Career Colleges Ontario (CCO), formerly the Ontario Association of Career Colleges, is a non-profit organization with more than 240 members. CCO's members are private career colleges - post-secondary institutions that provide career-specific, outcome-based programs. Graduates of private career colleges earn a diploma or a certificate. Private career colleges offer a wide range of programs, in fields like business, health services, human services, applied arts, information technology, electronics, services and the trades. Private career colleges offer smaller class sizes compared to community colleges and universities in addition to flexible learning schedules and enrollment periods and compressed programs that deliver training over a shorter period of time.
Private career colleges in Ontario must be registered with the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. The legislation that governs the sector is called the Private Career Colleges Act 2005. There are over 580 registered private career colleges in more than 70 Ontario communities, according to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development.
Over 43,000 people enroll in one of Ontario's career colleges every year. Ontario's career colleges contribute to the economy by providing graduates in hundreds of skilled, essential fields. CCO provides advocacy, support and services to members. CCO offers a Financial Aid Office that operates in partnership with the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development and the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) office. CCO's Financial Aid Office is authorized by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development to act as a provider of transcript maintenance and issuance services. As of May 2014, the association has stored more than 165,000 transcripts of former career college students.
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