What is your experience with Career Colleges, like Virginia College?

Please be aware that the school is ONLY nationally accredited, which is basically a worthless accreditation :) Schools are supposed to be at least *regionally* accredited. On that note, however, the school is a for-profit institution. Therefore, their course credit usually do NOT transfer to other schools, even if the for-profit school is regionally accredited.

Please instead consider the local community college or even the "county" (public) vo-tech school, and preferably the program is accredited within the job industry. If money or grades are an issue, then one may first attend community college and then apply as a "transfer" student to a state-public university.

For U.S. colleges (including community colleges and state-public universities):

http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/

Avoid career colleges. They usually are not regionally accredited.

If you want a career-focused education, then you might as well go to a trade or vocational school.

College isn't for everyone.