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Declined by DoubleGrazing 2 months ago. Last edited by DoubleGrazing 2 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Pacific Coast College, was located in two campuses; Santa Ana and Chula Vista, California. It was an accredited nursing college. The college offered pre-licensure, certified and licensed student nurses ways to earn many types of nursing certifications, licenses and degrees. These included; Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Home Health Aide (HHA), Certified Medical Assistant (MA), Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse (LVN and LPN), Associate of Science in Nursing (ADN) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), including LVN/LPN to RN and RN to BSN Programs.

The college closed their doors on nearly 600 students in August of 1994. Pacific Coast College only released information that they were closing. The college referred any questions to be directed to the schools corporate parent in Los Angeles. The parent company was United Education and Software.

United Education and Software had recorded financial difficulties that dated back to December, 1989. The corporation filed for bankruptcy protection at that time. According to archived news articles from the LA Times, “Officials there took that action after a series of problems including student loan-processing foul-ups, a federal audit of one of the company’s schools and a consumer-protection complaint brought by the state of California.”

Additionally, a consumer protection complaint was filed and settled. The company provided $6.5 million in loan credits for students who were owed refunds.

Currently, there is no known contact to retrieve any college records for students.

References

LA Times archive article from August 6, 1994

California Department of Education

Los Angeles, District Court