Ivy Tech Community College- Northwest

1440 E 35th Ave, Gary, IN 46409

http://www.gary.ivytech.edu/

School Description

Provided by Ivy Tech Community College- Northwest

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana is a statewide, open-access, community college that provides residents of Indiana with professional, technical, transfer, and lifelong education for successful careers, personal development, and citizenship. Through its affordable, quality educational programs and services, the College strengthens Indiana's economy and enhances its cultural development.

This year Ivy Tech Northwest, with campuses in Gary, Valpo, Michigan City and East Chicago, graduated 698 students that received associate degrees and technical certificates.

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Ivy Tech Community College- Northwest

From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (usually shortened to Ivy Tech or Ivy Tech Community College) is Indiana's only community college system, encompassing 23 campuses in 14 regions. "Ivy Tech is one of the largest statewide community college systems in the country and the largest institution of higher education in Indiana." Ivy Tech's enrollment numbers recently surpassed Indiana University's. The community college system now has more than 120,000 students. Ivy Tech is Indiana's most affordable college for in-state residents.

History

Ivy Tech was founded in 1963 as Indiana Vocational Technical College, to provide technical and vocational education for various industries and was rechartered as a system of vocational technical schools in 2005. The name "Ivy Tech" derives from an initialism (I.V. Tech) of the original name for the school, Indiana Vocational Technical College. Ivy Tech's name was officially changed to Ivy Tech State College in 1995. In 1999, Ivy Tech entered into a partnership with Vincennes University to form the Community College of Indiana. The partnership ended and Ivy Tech was rechartered in 2005 to be known as a system of community colleges named Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. Ivy Tech has many affiliations with various colleges around the state, both two and four year colleges, but Ivy Tech is no longer associated with Vincennes University.

Academics

Ivy Tech is a full-service community college, offering nearly 200 academic programs for Career Development Certificates, Technical Certificates, and Associate Degrees in:

School of Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology- "Programs lead to careers on the cutting edge of science or agriculture production."- Areas of study include: Advanced Manufacturing, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Chemical Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Kinesiology, and Pre-Engineering. Ivy Tech Community College will soon offer a new Associate of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at its Lafayette, Columbus and Indianapolis campuses.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Mid-size City Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
54%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 5,178
Students Receiving Aid:
75%
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Degree Programs at Ivy Tech Community College- Northwest

Associate's Level Programs

  • Business

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    • Accounting & Related Services See more schools with programs in Accounting & Related Services
      • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
        This two year program provides individuals with the necessary skills to support professional accountants and other financial management personnel. This program teaches individuals how to post transactions to accounts, manage record-keeping systems, and operate accounting software. Additionally, it familiarizes individuals with general accounting principles and practices.
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    • Administrative Services See more schools with programs in Administrative Services
      • Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
        A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and/or personal secretaries for business executives and top management. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, public relations, scheduling and travel management, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, conference and meeting recording, report preparation, office equipment and procedures, office supervisory skills, and professional standards and legal requirements.
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    • General Business See more schools with programs in General Business
      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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    • Hospitality & Restaurants See more schools with programs in Hospitality & Restaurants
  • Family and Consumer Science Professions

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  • Funeral and Mortuary Services

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    • General Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
      A program that generally prepares individuals for careers in the funeral service industry and for licensure as funeral service directors or morticians. Includes instruction in the basic elements of mortuary science and the business, counseling, and operational aspects of funeral service.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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    • Diagnostic & Treatment Technician See more schools with programs in Diagnostic & Treatment Technician
      • Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
        A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to assist in developing respiratory care plans, administer respiratory care procedures, supervise personnel and equipment operation, maintain records, and consult with other health care team members. Includes instruction in the applied basic biomedical sciences; anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the respiratory system; clinical medicine; therapeutic procedures; clinical expressions; data collection and record-keeping; patient communication; equipment operation and maintenance; personnel supervision; and procedures for special population groups.
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      • Surgical Technologist
        A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and surgical nurses, to maintain, monitor, and enforce the sterile field and adherence to aseptic technique by preoperative, surgical team, and postoperative personnel. Includes instruction in instrument and equipment sterilization and handling; surgical supplies management; wound exposure and closure; surgical computer and robot operation and monitoring; maintenance of hemostasis; and patient and team scrubbing.
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    • Medical Assistant Professions See more schools with programs in Medical Assistant Professions
      • Medical/Clinical Assistant
        A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examination and examination assistance, and the administration of medications and first aid. Includes instruction in basic anatomy and physiology; medical terminology; medical law and ethics; patient psychology and communications; medical office procedures; and clinical diagnostic, examination, testing, and treatment procedures.
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      • Physical Therapist Assistant
        A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to implement physical therapy treatment care plans, train patients, conduct treatment interventions, use equipment, and observe and record patient progress. Includes instruction in applied anatomy and physiology, applied kinesiology, principles and procedures of physical therapy, basic neurology and orthopedics, physical therapy modalities, documentation skills, psychosocial aspects of health care, wound and injury care, electrotherapy, working with orthotics and prostheses, and personal and professional ethics.
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      • Clinical Assistant See more schools with programs in Clinical Assistant
    • Nursing See more schools with programs in Nursing
      • Nursing - Registered Nurse Training (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
        A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, informed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments and examinations, Referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance.
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  • Legal Professions

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    • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
      A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising, pleading, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations.
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  • Security and Protective Service Careers

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    • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
      A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.
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  • Skilled Trades

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    • Construction Trades See more schools with programs in Construction Trades
    • Mechanic/Repair Trades See more schools with programs in Mechanic/Repair Trades
      • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
        The two year Automobile Technician program teaches individuals to repair, service, and maintain all types of automobiles. Systems covered in this program include brake systems, electrical systems, engine performance, engine repair, suspension and steering, automatic and manual transmissions and drive trains, and heating and air condition systems.
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  • Technician Careers

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    • Engineering Technology See more schools with programs in Engineering Technology
      • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
        A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation, dimensioning techniques, drafting calculations, material estimation, technical communications, computer applications, and interpersonal communications.
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      • Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
        A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of electrical, electronics and communication engineers. Includes instruction in electrical circuitry, prototype development and testing; systems analysis and testing, systems maintenance, instrument calibration, and report preparation.
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      • Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
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      • Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician
        A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in maintaining job-related health and safety standards. Includes instruction in safety engineering principles, inspection and monitoring procedures, testing and sampling procedures, laboratory techniques, applications to specific work environments, and report preparation.
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  • Technology

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    • Software Development See more schools with programs in Software Development
      • Computer and Information Sciences
        A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science, or related support services.
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Certificate Programs at Ivy Tech Community College- Northwest

  • Business

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    • Accounting & Related Services See more schools with programs in Accounting & Related Services
      • Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
        This two year program provides individuals with the necessary skills to support professional accountants and other financial management personnel. This program teaches individuals how to post transactions to accounts, manage record-keeping systems, and operate accounting software. Additionally, it familiarizes individuals with general accounting principles and practices.
        See more schools with programs in Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
    • Administrative Services See more schools with programs in Administrative Services
      • Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
        A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and/or personal secretaries for business executives and top management. Includes instruction in business communications, principles of business law, public relations, scheduling and travel management, secretarial accounting, filing systems and records management, conference and meeting recording, report preparation, office equipment and procedures, office supervisory skills, and professional standards and legal requirements.
        See more schools with programs in Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary
    • General Business See more schools with programs in General Business
      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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  • Family and Consumer Science Professions

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  • Health & Medical Services

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    • Medical Assistant Professions See more schools with programs in Medical Assistant Professions
      • Medical/Clinical Assistant
        A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians, to provide medical office administrative services and perform clinical duties including patient intake and care, routine diagnostic and recording procedures, pre-examination and examination assistance, and the administration of medications and first aid. Includes instruction in basic anatomy and physiology; medical terminology; medical law and ethics; patient psychology and communications; medical office procedures; and clinical diagnostic, examination, testing, and treatment procedures.
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      • Clinical Assistant See more schools with programs in Clinical Assistant
    • Nursing See more schools with programs in Nursing
      • Licensed Practical /Vocational Nurse Training (LPN, LVN, Cert, Dipl, AAS)
        A program that prepares individuals to assist in providing general nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse, physician or dentist. Includes instruction in taking patient vital signs, applying sterile dressings, patient health education and assistance with examinations and treatment.
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  • Skilled Trades

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    • Construction Trades See more schools with programs in Construction Trades
    • Mechanic/Repair Trades See more schools with programs in Mechanic/Repair Trades
      • Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
        The two year Automobile Technician program teaches individuals to repair, service, and maintain all types of automobiles. Systems covered in this program include brake systems, electrical systems, engine performance, engine repair, suspension and steering, automatic and manual transmissions and drive trains, and heating and air condition systems.
        See more schools with programs in Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
  • Technician Careers

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    • Engineering Technology See more schools with programs in Engineering Technology
      • Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
        A program that prepares individuals to generally apply technical skills to create working drawings and computer simulations for a variety of applications. Includes instruction in specification interpretation, dimensioning techniques, drafting calculations, material estimation, technical communications, computer applications, and interpersonal communications.
        See more schools with programs in Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
      • Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
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  • Technology

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    • Software Development See more schools with programs in Software Development
      • Computer and Information Sciences
        A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science, or related support services.
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 54%
Part-Time 46%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 57%
African-American 30%
Hispanic 9%
Other 4%
Asian 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 99%
Out-of-State 1%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Indiana 99%
Michigan 0%
Illinois 0%
Percent of Students International: 0%
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 2,589 $ 5,178  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 2,519 $ 5,108  
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 70 $ 70  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,916 60%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 1,467 20%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 473 13%  
Student Loans:
$ 1,811 18%  
Any Aid:
  75%  

College Advice

Yahoo

Question: Do credits transfer from Ivy Tech Community College to the University of Indianapolis?

I have a ton of college credits through my high school from ivy tech, and was thinking of taking some online classes this summer through ivy tech as well to get general ed. out of the way. Will they transfer?
10 months ago

Best Answer

one does not get GenEd credits 'out of the way'... GenEd courses should be spread out over the course of the program, This eases scheduling later on, and allows you to mature into a student. You would have to ask the Registrars office at UofIndiana about if they accept IvyTech credits....
J D
J D

Best Answer

Community college is not a waste of time...the stuff you learn there is the same stuff you learn in your first two years...Just be sure to look at the requirements of the major at the college you want to go to so you'll have all the courses you need to succeed....I went straight to a four year college but a friend of mine is at a comm college and he's doing the same stuff...Just make sure you get the best grades possible and take the classes that will set you up for success in your 4yr college...Talk to advisers at both the comm college and the 4 year school....Comm college is a cheaper way to get a good education so if money is tight than it's not a waste of time....

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