Everest College Online
Online learning made simple.
Everest College Phoenix makes career education convenient and accessible. Our courses are tailored for working students and others who need a more flexible class schedule. Everest College Phoenix allows you to learn from home and offers the same well-respected curriculum available at our traditional campuses.
Online Degree Offerings
Everest’s online degree offerings include accounting (associate and bachelors degrees), business (associate and bachelors degrees), criminal justice, homeland security (bachelors degrees), a master of science degree in criminal justice, and an MBA degree program.
The Online Experience
Advantages to earning your degree online.
Traditional daytime universities are not always an option for today’s busy students. Online learning makes it possible to balance school, work and family responsibilities.
Life Goes On
At Everest College Phoenix, we understand that life doesn’t stop just because you’ve decided to go to school. With the ease and convenience of online learning, you’ll be able to continue your course of study, even when life throws unexpected surprises your way.
Flexible, Interactive Classes
Because our classes are flexible, you can continue to work full-time while going to school. And even though you complete your course work on your own time, you won’t be doing it alone. Our online classroom encourages participation, interaction, and teamwork from all students.
Organized, Motivated Students
Online courses do require some extra initiative from students. To succeed, you need to develop the ability to be organized, motivated and self-directed. As you do so, you’ll polish these and other skills that are essential in today’s job market.
Student Services
Helping students succeed.
As an Everest College Phoenix student, you’ll have our support from your first day of enrollment through your entrance into the workforce.
Why? Because we want to see you succeed in your education AND in your career. We believe that a top-notch educational experience, with personalized attention and support, can contribute to the overall success of your future.
Here are just a few of the services we offer our valued students:
- New student advising and orientation
- One-on-one quarterly academic advising
- Informative quarterly newsletter
- Weekly emails with important updates and information
- Troubleshooting assistance with courses
- Quarterly certificates awarded for Dean’s and President’s lists
- Everest College Phoenix scholarship application information
- Textbook ordering assistance
- Official Everest transcript assistance
- Official transcript evaluation for other schools you’ve attended
- Personalized re-enrollment services
Career Services
Employment assistance for students and grads.
In today’s competitive job market, who you know is often as important as what you know. As an Everest College Phoenix student or graduate, you’ll get to know our experienced Career Services staff, and here are a few benefits you’ll enjoy:
- Career Planning and Career Testing: We give students and graduates valuable links to career-planning and career-testing Web sites. We also share access to nationwide salary ranges, job titles and descriptions, occupational outlook, statistical projections and more.
- Career Search: Our commitment to your success extends beyond graduation. Our Career Services experts offer job-placement assistance to graduates. As you start your job hunt, we’ll help you with job leads and job search Web sites, valuable industry and company information, helpful networking tips, links to professional associations’ Web sites and more.
- Résumés and Cover Letters: To help you market yourself, your skills and your new degree, we provide personalized résumé assistance to students and alumni. You’ll have access to résumé templates and guidelines, cover-letter templates, formatting ideas and more.
- Interviewing Techniques: Do job interviews terrify you? Our tips on dress code, handshake, posture, communication and follow-up can ease your mind and increase your confidence. We’ll also give you an interview checklist that will serve you well throughout your career.
- References: It can be difficult to decide who to include on a reference list. But at Everest College Phoenix, we make it a little easier. We’ll give you a reference form template and show you how to select the right personal and professional references.
- Salary Negotiations: Salary negotiations are often the most intimidating part of the hiring process. We’ll also provide links to salary surveys and geographical/relocation Web sites.
Accreditation
What is Accreditation?
Accreditation is a distinction granted to any institution meeting or exceeding the stated criteria of educational quality. The purposes of accreditation include:
- Assess and enhance the educational quality of an institution.
- Assure consistency in institutional operations.
- Promote institutional improvement.
- Provide for public accountability.
Why is it important to you? Accreditation affects you by providing for the responsibility of an institution and assuring prospective and current students of the following:
- It is recognized as a qualified institution of higher learning with approved programs of study that meet recognized academic standards.
- It employs a professional staff.
- It has sufficient facilities and equipment.
- It is a stable and permanent fixture in the educational community.
This school voluntarily undergoes periodic accrediting evaluations by teams of qualified examiners including subject experts and specialists in occupational education and private school administration.
The Everest College-Phoenix campus is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602 – (www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org)
