Occupations: Vatterott College does not and cannot guarantee that its graduates will obtain employment, or employment in any particular field.  The College is committed, however, to fully preparing graduates to enter the workforce, and staffs a Career Services department entirely for the purpose of assisting students with their job search.  Indeed, providing students with the skills and training they need to embark on a successful career is at the very core of the College’s mission. 

The College has provided information concerning potential occupational paths for program graduates.  In accordance with federal regulations, the College generated this list of occupations using the U.S. Department of Education’s required process. It is important to note, however, that at times a list generated pursuant to this process may include occupations in which the College’s graduates do not typically find employment.  Accordingly, prospective and current students are encouraged to carefully read the program description and to meet with Career Services staff to discuss those occupations the College’s program is designed to prepare graduates to enter.

Every program offered by a college or university in the United States, including the programs offered by Vatterott College, has a specific Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code.  The purpose of the CIP system, developed by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is to provide a method for the federal government and other entities to accurately track, assess, and report information for different fields of study.

Similar to the CIP Code system, the U.S. Department of Labor developed the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code system to enable the federal government and others to collect, sort, analyze, and report data relating to different occupations.  Today, nearly every occupation in which work is performed for pay or profit has its own SOC Code.

Just as educational programs and jobs are related (e.g., you take a Medical Assisting program in hopes of becoming a Medical Assistant), CIP Codes and SOC Codes are related, as well.  In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET website can take the CIP Code for any educational program and automatically generate a list of occupations, by SOC Code, that are related to that program.

Beginning July 1, 2011, pursuant to federal regulations, Vatterott College is providing on each Program Page the list of occupations that is generated automatically when the CIP Code for the program is entered into the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET website.  It is important to note, however, that at times the list of occupations generated by the O*NET website includes occupations in which the College’s graduates do not typically find employment.  Accordingly, prospective and current students are encouraged to carefully read the program description on the program page and to meet with Career Services staff to discuss those occupations the College’s program is designed to prepare graduates to enter.