Local colleges and universities offer workforce development and other professional programs to meet the needs of local businesses, often providing them on site. Area institutions of higher learning offer a multitude of dynamic degree and non-degree programs for both traditional and adult learners.
North Lake College, created as part of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) in 1977, is a public two-year community college with an open-door admission policy that responds to the educational, training, and employment needs of the community. Each semester, the college serves approximately 11,000 students who are enrolled in credit programs and 5,000 continuing education students. Two-year associate degrees and certificate and enrichment programs are offered in a number of fields, including business and information technology, liberal arts, math, sciences, sport sciences, and visual and performing arts.
972-273-3000 | www.northlakecollege.edu
The University of Dallas is a nationally respected institution of higher education committed to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the pursuit of wisdom, truth, and virtue as the proper and primary ends of education. It is a community of persons bound together by shared ideals and nourished by the distinctive contributions of its members. Through its creative, rigorous, undergraduate and graduate programs in liberal arts, business and ministry, the university dedicates itself to shaping thoughtful, skilled, and virtuous leaders in life and work.
The university is a welcoming, close-knit community characterized by meaningful, lasting friendships and connections fostered by the culture and size of the UD campus. Opportunities for intellectual, spiritual and professional growth at UD are enhanced by its location within a dynamic metropolitan area, by its proximity to world-class cultural opportunities and one of the country’s greatest concentrations of Fortune 500 companies, and by its campus in Rome.
972-721-5000 | www.udallas.edu
DeVry University is one of the largest degree-granting higher education systems in North America. It provides high-quality, career-oriented associate, bachelor’s, and master’s degree programs in technology, science, business, and the arts.
DeVry University’s academic structure includes six colleges that house its growing list of degree programs: Business & Management, Engineering & Information Sciences, Health Sciences, Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Media Arts & Technology at the Keller Graduate School of Management.
972-929-6777 | www.dal.devry.edu
Strayer University’s Irving Campus offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees, executive graduate certificates, and master’s degrees in different fields of study. The university enrolls 40,000 students through its online learning programs and at is 78 campuses around the country. Strayer specializes in degree programs for working adults and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting, business administration, criminal justice, education, health services administration, information technology and public administration.
The Irving campus is located at 7701 Las Colinas Ridge. Strayer University also serves the Dallas area through additional campus locations in nearby Plano, Cedar Hill and North Dallas.
214-429-3900 | www.strayer.edu/Texas/Irving
Universal Technical Institute is a technician training school for the transportation industry. UTI is the leading provider of training for students seeking careers as professional automotive, diesel, collision repair, motorcycle and marine technicians. The Institute has graduated more than 200,000 technicians during 50 years in business. UTI – Dallas/Fort Worth is located at 5151 Regent Boulevard in Irving.
800-504-8786 | www.uti.edu/campus-locations/dallas-tx
