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Dawn Career Institute LLC

Newark, Delaware Private for-profit Less than 2-year Large suburb

Overview

Dawn Career Institute LLC is a private for-profit career and technical school based in Newark, Delaware. Its campus is in a large suburban area. It enrolled 355 students in fall 2024.

Dawn Career Institute LLC offers certificates across 5 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Medical/Clinical Assistant, Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician, and Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist. It awarded 295 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 91% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 21 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
355
Students enrolled
91%
First-year retention
295
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
5
Programs and majors
21:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 5

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 3
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
91%
Student-to-faculty ratio
21:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
110
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
185

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
355
Undergraduates, fall 2024
355
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
682
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
73%
Men
27%
White
17%
Hispanic or Latino
11%
Black or African American
62%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
8%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
46%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Differs by program
Campus President
Shaun Carney
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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