3250 Wilshire Blvd
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2210
About Westwood College
Westwood College isn't your typical institution of higher learning. With our career-focused education, students can earn a bachelor's degree in just three years and some associate degrees in as little as 20 months.
Career-focused means students are immersed in career-related courses starting in their first term.† And with day, night and online schedules*, we can accommodate almost any lifestyle.
Based in Denver, Colorado, since 1953, we have 17 campuses across six states, plus our online campus. Our current enrollment exceeds 15,000, while more than 20,000 graduates have already transformed their lives with a Westwood degree.
Our programs empower students to meet the workforce needs in in-demand employment fields. It's a three-pronged success for graduates, employers and Westwood. In fact, a number of businesses actively pursue our graduates specifically for the advantages of career-focused training.
Key to our success is a faculty of working professionals who draw on personal experience and insights to give students a real-life perspective instead of just textbook theories.
Why Choose Westwood College?
At Westwood, you spend less time in school, so you can spend more time building your career and income. And our degree programs come with great benefits:
- Day, night and online schedules*.
- Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) or the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS). Working professionals teach real-world perspectives.
- Hands-on learning sets Westwood graduates apart.
- Simplified student financing.
- Job search assistance upon graduation.
Westwood empowers students to pursue their goals in in-demand career fields!
Your Westwood Success Team℠
(You've Got People!)
At Westwood, you'll have a Success Team℠ dedicated to providing personal assistance and advice, both inside and outside the classroom.
This team of five experts--your admissions representative, student finance specialist, student services advisor, career services advisor and program director--will guide you through the enrollment and student financing processes, course scheduling, free tutoring and more. And that's just for starters.
At Westwood, our goal is to deliver a college experience tailored to your unique needs, because we understand that there's no one else quite like you.
Student Financing is Complicated - Unless You're a Westwood Student
Student financing is simplified with Westwood's new Student Financing Portal. It guides you through a process based on Five Easy Steps. And for questions or concerns along the way, student finance specialists are on standby to help.
Depending on your circumstances, a number of sources may be available to help fund your education.** From government loans and grants to scholarships and alternative sources, we'll help identify the ones that work for you.
Westwood's Student Financing Portal: Just one more way we make your college experience a good one.
Student Services: Your Second Home at Westwood
Upon becoming a Westwood student, you'll be assigned a Student Services advisor‡ to help ensure that you get what you need to be successful throughout your time at Westwood. This is your go-to person for anything from scheduling and housing issues to academics and financial concerns.
Westwood strives to provide an education tailored to your unique needs, because there's no one else quite like you.
Westwood College: The Assurance of a Quality Education
Westwood College schools are accredited by either the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) or the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).
Westwood is also a candidate for accreditation with The Higher Learning Commission and an affiliate of the North Central Association (http://www.ncahlc.org).
The US Department of Education maintains a database of post-secondary institutions accreditations. To conduct a search of credentials by institution, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation.
If the thought of "doing good" gives you a rush, listen to what your gut is telling you. Instead of just dreaming about your future, start building it now--with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®
Bachelor's in Criminal Justice
When Making a Difference is more than Words
Discover personal rewards while making a difference in your community with a Westwood College degree in criminal justice.
Claim an exciting career in law enforcement#, corrections, victim's advocacy and more with hands-on instruction by law enforcement and legal professionals.
Course content such as gangs and criminal sub-cultures, crisis intervention and parole prepares you for real-world success.
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