U.S. Career Institute Training: Fast, Flexible and Very Affordable!

Train at home in as little as 4 months for Certificate Programs or 16 months for Associate Degree Programs. Our self-paced, nationally-accredited programs are specifically designed for busy adults like you. You can study whenever and wherever you wish. There are no classes to attend and no schedules to keep!

Over the last 25 years, we have trained thousands of men and women for new careers and great promotions, and we can do the same for you! Our clear, up-to-date instruction and real-world training methods will jumpstart your career. If you ever have a question, you can quickly reach us by email, toll-free phone or fax. We are ready to serve you year-round!

Best of all, USCI training is extremely affordable, with a variety of low monthly payment options and absolutely no interest charges. Or if you prefer, we’ll be happy to assist you with an education loan from SLM Financial. The choice is yours!

So get on the fast track and get the training you need. Order your free career-starter materials right now!

Accounting Services

Today, all across the country more and more small businesses are turning to accounting services for their accounting needs. You can start making money as a Professional Accounting Services Specialist in as little as four months with our special step-by-step, train-at-home program. We truly believe this course is the very best way for you to learn the up-to-date skills you need to enter one of the most important and necessary careers in the world of business.

In cities and towns from coast to coast, there are over 2,000,000 men and women performing bookkeeping and accounting services. Plus, one out of three of these individuals work part-time—; this career offers flexibility too! So it’s clear that whatever your goals may be, there is plenty of opportunity in this profession.

Though many Accounting and Bookkeeping Specialists choose to work in an office environment, the new work-at-home accounting industry is booming! This course gives you complete training in how to set up and start your own Accounting Services business so you can stay at home and earn as much as $40,000 a year or more, depending on where you live and how much you choose to work. Work at home doing Computerized Bookkeeping, Tax Preparation and Payroll.

We train you at home, so you choose the time and place you want to study. You can set your own schedule, plan your study time around your family, job and other responsibilities. 

Bookkeeping

Skilled bookkeepers are needed in every business.   You can start making money as a Professional Bookkeeper in as little as four months with our nationally accredited, step-by-step, train-at-home program. We truly believe this course is the very best way for you to learn the up-to-date skills you need to enter one of the most important and necessary careers in the world of business.  Work in glamorous exciting fields like, entertainment, travel, government, high-tech and more!

In cities and towns from coast to coast, there are over 2,000,000 men and women working in the Bookkeeping field. Plus, one out of three of these individuals work part-time—; this career offers flexibility too! So it’s clear that whatever your goals may be, there is plenty of opportunity in Bookkeeping.

Whether your goal is to make good money in a secure and satisfying career or to advance to even greater heights, becoming a Professional Bookkeeper is one of the best ways to start. You can earn a professional salary, receive great benefits and be ready to move ahead to the next career level whenever the opportunity arises. As a Professional Bookkeeper you will have all the basic skills you need to perform a variety of interesting tasks.

Though many Accounting and Bookkeeping Specialists choose to work in an office environment, the new work-at-home accounting industry is booming! This course gives you complete training in how to set up and start your own Accounting Services business so you can stay at home and earn as much as $40,000 a year or more, depending on where you live and how much you choose to work.

We train you at home, so you choose the time and place you want to study. You can set your own schedule and plan your study time around your family, job, and other responsibilities. 

Child Day Care

Now in as little as four months, you can train at home to be a Child Day Care Specialist. You’ll enter a career that’s satisfying, fulfilling and really helps kids and their parents.
Plus you can be ready to make good money when you graduate, in your own business or in a new career working for others.

In two-thirds of two-parent homes, both parents work. Plus, every parent wants a child care provider he or she can trust at an affordable price. This is why there is such a big demand for child day care services.

With this course you train at home and get real-world experience. Expert training is the key to success because the greater your knowledge of the day-to-day needs of children——the more you understand how to care for them——the more valuable you will be to public and private professional child care businesses.

With this step-by-step accredited course you learn everything you need to know to start working for a child care center or preschool or to open your own home-based child care center and be your own boss. You learn it all and you do it in the comfort of your own home in your spare time. Child Day Care is a great career with all kinds of advantages. You can work full-time or part-time, often during the hours that fit your schedule.

Criminal Justice

The opportunities for Criminal Justice Specialists continue to grow at a fast rate, and job openings in courts, correction facilities, law enforcement and criminal investigation as well as in Homeland Security, offer a bright future for our graduates. As an experienced Criminal Justice Specialist, you will be qualified to apply for positions in any of the interesting and exciting specialties.

The U.S. Dept. of labor projects more than 200k Criminal Justice job openings in the next few years!

Our team of professional planners and expert educators have designed this course to give you all the skills required to make it in the business. All you need to get started is the willingness to learn. All the technical language you’d expect to find in ordinary textbooks has been carefully reviewed and rewritten in simple, everyday terms that make it easy to understand.

In as little as 4 months you can be ready to start your career as a Criminal Justice Specialist. We ship everything you need right to your door---lessons, supplements, gifts and more!

Study at your own pace. Instructors are available year-round by phone, email, fax or US mail. Submit your assignments online, by fax or US mail. Enroll today and download your first lesson while we ship your materials to you!

And the help doesn't stop when you complete your course. All of our graduates receive unlimited career support from our staff of veteran guidance counselors. At U.S. Career Institute, we believe in our students. Your success is our success!

Dental Assistant

Dental Assistants are a vital part of the dental care team. Dental Assistants participate in every part of the dental office. From patient care to billing, x-rays to lab work, they are the backbone of the dental industry.

Dental Assisting is not only a rewarding career; it's also secure, flexible and exciting, too. The U.S. Department of Labor expects employment for Dental Assistants to grow much faster than the average for all occupations.

Train at home to get your Professional Certificate in as little as four months. Our exclusive Virtual Lab takes you beyond book-learning into the world of virtual dental office experiences. You’ll be able to start your career as an entry-level Dental Assistant.

Your course and Virtual Lab were prepared by experienced dentalcare experts, as well as educators who are specialists in developing distance learning courses. All the technical language you’d expect to find in ordinary textbooks has been carefully reviewed and rewritten in simple, everyday terms that make it easy to understand.

Fitness Trainer

If you’ve ever dreamed about stepping into an exciting career as a Personal Fitness Trainer & Nutritional Specialist, take a look at this wonderful new opportunity! U.S. Career Institute, a nationally accredited leader in medical and healthcare training, now brings you the most dynamic program we’ve ever offered in the field of Fitness and Nutrition.

There are no classes to attend and no schedules to keep. You train at home in your spare time. As a Professional Personal Fitness & Nutritional Specialist, you’ll design and lead exercise and nutrition programs for some of your community’s most prominent citizens. You can work for yourself or even work from home. Or work in exciting locations like: health clubs, resorts and cruise ships, country clubs and spas, sports therapy and rehabilitation centers, and physicians’ practices and hospitals.

Every year more and more Americans discover how much better they can look and feel if they make time for a customized program of exercise and nutrition. That’s why the demand for Fitness Trainers & Nutritional Specialists is great and growing every year!

Fitness & Nutritional Specialists lead the way in physical and dietary training at locations in just about every city and community you can think of. Work full-time or part-time, or start your own business and consult out of your home. Work days, evenings or weekends——your choice!

Home Inspection

Today you’ve taken the first step toward a great career in Home Inspection—a field that Money Magazine recently listed among “America’s 50 Hottest Jobs.” U.S. Career Institute’s nationally accredited, step-by-step training thoroughly prepares you for this exciting career. Train as a Home Inspector and be ready to earn from $40,000 to $60,000 a year when you have some experience under your belt

The housing industry is here to stay. Whether you live in a big city, small town or rural area now is the time to train at home to start making money in one of the largest and oldest industries in the nation. Whether the real estate market is up or down, or the cost of housing increases or decreases, the fact is that millions of homes are bought and sold in the U.S. every year. And according to a recent survey by the National Association of Realtors, home inspections were conducted in 87% of the sales of previously owned homes and 66% of new home sales!

Home Inspectors can work for themselves—generally out of their own home office—for their own clients, such as mortgage companies, banks and home buyers or sellers. Or they can work for one of the many local home inspection or real estate companies found in most communities from coast to coast. As a Home Inspector, you are the home buyer’s safety net.
Properly trained, you can save buyers thousands of dollars in future repairs by finding plumbing, electrical, structural and other problem areas.

Yes, you really can train at home to be ready to enter the booming field of Home Inspection. U.S. Career Institute has trained thousands of men and women over the last 25 years. Step-by-step, easy-to-follow lesson materials make it easy. You progress at your own pace—as fast or as slow as you wish. Graduate in as little as four months or take longer if you wish, the choice is yours!

Insurance Claims Adjuster

With U.S. Career Institute, you can train at home in as little as four months for an exciting, rewarding career as an Insurance Claims Adjuster. As an adjuster, you will investigate the circumstances surrounding all types of losses due to accidents, bodily injury, property damage, fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes and even fraud. With our unique training, you will quickly become an expert at performing all the steps in the claims adjustment process in a proper and timely manner. USCI's self-paced instruction will provide you with everything you need to know to process claims for both residential and commercial property.

Insurance policies are purchased by both individuals and businesses, and every insurance company depends on their Claims Adjusters to process claims, protect the insured and safeguard the insurance company's bottom line. Claims Adjusters are responsible for communicating with everyone involved - insurance companies, attorneys, doctors and hospital personnel, state and federal government agencies and, most of all, the claimant.

Take this course and you will know how to talk to insurance professionals, business owners, attorneys, doctors and government officials. You will also know how to prepare your work to the exacting standards of accuracy and privacy that the insurance industry demands. You'll start with the basics and progress to advanced subjects faster than you ever dreamed possible. You'll even learn to assess different types of catastrophic insurance and how to apply knowledge of legal and ethical issues to insurance claims adjustment.

Our team of professional planners and expert educators have designed this course to give you all the skills required to make it in the business. All you need to get started is the willingness to learn. All the technical language you’d expect to find in ordinary textbooks has been carefully reviewed and rewritten in simple, everyday terms that make it easy to understand.

Legal Transcription

Now in as little as four months, you can train at home for an exciting career as a Legal Transcriptionist. You train at home in your spare time and learn everything you need to know to start working at home. The legal profession needs Legal Transcriptionists because court schedules across the country are backlogged. And if you’d rather work in an office, there are plenty of exciting jobs in law offices, government agencies, corporations and transcription services.

Take this course and you will know how to talk to lawyers, court reporters and other legal personnel. You will know how to transcribe court reporter’s dictation because your training includes hands-on practice sessions. You actually DO the job of a working Legal Transcriptionist. Our step-by-step training includes our unique Quick-Learn Tutor System and Stenotype Keyboard Reference Card and Letter Guide—special aids that build your skills by allowing you to perform simulated Legal Transcription projects. Legal Transcription is a great career with all kinds of advantages. You can work full-time or part-time, during the hours that fit your schedule.

Massage Therapy

Now you can train at home to be ready to step into the exciting, rapidly growing field of Massage Therapy. Massage Therapists make great money while they bring the benefits of health and relaxation to millions of people all across the country. It’s a satisfying, fun career that offers freedom, flexibility, security and prestige. As a Massage Therapist you can work full-time or part-time.

Enroll in the School of Massage Therapy program today and soon after receiving your first lesson package, you’ll be performing health-giving massage therapy on family and friends. You can start your own private massage service working for yourself or you can work in spas, resorts, health clinics, cruise lines, hospitals and many other exciting places.

Now, more than ever before, people are discovering alternative treatments for relief from symptoms that do not respond to conventional medicine. Massage Therapy is one of the most popular of these treatments, which is why many physicians are providing information about massage to their patients. Also, many health insurance providers now cover massage treatments when they are recommended by the patient’s doctor. In light of this, the U.S. Department of Labor projects the demand for Massage Therapists working in healthcare to increase by 43%!

Medical Assistant

In just 16 weeks, you can train online to be a Medical Assistant all from the comfort of your own home! Earn your certificate from nationally accredited U.S. Career Institute and stand out from other job candidates. Medical Assistants are in demand because they’re vital to every healthcare organization!

Medical Assistants maintain vital health records and help prepare patients for their visit with the doctor or nurse. They communicate with insurance companies, check patients’ vital signs, assist with examinations and medical procedures, and make sure each patient feels comfortable and well cared for.
They work with doctors, nurses and physician assistants in small and large medical organizations including government, educational, nursing care and outpatient facilities.

As they become more experienced, they may be assigned more duties such as administering basic medical tests and medications, explaining care instructions or drawing blood—there is never a dull moment for a Medical Assistant! You can work as much as you want because Medical Assistants can work full-time or part-time.

Medical Claims & Billing

Now in as little as four months, you can train at home to be a Medical Claims and Billing Specialist. You train at home in your spare time and learn everything you need to know to start working at home. Doctors, hospitals and clinics need Medical Claims Processors and Billing Specialists. Also, if you’d rather work in an office, there are plenty of exciting jobs in hospitals, medical facilities and insurance companies.

You do not need any previous medical training and you don’t have to quit your regular job! Study just a few hours a week—go as quickly or as slowly as you wish—get your Certificate in as little as four months, or take longer to finish. It’s your choice! Take this nationally accredited course and you will know how to talk to doctors and hospital personnel. You will know how to prepare actual medical claim forms because your training includes hands-on practice sessions.

Medical Coding

Now in as little as four months, you can train at home to be a Medical Coding Specialist. Coders earn a great income because they generate revenue for doctors! Think of it this way, every visit to the doctor requires properly coded documentation on special forms in order for the doctor to receive payment for his services. Take this accredited course and you will know how to talk to doctors and hospital personnel. You will know how to properly code in the real world because your training includes hands-on practice sessions. You actually do the job of a working Medical Coding Specialist with our unique simulated exercises.

Healthcare is growing at a much higher rate than most industries——and the increased number of patients and hospital admissions means more and more work for Medical Coding Specialists. Plus just think of the satisfaction you’ll get working with doctors and other professionals in the medical field. As a Medical Coding Specialist YOU are a vital part of the medical team. Medical Coding is a great career with all kinds of advantages. If you work at home, you can work the hours that are convenient for you. Also, you can work full-time or part-time.

Medical Transcription

Now in as little as four months, you can train at home to be a Medical transcriptionist.  You can train at home in your spare time and learn everything you need to know to start working at home. The medical profession needs Medical Transcriptionists because healthcare is growing faster than nearly any other field.  If you'd rather work in an office, there are plenty of exciting jobs in hospitals, clinics, and doctor's offices.  Think of the satisfaction you’ll get working with doctors and other medical professionals in a career that really helps people.

Take this nationally accredited course and you will know how to talk to doctors and hospital personnel. You will know how to transcribe doctors’ dictation because your training includes hands-on practice sessions. You actually do the job of a working Medical Transcriptionist using actual, recorded dictation from real doctors.  Since every procedure requires a report, there’s great demand for qualified medical transcriptionists. Earn great money, work when you want, full-time or part-time, and be home for your family!

Office Administrator

Now in as little as four months, you can train at home to enter this exciting field! Every business executive, doctor, attorney or politician and every public agency, corporation or private business needs people to manage both the office work and the people who do the office work.

Whether you decide to be an Office Manager with responsibility for seeing that everything is running smoothly or an Administrative Assistant handling correspondence and email, preparing reports, making travel arrangements, scheduling meetings, or even an Executive Assistant handling the administrative duties for the top people in the office, there is never a dull moment for an Office Administrator.

Take this nationally accredited course and you will know how to talk to business executives, lawyers and doctors, as well as specialists in many other interesting fields. You also will know how to properly prepare your work to the exacting standards of the business community. You’ll start with the basics and move on to advanced procedures. You’ll even learn all about spreadsheets, word processing formats and professional presentations and how to create them.

Paralegal

Now in as little as four months, you can train at home to enter the exciting field of law! Lawyers need Paralegals because nearly every legal document requires the services Paralegals perform. Our country’s legal system depends on Paralegals to do crucial preparatory work such as research, preparation and analysis of legal documents, interviewing clients and witnesses, gathering expert opinions, writing case profiles, drafting wills and pleadings, and more. Work for lawyers in a legal firm, paralegal service or even at home.

Take this course and you will know how to talk to lawyers and judges. You also will know how to properly prepare your work to the exacting standards of the legal community. You’ll start with the basics and move on to advanced legal procedures. You’ll even receive supplemental training, including a comprehensive writing course that covers basic grammar and language skills. Criminal and civil law is growing by leaps and bounds——and the increased amount of legal documentation required means more and more work for Paralegals. In fact, the U.S. Dept. of Labor predicts that the Paralegal field will grow much faster than most industries in upcoming years.

Personal Home Health Aide

Our online personal home care aide school offers you the opportunity to study personal home care aide at home, at your own pace. USCI offers online distance learning diploma programs in personal home care aide through online correspondence study.

USCI offers online personal home care aide courses and online personal home care aide classes leading to exciting personal home care aide careers. Online personal home care aide schools like USCI focus their online personal home care aide training narrowly on courses & classes that train for nothing but personal home care aide skills. Online personal home care aide schools like ours don't waste your time by teaching subjects that don't apply directly to your personal home care aide career. When you become a patient care through our online personal home care aide school, you will be extremely well positioned for stable and steady employment as a personal home care aide technician. Your distance learning personal home care aide education positions you for stable and steady personal home care aide employment.

When you become a personal home care aide through our online personal home care aide training, you will be qualified to work in a wide variety of personal home care aide jobs during your personal home care aide career. Our online personal home care aide course includes online personal home care aide classes the will enable you to choose the shape of your new personal home care aide career. You will be able to work as a personal home care aide technician for large companies, governments, institutions, once you become a personal home care aide. Many personal home care aide technicians even work from home. Our distance learning personal home care aide school can give you the freedom to make your career anything you want it to be, through personal home care aide correspondence school distance education.

Pharmacy Technician

Have you ever dreamed about stepping into a brand new, exciting career, but knew you couldn’t afford to take the necessary time off from your current job to get the proper training? If so, this new, nationally accredited training program just might be the answer to your dreams. U.S. Career Institute, a leading specialist in medical and healthcare training for more than 25 years, now brings you one of the most valuable programs we’ve ever offered: Pharmacy Technician.

You can be ready to start your career as a fully trained Pharmacy Technician in as little as four months, or take longer to finish your course if you wish. No need to change your daily schedule and no need to take time from family or job. Study when you have the time and when it’s convenient for you. There are no classes to attend, no schedules to keep, and no waiting for the next semester to begin. You can start right now!

Pharmacy Technicians work in a wide variety of clean, organized settings – retail pharmacies, drug stores, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, mail order pharmacies and government agencies. You’ll be busy working side by side with your pharmacist, providing medication and other healthcare products to patients. Pharmacy Technicians handle all aspects of preparing prescriptions. They verify that the information on the prescription is complete and accurate, and prepare the medication and the label for the appropriate container. Once the prescription is filled, the technician prices and files the prescription.  Pharmacy Techs also are responsible for establishing and maintaining patient profiles, preparing insurance forms, and stocking and taking inventory of prescription and over-the-counter medications.

Veterinary Specialist

Over 30 million dogs and cats are born in the US every single year! All over America tens and thousands of animals are brought into animal care facilities each week. It’s not just dogs and cats, but all kinds of animals: horses, birds, exotic, and even wild animals.  All of them have one thing in common, the need for humane care from trained Animal Care Providers.  You can be an animal care expert in as little as four months.  You could be working in a veterinarian’s office, animal care hospital, kennel, zoo, or even go into business for yourself as a groomer or breeder.

There is no previous veterinary experience necessary to get your career diploma as an animal care specialist.  With our program, everything is provided and you need no previous animal care experience because we guide you all along the way. Our easy-to-understand “quick learn” lessons include step-by-step instructions.  You can take lessons at your own pace and at your own convenience.  Start work in a career with the animals you love!

Wedding Consulting/Event Planning

There’s nothing more fulfilling than giving a bride and groom their perfect wedding. Weddings are more than just big celebrations. They’re big business! This year alone, there will be over 2.19 million weddings in the U.S. That’s almost 44,000 weddings per state! And there are more and more weddings every year. The average wedding today costs more than $28,000! With costs that high, how can the bride afford not to invest in a Wedding Planner? A professional can negotiate better rates for floral arrangements, food, facility rentals, liquor and entertainment, even honeymoon costs. You can actually save the bridal party money while creating a more impressive wedding. Think of the earning potential this career offers!

Plus, it’s more than just weddings. Your planning skills will allow you to organize community events, conventions, award banquets, fund raisers and charity benefits, too! You’ll do satisfying work that benefits you and your community. Our nationally accredited Wedding & Event Planning Course will prepare you to make your dream job a reality. You’ll get five packs of instruction, a total of 24 valuable lessons that cover everything you need to know. Because you can advance at your own pace, there’s no pressure. You can fit your studies into your life no matter how busy you are. Be ready to start in just four months or take longer to complete your training; it’s up to you!

Accounting (Associate)

Practically every industry needs accounting and management professionals. Learn the knowledge necessary for beginning careers such as junior accountant, bookkeeper, accountant, office manager, tax preparation specialist, payroll processor and more! McKinley College teaches you how to set up and manage a company's financial books, how to apply management theory, how to manage the entire accounting cycle from journalizing and financial statements to payroll accounting and other specialized procedures.

Business Management (Associate)

The USCI Business Management Degree program has been designed by experts to speed you toward a position in the business world.

 
 -Earn up to $50,000/year
(with experience)
-Prestige
-Advancement
-Security
-Steady Income - Managers are always in demand!
-Degree Program
(16 Months!)
-Payments as low as $59/month

High Demand Skills:
-The business world always generates demand for the skills you will learn at USCI. Some of the training you will receive includes:

-Accounting
-Marketing
-Economics
-Business Law
-Payroll Processing
-Tax Accounting

Entrepreneurship (Associate)

The USCI Entrepreneurship Degree program has been designed by experts to speed you toward a position in the business world.

 
-Prestige
-Advancement
-Security
-Steady Income
-Work for yourself!
-Degree Program
(16 Months!)
-Payments as low as $59/month
-Professional Career

High Demand Skills
The business world always generates demand for the skills you will learn at USCI. Some of the training you will receive includes:

-Accounting
-Marketing
-Economics
-Business Law
-Payroll Processing
-Tax Accounting

Fashion Merchandising (Associate)

The USCI Fashion Merchandising Degree program has been designed by experts to speed you toward a position in the fashion world.

-Earn up to $55,000/year
(with experience)
-Be in high demand
-Obtain job security
-A huge, growing industry
-An exciting profession
-Degree Program (16 Months!)
-Payments as low as $59/month

High Demand Skills:
The fashion world generates a steady demand for the skills you will learn at USCI. Some of the training you will receive includes:

-Principles of Retailing
-Fashion Textiles
-Global Buying
-Visual Merchandising
-Fashion Design
-Retail Buying
-Fashion Advertising & Promotion
-Consumer Behavior
-Brand Management
-Marketing Principles
-Fashion History
 

Financial Services Management (Associate)

The USCI Financial Services Management Degree program has been designed by experts to speed you toward a position in the financial world.

-Earn up to $50,000/year
(with experience)
-Be in high demand
-Obtain job security
-A huge, growing industry
-An exciting profession
-Degree Program
(16 Months!)
-Payments as low as $59/month

High Demand Skills:
The financial world generates a steady demand for the skills you will learn at USCI. Some of the training you will receive includes:

-Accounting
-Tax Preparation
-The Economics of Business
-Financial Services
-Principles of Banking
-Personal Finance
-Fundamentals of Risk Management and Insurance
 

Health Information Management (Associate)

Get your Associate’s Degree in Health Information Management in as little as 16 months! Work in hospitals, clinics, HMOs and doctors’ offices.  Learn the multiple skills you need to earn great money as a vital part of the medical team.  This is one of the newest medical specialties. You will develop  high demand skills in:

-Medical Terminology 
-Computer Applications
-Anatomy & Physiology
-Pathology & Disease Processes
-Health Statistics & Data Analysis
-Diagnostic Coding
-Health Information Legal Issues

Get in on the opportunity, prestige and excitement!

Human Resource and Business Management (Associate)

Are people skills your greatest strength? Are you a good judge of a person’s talent? If you are a “people person” this is the career for you! Our Associate’s Degree in Human Resources takes you through recruiting, staffing, management, employee benefits, workplace psychology,  employee training and development and much more!

Marketing and Business Management (Associate)

Are you creative, but still strategic? If so, marketing may be your calling. Effective marketing is one of the core business disciplines. Your Associate’s Degree in Marketing can be the beginning of a new exciting career!  You’ll learn about marketing principles, consumer behavior, principles of sales, marketing strategy, internet marketing…everything you need to succeed.