Financing Your Education

Fully 85% of the students who enroll at College Of Instrument Technology have their fees covered by government assistance in the form of grants, One Stops, WIA, WIN, EDD, DOR, ETP, TRA, U.S. Veterans, student loans, etc. The other 15% manage to fund their education through employer reimbursement, private means or some form of alternative financing arrangements. If you are considering CIT for your job training then call CIT as soon as possible and one of the helpful, knowledgeable staff will consult with you and assess your financial needs.

The most popular Hands-On Training due to award winning job placement of over 80% are:

   Level 3     Instrument and Electrical Maintenance       Dual Craft                          720 hrs.

   Level 5     Heavy Equipment Operator Driver and Hydraulic Swing Cab Crane     360 Hrs.

Returning Veterans normally qualify for
these popular classes. Most returning Veterans normally qualify for CIT classes. It may be to your advantage to come to Southern California for your training. If you qualify, here in California, you may receive over $2100 a month in living expenses,
plus approximately $450 a week in unemployment.

Post 911 Veterans should fill out the application (click here) to get your eligibility number. An
e-mail will be sent to you with a VA funding
approval number, normally within 5 - 7 days.
Contact CIT to start your training within 2 weeks
of receiving your approval number.

Before starting or signing up with any public, ROP, adult education, city, community, state or private college courses or training, you should ask for and review the BPPE required Two-Year Course Performance Fact Sheet (click for sample). All California Schools are required to give their students a Two-Year Course Performance Fact Sheet before enrollment. What is important about the fact sheet is what percentage of the graduates actually went to work without the use of federal subsidized wages and what percentage earned over $40,000 after the federal subsidized wages cease.

Also important and over looked by the fact sheets, are the percentage of workers that lose their jobs or are not working full time within 60 days after internship, union apprenticeship or subsidized wages have stopped. What percentage are even still working, let alone still earning over $40,000 including overtime, after the federal, state, or union funding of their subsidized wages cease.