CIAT is pioneering a new educational approach, beyond the traditional four-year college experience. We believe in innovation, lifetime learning, and hands-on skills that prepare our students for success, with a sincere commitment to helping every student be the best in their field.
Whether you’re entering college for the first time, transferring credits, returning to school, or advancing your career as a working adult, CIAT helps you build a flexible education plan aligned to your goals.
Your path to a career
At CIAT, we set you up for more than a degree. Our students build real skills, earn recognized credentials, and get the hands-on support they need to land the job.
Learn by doing
Build job-ready skills through hands-on courses designed around what employers actually want. Every program is built to make sure you can perform from day one in your career.
Stack your credentials
Go beyond your degree by earning industry certifications that get you noticed in a competitive job market. CIAT supports students with unlimited exam retakes*, complimentary test prep software, and live test prep tutoring.
Launch your career
Our dedicated career resources team works with you one-on-one to polish your resume, prep for interviews, and connect you with employers who are actively hiring CIAT graduates.
Browse CIAT’s career-focused programs across technology, business, and healthcare.
Every CIAT program is designed to build on the next, so you can start where it makes sense for you and keep moving forward. Whether you begin with a bootcamp, certificate, associate, or bachelor’s program, each step adds real skills, industry certifications, and credit toward your next milestone.
This flexible, career-focused pathway helps you get hired, advance, and continue growing on your terms.
Prepare for high-value industry certifications with focused bootcamps. Browse upcoming schedules and jump into the next available session.
CIAT students have the opportunity to earn industry certifications alongside their degree or certificate program, with no exam fees, unlimited attempts on most exams, practice exam software, and complimentary test prep workshops all included in tuition.
Already have the skills and just need to pass the exam? Our accelerated one-week bootcamps are built around getting you certified fast.
Get resume support, interview practice, and access to a career platform with thousands of open positions.
Explore Career Services
Live instruction and Build-Your-Own-Computer kits help students learn technical concepts by doing.
At CIAT, we’re committed to delivering an affordable return on investment, with financing options designed to meet you where you are. From flexible payment plans and FAFSA eligibility to military benefits and over $5M in scholarships awarded, we make it easier to take the next step without putting your goals on hold.
Your career journey is an investment and we’re here to help you fund it, every step of the way.
Scholarships
Employer Benefits
Military Benefits
FAFSA
No Interest Options
Your final tuition cost will vary based on program selection, credits transferred from other institutions, and potential scholarships applied. Our Admissions and Financial Aid team will prepare a personal financial aid projection with tips on how to maximize your educational investment, plan your ROI, and reduce out of pocket expenses. *Financial aid is available for those who qualify.
We are proud of our high student satisfaction rates, consistently reaching our goals of 90% or higher each term. We value transparency and have committed to posting the complete survey results each term for prospective students and active students to review.
Students who feel supported show up, engage, and succeed. Our 4.5/5 satisfaction is a direct result of the relationships our instructors and advisors build with students every term — a number we're proud of, and one we work to earn again each term.
CIAT students are trained to be prepared for rewarding careers in their chosen field, and our placement rates prove it. CIAT’s dedicated Career Services team helps students get placed into new roles, even before they graduate.
* Average metrics vary based on program, campus and/or timeframe of reporting cycles. Average student satisfaction rating is calculated from the past 12 months and are updated after each term reporting cycle. Average completion & placement based on the 2025 reporting year; for a breakdown of student performance metrics by program, please reference the Student Performance Fact Sheets. Average industry certification exam pass rates are calculated from 2023-2025 student reported results; for a breakdown by certification exam, please reference the pass rate details page. Average class sizes are calculated from 2024 enrollment data; for a breakdown by course category, please reference the class size details page.
Student voices
I absolutely love and cannot recommend this school enough. This degree and my chosen pathway have proven exactly where I want to be. Overall, this school is absolutely amazing towards what you actually need, and there is no fluff. Straight to the point and what we need to succeed.
— Lukas H, Class of 2025
* These are companies who have hired recent grads from our California institution. Check back soon for featured employers with our New Mexico Institution.
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* Students are encouraged to take certification exams while actively enrolled in their Bootcamp, Certificate or Degree program. Unlimited certification exam attempts expire 180 days after program completion. Select exams are not eligible for unlimited retakes - see certification exam policy for details. Industry certifications and/or courses may change at any time to address industry trends or improve student outcomes.
