Few studies have been completed on the persistence of certificate-seeking students attending American proprietary career colleges. Therefore, this study investigated variables predicting the persistence of certificate-seeking students at ABC Career Health College (a pseudonym), a Texas proprietary career institution. Data for the quantitative…

The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the bivariate relationships of passing versus failing the National Registered Health Information Technician exam with cumulative grade point average scores and the time from degree conferment to the first attempt at taking the exam, among health information technology graduates…