Henry Ford College
Average Annual Cost
The average annual net price that a student who receives federal financial aid pays to cover expenses (e.g. tuition, living expenses, etc.) to attend the school's largest program. Net price is the program's cost of attendance minus any grants and scholarships received. For public schools, this is only the average cost for in-state students. Negative cost values indicate that the average grant/scholarship aid exceeded the cost of attendance.
Est. Student Population
Healthcare Programs
About Henry Ford College
Henry Ford College is a public college located in Dearborn, Michigan. Originally founded in 1938 as Fordson Junior College, HFC is primarily a two-year community college with approximately 13,000 annually enrolled students.
Henry Ford College offers the following healthcare-related courses:
Medical Assistant
A Level II (complex skills) certificate designed to prepare professional multi-skilled individuals for employment in physician's offices, medical clinics, laboratories and other ambulatory health care facilities. Emphasizes administrative and clinical skills in the classroom and laboratory under directed practical experience in physician offices, clinics, and ambulatory care settings, teen health centers, and in the public school system.
Medical Insurance Specialist
A Level II (Complex Skills Certificate) certificate designed to provide entry-level skills for medical billing specialists. These individuals process the information necessary for reimbursement of health care services. The medical insurance biller is responsible for collection of preadmission/pretreatment insurance information through submission of claims to insurance carrier or patient. Verification of insurance coverage and determination of whether any predetermination, pre-certification, or second-opinion requirements exist is another important aspect of the job.
Nursing
Prepares individuals to work as entry-level registered nurses. Henry Ford College (HFC) is the first associate's degree nursing program in Michigan, one of seven such programs in the nation. The program has received many awards and grants for curricula design, innovative teaching strategies, creative curriculum scheduling and collaborative partnerships.
Recent news about Henry Ford College
Taniya Stewart is the latest recipient of the Darrington Lovelace Memorial Scholarship. Lovelace was a physical therapy assistant student at Henry Ford College who passed away from cancer in 2015.
The grant comes from the LSST Discovery Alliance, which is an initiative of the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy.
The new Nurse Immersive Clinical and Employment Agreement officially launched in December.
A September symposium between Henry Ford College and University of Michigan-Dearborn brought together more than 100 professionals in higher education to discuss the impact artificial intelligence will have on education in the future, as well as its current impact.
Henry Ford College has named former Department Chair of its Nursing program Trina Moore to the Director of Nursing position; she will report directly to the Dean of the School of Health and Human Services, Dr. Cynthia Scheuer.
This June, the team from Henry Ford College will be competing in the Community College Innovation Challenge with their AI powered scheduling app Moment.
Dr. Brad Romans has been named the new dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Henry Ford College.
Students who attend Henry Ford College now can seamlessly transfer to Wayne State University after completing their program, thanks to a new partnership between the two schools.
A new partnership between the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Henry Ford College will provide a pathway to associate and bachelor’s degrees for qualifying HFC students.
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and the Michigan College Access Network awarded five "Sixty by 30" grants to grow the state's highly qualified workforce.
The initiative is funded in part by the CARES Act and will provide training programs to develop a more highly-qualified manufacturing workforce in Michigan.
The Electrical Instrumentation Control Technician – Instrumentation program at HFC has graduated a new class of students. The apprenticeship program allows students to gain paid work experience and a certification through a partnership with Great Lakes Water Authority.
EOS North America recently made a $25,000 donation to Henry Ford College intended to provide scholarships for students pursuing degrees in STEM fields. The endowment hopes to help bring diversity to the field by reducing the financial burden for underrepresented groups.