Learning, college and cool; oh, my! We had one heck of an enjoyable visit to Cal Maritime which is…read morea public school that more than adequately does day in and day out what they are in business to do, and that is seldom an easy accomplishment. One of my cousins, a woman, was just Honorably Discharged from the US Coast Guard after four years of enlisted Active Duty Service right out of high school. She asked us if we would attend her first visit to Cal Maritime. She had chosen to use her Veterans Educational Benefits at Cal Maritime during her inactive US Coast Guard Reserve four-year duty because the average Marine Transportation major who graduates from a school in the United States earns about $82,250 per year during the starting years of their career. Graduates with bachelor's degrees in this field make 107% more than the average college graduate salary of $39,802. Cal Maritime has the highest employment rate in the CSU system - 94% within three months of graduation. 94% of Cal Maritime's graduates go directly into for-profit companies, non-profit organizations, government agencies, or graduate schools while 8% graduate as commissioned officers in the military. My cousin plans to graduate Cal Maritime as a commissioned officer in the US Navy in the Navy Supply Corps and have the Navy pay for her graduate degree in Cybersecurity as she plans to spend 26 years in the Navy for a total of 30 years of Active Duty and four years of Reserve US military Service with her years with the Coast Guard. Upon retirement from the Navy, she plans to go US Navy Reserve while doing a second career in US government like the Federal Maritime Commission or private sector. California State University Maritime Academy, a prestigious small public school located in the city of Vallejo, California earned the #2 spot in the 2021 rankings for Marine Transportation degrees. Marine Transport majors who obtain their bachelor's from Cal Maritime start with an average salary of $90,700. The Marine Transportation (MT) major provides a broad understanding of the maritime industry, as well as navigation and ship-handling skills. Coursework and three training cruises prepare one to be a mate on a large ship, tug, or ferry, or to work in a variety of shoreside positions such as port and terminal management, stevedoring or marine sales. In addition to the Bachelor's Degree, one will earn a license from the U.S. Coast Guard as a Third Mate. This license allows one to sail on U.S. ships on any ocean, regardless of tonnage, horsepower and size. America's Maritime History spans the centuries from Native American and Viking maritime activities before Columbus through today's maritime enterprise. "The maritime history of shipping in America is built on the work and help of the American Merchant Marine. The first war that an organized United States Merchant Marine took part in was the American Revolutionary War. The first Merchant Marine action in the war took place on June 12, 1775 when a group of Machias, Maine citizens boarded and captured a British schooner, the warship HMS Margaretta. No industry has been more vital to the success of our country than that of America's maritime industry. The industry provides jobs for hundreds of thousands of Maritime Americans in every corner of our nation--from longshoremen in ports along our four seacoasts, to towboat operators navigating the Mississippi, to shipbuilders in East Coast dry docks, to the men and women who crew American-flag vessels of all types. The American maritime industry moves cargo and America's troops around the world in far greater volume, with far greater efficiency, than any other transportation mode. As a first line of defense, it also proudly helps ensure greater homeland security. The maritime industry transports commercial goods more cost effectively than trucks and rails--while providing the most environmentally sound mode of transportation. The industry's humanitarian role is one that paints a positive picture of America worldwide, as it distributes food to the world's poor and responds to global emergencies. And, the industry stands as a primary driver of trade in one of the world's largest economies." https://www.google.com/search?q=Veterans+Educational+Benefits+cal+maritime&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS878US878&ei=0g4_YvDiD7ifkPIP2-mBoA0&ved=0ahUKEwjwk5__6uP2AhW4D0QIHdt0ANQQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Veterans+Educational+Benefits+cal+maritime&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCrAjIFCCEQqwI6BwgAEEcQsAM6BQgAEIAEOgYIABAWEB46CAgAEBYQChAeOgUIABCGAzoICCEQFhAdEB5KBAhBGABKBAhGGABQhANY1x5gvyJoAXABeACAAXuIAdIKkgEDNi43mAEAoAEByAEIwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz http://catalog.csum.edu/content.php?catoid=8&navoid=499 https://www.csum.edu/financial-aid/veterans.html https://www.csum.edu/registrar/veterans.html

CSU Maritime is an amazing educational institution. The campus is beautiful. They have top of the…read moreline training facilities with some of the best maritime simulators in the world. Their engineering program is bar none. Every CMA graduate that wants a job will find a job, and will probably find a good job. CMA has a broad course selection ranging from navigation sciences to engineering and international business. Recently CSU Maritime merged with Cal poly San Luis Obispo. I'm confident this will make the school even better.

Highly recommend this school! Great instructors, clean location, clear & organized curriculum,…read moreplentiful parking, and a family-like atmosphere! You will not regret choosing this school.

International School of Nursing provides a solid direction in helping students prepare for their…read moregoals in the medical field. The instructor was exceptionally helpful with my mistakes and studying. This school truly helps students be as prepared as much as possible before an important test.

Had a swim meet here this weekend. Beautiful pool but old facilities including ancient locker and…read moreshower rooms with marginally clean bathrooms. Everyone got locked out because of an electrical problem not allowing the iron gates to open from the parking lot: Second day of competition, cancelled. There was no board listing the swimmers so no one could keep track of scoring and placement, really unfortunate. This is a competition. Lack of railings leading down on stairway from upper deck to pool is really unsafe and should be addressed immediately before someone takes a header.

I did not attend school here, but was nearby the campus on vacation. It appears to be a very nice…read morecampus, and we walked on the trail behind the campus. Seems like a nice place, visually.

I just graduated from the Medical Assisting program and I absolutely loved my time at Unitek…read more The enrollment process was super easy because they guide you through the enrollment steps. Richie and Ashley from Career services were a big help throughout the program, and were super fast at responding when I had questions. I felt that I learned a lot from my on campus teachers/mentors Ms. Crain, Ms. Oliver, and Ms. James, as well as from my online experience with Ms. Dori and Ms. Kaur. They took their time in explaining each subject in depth so that we could understand. They definitely have prepared me for the medical field. This program was absolutely worth it and I see myself going back to Unitek in the future to further my education.

Concord compass: I have no clue how this school has 3.8 stars because that's considered high for…read morethe nonsense you deal with. First of all I would like to say, if you got a scholarship through Futuro with Kaiser and you get in this program planning on ever working at Kaiser when you get out, just please delete that idea from your mind. That's the whole reason why I took this course through Futuro, come to find out at extern time, Kaiser isn't even contracted with Unitek or Futuro (make it make sense) to do your extern there so right there my whole plan of getting an extern at Kaiser and hopefully landing a job there after graduation was just shattered!!! instead, I was constantly offered an extern making it seem like DaVita was the only option. DaVita has a huge turn around hiring rate for extern with Unitech so it makes the school look really good as if their program graduates get hired quickly after completion. Which they do at DaVita if you want an $18-$20 an hour pay rate and absolutely not doing any medical assisting at all while you're there, so it just completely ruins everything that you learned in the medical assisting program. Not to mention, I was there for seven months and we had five different teachers.. again make it make sense? We will learn things from one teacher, and then all of a sudden they would leave, and the new teacher that came in would tell us we were doing things incorrectly and we would have to relearn some of the things over to the new teachers liking. Bottom line, it is just an extremely unbelievably unorganized program, there is no consistency with teaching, there's no accuracy as far as what we learned because the next teacher will teach us a different way, and the online teacher that I had was just absolutely terrible. She would explain nothing and dock your grade, you could send her several messages with no response and even when you would reach out to the higher up, they wouldn't even respond back to you, and they were in the same building in Concord! They also left there too by the way and I heard that they had been there for years and got let go. So yah, this program needs to be shut down and then opened up by all new upper hand that actually know what they're doing and how to run a beneficial MA program. I've graduated the program a while back and I still yet to land a decent paying medical assisting job, the highest I've been offered is $20 an hour and honestly if I wanted to, I can go work at target for $22 an hour. In the end, I feel like it was just such a waste of time and I would actually be livid if I didn't go through the scholarship program and get granted to take it, and actually paid the $15,000 out of pocket to take it. What a mess this place is... good luck to all who try it

DVC - Pleasant Hill is a great campus and school to be a apart of. i completed an online course for…read morebusiness here, and came on campus several times w college

Really don't like how theres no visitor parking. I'm a Veteran trying to sign up for classes and I…read morewasn't informed about $4 daily parking permits or even a $40 parking violation fee. If there are ways to do it in person, they are not easy visible and could be worked on.

I was enrolled in the 9 month MA program with Mr.M/Mr.Munoz. I've learned so much in such a short…read morespan of time! Other than two terms that are online, there's a lot of hands on learning aspects. Mr. M is a great teacher who truly cares about his students. He will support you and challenge you to ensure that you have the proper skills going into the medical field. If you're thinking about enrolling, do it!! It's a great gateway into the medical field.

I am a soon to be graduate in the Medical assistant class with Mr. M. (Muñoz). Have been here for a…read morefew months and Mr. M has always been ready and willing to help everyone out. He is very funny and makes class very interesting. The class is very hands on and everyone in class is ready to work. If anyone has any questions or need help he will help you until you get it. Mr. M has helped me not just in the program but also to become more confident and not be so quiet. which now as we learn more things I believe in myself and can do it with confidently. Thank you Mr. M.