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          Carrington College has 36 locations, listed below.

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            • Carrington College

              8909 Folsom Blvd Sacramento, CA 95826-3203

              BBB Accredited Business
            • Carrington College

              7301 Greenback Ln Bldg A Citrus Hts, CA 95621-5591

              BBB Accredited Business
            • Carrington College

              1313 W Robinhood Dr Ste B Stockton, CA 95207-5509

              BBB Accredited Business
            • Carrington College California

              6201 San Ignacio Ave San Jose, CA 95119-1325

              BBB Accredited Business
            • Carrington College

              3733 W Emporium Cir Mesquite, TX 75150-6509

            Business ProfileforCarrington College

            Vocational School
            HeadquartersMulti Location Business
            BBB accredited business
            The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

            At-a-glance

            Customer Reviews

            1/5stars

            Average of 7 Customer Reviews

            Customer Complaints

            26 complaints closed in last 3 years

            9 complaints closed in last 12 months

            BBB Rating & Accreditation

            Accredited Since: 1/16/1967

            Years in Business: 63

            Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

            Reasons for BBB Rating

            Business Details

            This is a multi-location business.

            Find a Location

            Carrington College has 36 locations, listed below.

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              • Carrington College

                8909 Folsom Blvd Sacramento, CA 95826-3203

                BBB Accredited Business
              • Carrington College

                7301 Greenback Ln Bldg A Citrus Hts, CA 95621-5591

                BBB Accredited Business
              • Carrington College

                1313 W Robinhood Dr Ste B Stockton, CA 95207-5509

                BBB Accredited Business
              • Carrington College California

                6201 San Ignacio Ave San Jose, CA 95119-1325

                BBB Accredited Business
              • Carrington College

                3733 W Emporium Cir Mesquite, TX 75150-6509

              BBB File Opened:
              1/9/1990
              Years in Business:
              63
              Business Started:
              1/1/1961
              Business Started Locally:
              1/1/1961
              Business Incorporated:
              2/18/1992
              Accredited Since:
              1/16/1967
              Licensing Information:
              This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
              BBB records show a license number of 34483678 for this business, issued by BPPE-Bureau for Post Secondary Education

              These agencies may include:

              BPPE-Bureau for Post Secondary Education

              2535 Capitol Oaks Dr Ste 400

              Sacramento CA 95833

              (916) 431-6959

              http://bppe.ca.gov

              BBB records show a license number of 93832488 for this business, issued by BPPE-Bureau for Post Secondary Education

              These agencies may include:

              BPPE-Bureau for Post Secondary Education

              2535 Capitol Oaks Dr Ste 400

              Sacramento CA 95833

              (916) 431-6959

              http://bppe.ca.gov

              BBB records show a license number of 83344684 for this business, issued by BPPE-Bureau for Post Secondary Education

              These agencies may include:

              BPPE-Bureau for Post Secondary Education

              2535 Capitol Oaks Dr Ste 400

              Sacramento CA 95833

              (916) 431-6959

              http://bppe.ca.gov

              Type of Entity:
              Corporation
              Alternate Business Name
              • EdCOA, Inc.
              Business Management
              • Mr. Donna Lorainne, President
              • Ms. Leigha M Bentz, Manager
              • Justin Willey
              Contact Information

              Principal

              • Mr. Donna Lorainne, President

              Customer Contact

              • Justin Willey
              Additional Contact Information

              Fax Numbers

              • (916) 381-1609
                Primary Fax

              Phone Numbers

              Customer Complaints

              26 Customer Complaints

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              Most Recent Customer Complaint

              02/04/2024

              Complaint Type:
              Problems with Product/Service
              Status:
              Answered
              I attended Carrington College ********** in 2012 to 2014 for a degree of Applied Science - Health Information Technology. During that time I was educated that I would be able to take the test to become a ****. I didn't pursue it at that time due to other personal things in my life. Now years later I now have the opportunity to gain a career path as a ****. However, come to find out the college isn't even accredited for me to be able to take the exam. Why would I be told that my degree would be allowed to expand if that wasn't true. At this point I've been duped into believing this. The only way I can now gain further in my career is by putting myself into further debt by going for a Bachelor degree which is not in good faith by Carrington College. The program I was in is no longer even offered. This degree I have has now limited my ability to gain rightful employment due to me not being able to extend my degree with the **** certification. This is not in good faith by the school and I feel my degree is now trash. I can gain ****** more dollars a year by being able to be a ****. My degree is less valuable that it originally was sold to me. I would like a remedy to this issue.
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              Customer Reviews

              7 Customer Reviews

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              Most Recent Customer Review

              Daniel O

              07/12/2023

              I dont recommend this school, worst experienced, at the beginning told me the cost and then a week later they change the price. This school is not serious they only want you money, after 2 weeks of thinking about it I was ready to enroll and then ***********************, did not call me she just send a message saying that they selected other students to enroll, Im sure they made this up because I did not wanted to pay the extra money. Worst experience, if youre looking at a school go to other school that wants to help you and are serious. Please check the reviews they have the lowest reviews, Im glad they did not selected me, I want to go to a school that has good reviews and Carrington is not it.

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