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Probably get you through more doors than someone without one if you both have zero experience. It can lessen the hurdle of getting that first experience also if you take advantage of internship your university can arrange.


This one seems like a genuine attempt to train for valuable trades while providing some of the college trappings. It’s also significantly cheaper than most grifty schools like ITT Tech or Devry. Though I couldn’t find anywhere saying they’re a non-profit.

If they do a decent liberal arts portion of the Catholic studies the students would gain a good grasp on reading, writing, and history with some philosophy too.

Their mission page actually has some interesting parts about their view of the dignity of manual trades and labor: https://www.collegeofstjoseph.com/mission-and-vision

To be honest many employers will also see “BA” and “college” and not look further since they don’t actually care; it’s just a filtering mechanism.




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