College Bound

College Tech Prep takes the best things about college-prep classes and technical-education classes and combines them into a seamless program that begins in the junior year of high school and continues through an associate or bachelor¹s degree at Youngstown State University.

High school juniors and seniors take specialized technical classes at central sites, such as Mahoning County Career & Technical Center. Most College Tech Prep courses are half-day. Students take their college-prep academic courses at their home schools or at MCCTC. College Tech Prep stresses mathematics, science, communications and technologies.

The College Tech Prep program is sequenced to help students make a smooth transition from high school to college. A national initiative launched in 1991, College Tech Prep is a partnership between high schools, Youngstown State University, local business and industry, labor and a community that supports the need for a technically trained workforce.