Profile: Coastal Education Institute, Tampa

Coastal Education Institute has assisted Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN’s), Paramedics and Respiratory Therapists in earning college credit towards a nursing degree since 2004 as a tutoring and test-preparation provider, when the tutoring center was incorporated in the state of Florida.

This institution prepares students for American Council on Education-approved, college-level examinations such as CLEP, ECE, and Dantes examinations. Students earn college credit in a given course upon successful completion of the test, which are then transferred into the college or university of choice.

At present, Coastal Education Institute has almost 800 students. Impressively, it has maintained an 88 percent retention rate since its inception. Fueling that retention could well be its average pass rate on all examinations throughout its history: 85 percent. All teaching staff at CEI are credentialed at the same level, or at a higher level, than faculty of a traditional community college. Coastal Education Institute has a background of proven financial and academic success. Our students get college-level credentialed faculty in a small intimate classroom environment which prepares them to not only pass standardized examinations, but assists them with study skills, time-management skills, test-taking skills, and facilitates and analyzes personalized learning styles assessments to maximize their college experience.