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Can international students apply to the nursing program at ECC?195 views

Unfortunately, international students are not eligible for an associate degree in nursing. Applicants MUST be legal residents of Community College District 509. Working in District 509 does not meet this requirement. International students on an F-1 visa are not eligible to apply to the nursing program. 

The following degrees and certificates are eligible for Form I-20.

Associate Degrees

Our available associate degrees include the following:

Certificates

Interested in completing a short-term certificate or upgrading your skills? The following are I-20 eligible certificate programs for international students:

  • Advanced Entrepreneurship
  • Baker
  • Basic Operations Firefighter
  • Bookkeeping 
  • Clinical Dental Assisting
  • Computer Integrated Manufacturing
  • Cook Assistant/Baker Assistant
  • Cook
  • Customer Relationship Marketing
  • Decorative Pastry 
  • Dental Office Aide
  • Early Childhood Education
  • EMT - Paramedic
  • Fire Officer I
  • Fire Science and Safety
  • Histotechnology
  • Human Services Generalist
  • Human Services - Substance Abuse Counseling
  • Industrial Maintenance
  • Intermediate Entrepreneurship
  • Intensive English Program
  • Introductory Entrepreneurship
  • Light Commercial HVAC Service Tech
  • Machine Tool Operations
  • Marketing
  • Medical Assisting
  • Mold Making
  • Music Production
  • Ophthalmic Technician
  • Paralegal
  • Preclinical Dental Assisting
  • Prep Cook
  • Public Safety Communications
  • Recovery Support Specialist
  • Refrigeration Technician
  • Residential HVAC Service Technician
  • Restaurant Supervisor
  • Retail Management 
  • Sheet Metal Mechanics
  • Supervisory and Administrative Management
  • Truck Driving

Contact

Admissions & Recruitment

Building B, Room B110
847-214-7385
Fax: 847-608-5458
admissions@elgin.edu