Blackstone Career Institute was recently selected by G.I. Jobs Magazine as a Military Friendly School for 2010 in honor of the school’s efforts to support military students and their families. After conducting extensive research and gathering survey data, the military magazine ranked BCI in the top fifteen percent of all colleges, universities, and trade schools nationwide. G.I. Jobs recognized our interest in recruiting military students and encouraged BCI to continue expanding upon existing policies and efforts used to obtain and retain military and veteran students.

Many of our students are from military families and find that our training programs can easily travel with them through deployments and relocations in the U.S. and overseas. Blackstone is a participant in several programs that benefit military personnel and their family members, including the Army Vocational/Technical (AVOTEC) Soldier Program, Operation Life Transformed (OLT), DANTES (Defense Activity for Nontraditional Educational Support), and the Military Spouse Career Advancement Initiative program. For more information about these programs, visit our Military Families Web page.

Blackstone Career Institute has been honored by United States Commerce Association’s (USCA) “Best of Local Business” Award Program, which recognizes companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their region. Blackstone received the 2009 Best of Emmaus Award for enhancing the positive image of small businesses through service to our customers and local community. Recently, we relocated from Emmaus to Allentown, PA, but we have continued to uphold the same standards that were responsible for our selection by the USCA.

The USCA chose Blackstone based on research that focused on quality and excellence. Winners were selected by referencing information gathered by the organization as well as by data collected from third parties. The USCA’s goal is to promote local business through public relations, marketing, and advertising.

Near the conclusion of their course, Blackstone students are encouraged to return a Student Satisfaction Survey and respond to 14 questions about their educational experience with BCI. These surveys have shown that our students are overwhelmingly pleased with their studies. In fact, 97% of those who responded answered “yes” to “Would you recommend these studies to a friend?” 95% of surveyed students said that, overall, they were satisfied with their studies. And 93% answered “yes” to the question “Did you achieve, or will you have achieved upon completing your studies, the goals you had when you started the program?” Blackstone encourages all of its students to submit their survey (found within one of the final study guides for each course): your feedback is important in guiding the development of our programs!