{{Short description|Private for-profit college in the United States}}{{Infobox university | name = Unitek College | established = 2002 | type = Private for-profit college | parent = Unitek Learning | students = 326 | address = 4670 Auto Mall Parkway | city = Fremont | state = California | postalcode = 94538 | country = United States | campus = Suburban | logo = Unitek College logo.svg | logo_size = | website = {{URL|https://www.unitekcollege.edu}} }}
'''Unitek College''' is an American private for-profit institution based in Fremont, California. Founded in 2002, Unitek College maintains campuses in California and Nevada. The school offers diploma, associate, and bachelor programs in Nursing, Medical assisting, and allied health fields. It is operated by Unitek Learning.
== History == Uniiteck College is a private for-profit educational institution that is owned by Unitek Learning, based in Newport Beach, California.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Sowell |first=John |date=2020-01-09 |title=For-proft California College Firm Plans 2 Idaho Nursing Schools |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-news-for-proft-california-coll/186807100/ |access-date=2025-12-14 |work=The Times-News |location=Twin Falls, Idaho · |pages=A3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Unitek College {{!}} College Scorecard |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=U.S. Department of Education |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unitek College |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/unitek-college-323548 |access-date=December 14, 2025 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Unitek College - BigFuture College Search |url=https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/unitek-college |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=College Board |language=en}}</ref>
Unitek College began as a healthcare college in Fremont, California in 2002.<ref name=":2" /> Over the next decade, Unitek expanded campuses throughout California.<ref name=":3" /> It also has a campus in Reno, Nevada.<ref name=":3" />
== Campus == Unitek College maintains campuses in Bakersfield, Concord, Fremont, Hayward, Ontario, Sacramento, San Jose, and South San Francisco in California and in Reno, Nevada.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Unitek College |url=https://www.best-trade-schools.net/schools/unitek-college/ |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=Best Trade Schools |language=en-US}}</ref> Its headquarters is in Fremont.<ref name=":1" />
== Academics == Unitek College offers certificate, associate, and bachelor's degrees.<ref name=":1" /> This includes certificate programs in dental assisting, medical assisting, medical office administration, vocational nursing, physical therapy, an Associate of Science in vocational nursing (ASVN), and a Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN).<ref name="catalog">{{cite web |title=Unitek College Catalog |url=https://www.unitekcollege.edu/catalog/ |access-date=20 August 2025 |website=Unitek College}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> The majority of its students are certificate seeking.<ref name=":0" />
The college has a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau honor society for nursing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapters |url=https://chapterdirectory.sigmanursing.org/#/ |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing}}</ref>
== Students == The college has 326 undergraduate students, of which 27 percent are Asian, 25 percent are Hispanic, 13 percent are Black, 3 percent are white, 2 percent are Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 29 percent are unknown.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, 84 percent of its students were women.<ref name="nces">{{cite web |title=Unitek College Student Data |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/dfr/2024/ReportHTML.aspx?unitId=459204 |access-date=20 August 2025 |website=National Center for Education Statistics}}</ref>
== Accreditation == Unitek College and its programs are accredited and approved by: * Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unitek College |url=https://www.chea.org/unitek-college-3 |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=Council for Higher Education Accreditation}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> * Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, associate, May 2005<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unitek CollegeAssociate |url=https://www.acenursing.org/acen-programs-05202024/unitek-college-a |access-date=2025-12-14 |website=Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing}}</ref> * Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)<ref name=":3" /> * California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT)<ref name=":3" /> * California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education<ref name=":3" /> * California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)<ref name=":3" /> * Nevada State Board of Nursing <ref name=":3" /> * National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA)<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=Unitek College Accreditations|url=https://www.unitekcollege.edu/about-us/#about-accreditations|website=Unitek College|access-date=20 August 2025}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
== See also ==
* Brookline College * Eagle Gate College * List of for-profit universities and colleges * List of nursing schools in the United States * List of smoke-free colleges and universities
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