle Career Institute.
The Lawrence location was originally the Center for Training in Business and Industry. In 1998, Scott F. and Jeffrey C. Freeman acquired the school and it soon became Lawrence Career College. On February 3, 2003, the school was changed to Pinnacle Career Institute to join the sister school in South Kansas City.
In January 2005, Pinnacle Career Institute started teaching distance education programs through their Learning Management System. The online career education is delivered year-round and provides students with a flexible way to earn an Associate of Occupational Studies degree or certification.
The North Kansas City location opened its doors in April 2008 to meet the growing need in the Kansas City area. The North Kansas City campus is an additional campus of PCI. Today, PCI offers programs that prepare students for careers in fields such as Alternative Energy, Business, Health & Fitness, Medical, and Trades & Technical.
Pinnacle Career Institute’s online education programs are available year-round through the school’s Learning Management System. With this virtual learning experience, students are able to view and listen to lectures, participate in class discussions, chat live with students and instructors, complete assignments, take tests, and access web-based tutorials.
To provide library resources to online students, Pinnacle Career Institute partners with Library and Information Resources Network to provide web access to a virtual library of materials. The online database is available 24 hours a day to allow students to work when it is convenient for them.
Pinnacle Education Institute provides Flex Education programs that are a hybrid of on-campus and online learning. This format gives students the benefit of both hands-on education in the classroom, as well as the convenience of working on their program when and where it works for them. PCI offers this blended learning format in Health Information Technology, Information Technology, Personal Trainer and Wind Turbine Technician programs.
Pinnacle Career Institute has a Career Services department that offers students and graduates full-time and part-time employment assistance. The department has career counseling, resume and cover letter review, mock interview training, job postings, on-site career fairs, and personal job coaching.
Pinnacle Career Institute participates in Title IV funding through the Department of Education and administers the Pell Grant, Student Educational Opportunity Grant, and Federal Stafford and PLUS Loan programs. The school also offers a variety of scholarships based on academics, ethnicity, military services and other aspects.
Pinnacle Career Institute provides students with boot camp opportunities in two of its programs, Wind Turbine Technician and Personal Trainer. PCI’s Personal Trainer program includes a week-long boot camp in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Professional Fitness Institute®. Instructors at the camp include celebrity fitness professionals. The boot camp is meant to prepare students for the ACE-CPT or NSCA-CPT professional certification examination.
The Wind Turbine Technician boot camp is held in Sweetwater, Texas, at one of the largest wind farms in the country. Students experience hands-on education from Pinnacle Career Institute’s partner, Texas State Technical College.
Pinnacle Career Institute located in North Kansas City*
An additional location of Pinnacle Career Institute
Pinnacle Career Institute located in South Kansas City
Pinnacle Career Institute located in Lawrence
Pinnacle Career Institute Online Education
Not All Programs Available at All Locations