The Secondary Career Center at UA Cossatot is a high school program designed to help teenagers earn college credit in technical programs while still in high school.  UA Cossatot recently awarded 70 students from the Secondary Career Center with 81 certificates.  The college also awarded 1,816 college credit hours to 227 students enrolled in the program for the spring 2020 semester.

High school students can enroll in the Secondary Career Center beginning their junior year of high school.  Juniors and seniors can take college credit hours in automotive service technology, diesel service technology, medical professions, welding, and industrial technology.  Students attend classes at a UA Cossatot campus during the morning or afternoon and can take up to half of their course requirements in high school to obtain their degree or technical certificate with the potential of Certificates of Proficiency being earned before high school graduation. 

The Secondary Career Center at UA Cossatot helps high school students get a head start on college, but it also helps them save money.  The classes offered through the Secondary Career Center are available to high school students at no charge.

The Secondary Career Center also provides students the opportunity to learn about technical careers they may be interested in or want to consider. 

For more information about UA Cossatot’s Secondary Career Center or to enroll in available courses for the fall 2020 semester, please contact High School Programs Director, Julie Rhodes at 870-584-1343 or jrhodes@cccua.edu.