Owensboro Community and Technical 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.
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Healthcare Programs
About Owensboro Community and Technical College
Owensboro Community and Technical College is one of 16 individual colleges which together comprise the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Maintaining three of its own campus locations, OCTC primarily services Daviess, Hancock, Ohio, McLean, and Spencer counties in Kentucky.
Owensboro Community and Technical College offers the following healthcare-related courses:
Medical Assisting
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Medical Information Technology
OCTC's Medical Information Technology Program prepares its graduates to organize health information and medical records by ensuring its quality, accuracy, accessibility and security. Medical records and health information technicians use various systems to code and categorize patient information for reimbursement purposes and to maintain patient medical histories. If you are highly organized with an eye for detail, Medical Information Technology could be the field for you. This program offers an associate degree as well as a certificate.
Nursing
OCTC's Associate Degree Nursing program (ADN) prepares its graduates to provide the highest quality care. The ADN program prepares graduates to sit for the NCLEX-RN examination in order to become a Registered Nurse (RN).
Recent news about Owensboro Community and Technical College
OCTC is partnering with Puzzle Pieces, an organization in Owensboro, Kentucky that aims to help individuals with intellectual disabilities become more independent, to provide Inclusive Circles, a support program for college students with autism.
Spanish for Health Professionals will give those in the healthcare field, or those pursuing a career in it, the opportunity to learn Spanish, which will be beneficial in communication with patients.
After the previous Dean of Student Affairs at Owensboro Community and Technical College, Dr. Ashleigh Crowe, was named Vice President of Student Affairs, a nationwide search took place for a new dean, culminating in the appointment of Sharmy Davis to the position.
Sheri Plain, Director of Community, Workforce, and Economic Development at Owensboro Community and Technical College, spoke at a recent Rotary Club of Owensboro Meeting to recap the success of the new programs instituted by the school in 2022.
Owensboro Community and Technical College will hold an event to celebrate the constitution’s anniversary with a lecture by former professor Bill Conroy on the possibility of a constitutional option for secession in an increasingly polarized America.
A grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the development of a virtual reality training system for the The Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative at OCTC.
OCTC announced a new program that will allow students to take prerequisite courses while still in high school with the goal of entering the nursing program directly after graduation.
The new course at OCTC will prepare students to take the Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management exam. Administrators say the certification program can lead to higher wages and career advancement at healthcare facilities.
A new campaign launched by Work Ready Kentucky received a boost in the way of a star-powered endorsement from Kentucky native and resident, Buffalo "B." Stille. Stille encourages adult Kentuckians to pursue a degree or certification through the "Never Underestimate You!" campaign, aimed at empowering adults through education and employment preparedness.