Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Mt. Sierra College, California For-Profit Abruptly Closes

The Monrovia Weekly reported that Mt. Sierra College in Monrovia, CA abruptly closed,
"Financial Woes Shutter Mt. Sierra College In Monrovia."  The article includes an embedded video segment with reporting on the closure by KTTV-11, the Fox affiliate in Los Angeles.

The for-profit institution was founded in 1990.  It was initially known as Computer Technology Institute and briefly as Pasadena Career Institute. The college changed its name to Mt Sierra Career College in January 1991. The most recent reported enrollment to IPEDS was 202 students.

The Mt. Sierra College website offers links for forms needed to order transcripts and academic records.

If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers,and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions. Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.

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