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Does Anyone know anyting about Professional Career Development Institute?

Currently I am a fulltime college student at Kaplan University Studying for Information technology. I am enrolled in the 4yr Bachelor program I have a 2.5 years left have earned 30 college hours out of 180. I do have Fincial aid and student loans to pay my tuition. By the time I graduate I will have accumalated around $20,000.00 worth of debt in Student loans. I'm 28 will be 31 by the time I graduate. I am currently opening my own Computer repair Bussiness and that was the whole purpose of me going to school is so that I could better myslef and get out of my dangerous job of being a REPO MAN. I been sent infomation by a place called Professional Career Development Institute (PCDI). They have a program called "PC service and Repair" Which would go very good for my bussiness. they also offer there course online just like Kaplan. PCDI is suppose to be accreditted and when I graduate "Aprox 1 year" I will get a Diploma. The entire Program cost lest than one semester at KU So I want to know if I should attend here and save myself from getting in to debt or if I would be wasting my time. PCDI is backed by ASHWORTH University.

Public Comments

1. First, I do know about them. I don't think they are any good, personally. I enrolled in their Security program, and stopped after the frist class. They were disorganized and seemed to only be in it for the $$$ and not for the students. Ashworth University is not accredited by the US Department of Education to grant any type of degree, so investing in any programs through them will be a waste of money. When you graduate from Kaplan, you will have an actual college degree, which will carry you far in the technology field. Getting a diploma will not help you much at all. Of course, a diploma is better than nothiner, but I would prefer a college degree any time. As far as student loans go, it's not a big deal to have $20,000 when you graduate. I will have around $50-60,000 in loans when I graduate, but I will be a Registered Nurse, so that amount won't be a hardship for me to pay back over time. $20K for a tech degree is not a bad thing.
2. Ashworth University is not recognized- if you hang this diploma up, people may laugh at you. Even worse, you won't get financial aid (no matter what they tell you) and the fact that it's not a real diploma could cause problems with your business (ie. he told me he had a degree in computers, but it's from a worthless college). Don't be fooled by this, check the school out and you'll find a lot of problems. Finish your degree, there's no easy way out. See this info at ripoffreport.com