Educational Resources
Pasco County and the Tampa Bay region’s Educational Institutions have partnered together along with our workforce board to meet the diverse needs of our business community. Many programs can be tailor fit to meet the needs of the needs of Pasco County students and employers.
District School Board of Pasco County
The three fundamental, guiding principles envisioned in Pasco’s Vision: A Community of Connected Schools are the concepts of Continuous Progress, Continuity of Caring, and Ensuring Equity and Excellence for students.
The District School Board of Pasco County supports many programs for the traditional and non-traditional students. Courses are offered for high school students as well as other persons wanting to further their education.
Examples of courses include:
English as a second language (ESOL) Computer Technology
GED Preparation AC Heating & Repair
Adult High School Printing & Graphics
Vocational Preparatory Instruction Marine Services Technology
Pasco Hernando Community College (PHCC)
PHCC provides training for more than 30 high-demand careers in healthcare, law, business, and human services through its AS and certificate programs. PHCC’s technical programs are designed and taught by experts in their field using the latest equipment and technology. These fields include business, computer engineering, healthcare, human services and law. PHCC programs can be completed in two years or less.
Through PHCC’s corporate training department courses can be tailored to specific needs of industry. Such courses would generally be non-credit. The topic, length, location, date, and intensity can all be dictated by a companies needs.
For more information about PHCC, visit their website at www.phcc.edu
Saint Leo University
Saint Leo University offers over 41 academic programs that meet the academic and professional goals of more than 13,000 traditional campus and adult continuing education students. They offer many weekend and evening programs for the non-traditional student on their Pasco Campus. Saint Leo also has an extensive distance learning program that can be tailored to anyone’s location and schedule.
Rasmussen College
Rasmussen College's presence in the community is founded upon 80 years of warm tradition and continues to assist a diverse student body across their educational needs. With 9 month programs geared for technical and professional students as well as traditional 4 year programs, a Rasmussen College education is technology-intensive, career focused, and innovative. Online degrees, flexible scheduling, and personalized instruction attract hundreds of students annually.
Comprehensive list of Higher Education Institutions in the Tampa Bay Region
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