12 Facts About Vatterott College

Vatterott College was a for-profit career training institute with programs at 16 campuses across the Midwest of the United States and online.

Vatterott College was founded in 1969 in St Louis, Missouri by John C Vatterott Sr.

Vatterott College expanded to Springfield, Joplin, and Independence, Missouri in April 1991 as a result of a teach-out of students attending Draughon Business Vatterott College.

In May 1995, Vatterott College expanded to Quincy, Illinois, as a result of the acquisition of the former Quincy Technical Schools.

Vatterott College expanded into the following cities as a result of various teach-out agreements: St Joseph, Missouri, in March 1995; Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1997; Memphis, Tennessee, in 1999; Wichita, Kansas, in 1999; and Cleveland, Ohio in 2001.

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In December 1999, Vatterott College expanded in Omaha, Nebraska by acquiring the former Universal Technology Institute.

In September 2001, Vatterott College purchased the former Omaha College of Health Careers in Omaha, Nebraska, and established a campus.

Vatterott College operations expanded into Texas in 2004, acquiring the Court Reporting Institute of Dallas and the Court Reporting Institute of Houston.

Vatterott College was established in Fairview Heights, Illinois in August 2009 with seven diploma programs.

In 2017, forty programs at Vatterott College failed the first test of the Obama Administration's gainful employment rule.

In 2009, three executives of the Vatterott College were convicted of conspiring to obtain federal student grants and loans for students who were not eligible by providing false information and documents.

In 2021, Vatterott College still owes the US Department of Education $244 million.