In Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College campuses topped the list of colleges with the fastest growing enrollment. In a report released by Community College Week, nine Ivy Tech campuses were ranked as the fastest growing community colleges in the nation. Multiple Ivy Tech locations offer Career Technical Education programs to students in Indiana.
“It is clear that Hoosiers recognize Ivy Tech as an affordable and accessible option helping students start their careers and affording our communities with skilled workers.” said Thomas J. Snyder, President of Ivy Tech Community College. “We look forward to continuing to change the lives of our students and serve the employers and our partners throughout the state.”
Community College Week releases its yearly rankings based on enrollment from one year prior and considers only students who are enrolled in courses that accrue toward an associate degree, certificate or other formal award.
Ivy Tech Community College is Indiana’s largest public postsecondary institution and the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide community college system serving nearly 200,000 students annually. Ivy Tech has campuses throughout Indiana. It serves as the state’s engine of workforce development, offering affordable degree programs and training that are aligned with the needs of its community along with courses and programs that transfer to other colleges and universities in Indiana. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association.
More about Career Technical Education programs offered by Ivy Tech:
Workforce Training Provider
Ivy Tech Community College is the state’s largest workforce training provider, awarding nearly 20,000 certifications and one million hours of training annually. Ivy Tech prepares workers for jobs in Indiana’s highest priority fields, like health care, advanced manufacturing, logistics, and life sciences, ensuring that Indiana’s economy will stay strong long into the future.
Ivy Tech’s Workforce Certification and Assessment Center
Ivy Tech’s Workforce Certification and Assessment Center is designed to help students advance their careers by providing them with credentialing opportunities that match their skills. Students can earn industry-recognized certifications that will give them job-ready competencies. Certification testing is available in a variety of fields, including tests for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), Airport Certified Employees, Dementia Care Professionals, IT, and Certified Nursing Assistants.
Apprenticeship Programs
This degree program is a working partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship and individual national Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committees (JATCs) in providing the technical education component, and Ivy Tech Community College providing the general education for the academic courses of the degree. This joining together of education and training expertise provides for the delivery of a uniform Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree.
Ivy Tech Community College currently has partnering agreements in place with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship and JATCs in the State of Indiana:
- Boilermakers
- Bricklayers
- Carpenter/Millwrights (also at national level)
- Electricians
- Elevator Constructors (also at national level)
- Iron Workers (also at national level)
- Operating Engineers
- Painters
- Plasterers/Cement Masons – Indiana
- Plumbers and Pipefitters – Indiana
- Sheet Metal Workers (also at national level)
 New Growth
Ivy Tech recently acquired new space to grow the services they can offer in the Indianapolis area. The new 196,000-square-foot facility will be called the Indiana Center for Workforce Solutions. Programs will include culinary, healthcare, life sciences, information technology, advanced manufacturing, logistics, hospitality and energy. The added space and new technology will allow Ivy Tech to provide real workplace simulation labs and offer more than 2,500 certification exams including high-stakes nationally recognized tests. Plans include conference rooms equipped with videoconferencing capability that can be used to connect multiple employer locations around the state for training.
In addition, the center will offer pre-employment services to individuals by assisting with resume writing, interviewing skills, and soft-skills training while also providing additional services for displaced workers.
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