Draughons College
Draughons Junior College is here to help you get trained faster than other colleges. We know you have work and family obligations that might get in the way of a full-time school schedule. Don't worry! At Draughons, the students come first!
At Draughons, we make it our business to see you get a job after graduation, and we want to see you succeed in your new career. Everything we do is based around those principles. Unlike many technical schools, we form programs based around expanding industries that will need qualified people quickly, not just job that have high turnover.
Draughons Junior College has a legacy of graduating students ready for the challenges of a new career. Students possess the skills and confidence necessary to succeed on the job and in life. With four campuses and more than a dozen academic programs to choose from, the road to your future career starts here.
Associate's or Diploma - Criminal Justice
There are new and developing frontiers in the nation's criminal justice industry. These developing services and technologies will need qualified technicians to operate and manage service teams. Will one of these leaders be you? Be ready with Draughons criminal justice Associate degree.
Answer the demand that's greater than ever for those going into law enforcement, corrections, and juvenile justice professions. Our criminal justice degree program focuses on:
- Law enforcement operations
- Criminal investigations
- Juvenile delinquency
Put your professional life in a new direction and earn an Associate degree or diploma in Criminal Justice from Draughons. Help make other families safe while you earn a more secure future for yourself.
Associate's or Diploma - Paralegal Studies
Draughons paralegal Associate degree program offers students training and skills in preparing legal reports and documents, legal correspondence, legal research, drafting letters, questions for the interrogatories, legal memoranda, briefs, pleadings, contracts, wills, and deeds.
In addition, our paralegal degree program prepares students for employment as legal office assistants or managers, or can become directly involved in interviewing, research and case work as paralegals in either the public or private sector.
Our paralegal classes prepare graduates for entry level paralegal positions to be employed by a lawyers, law office, corporation, government agency, or other entity and to perform specialized delegated, substantive legal work for which a lawyer is responsible.
The paralegal Associate degree program also gives graduates the general education necessary to manage interpersonal and social situations by preparing them to advance in their professional and personal life as well as to adapt to changes in the legal environment.
Accreditation
Draughons Junior College is a junior college accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to award diplomas and academic associate degrees. ACICS is located at 750 First Street, NE, Suite 980, Washington, D.C. 20002-4241. The telephone number is (202) 336-6780.
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.