List of colleges in Alberta

For a list of universities in Alberta, see List of universities in Alberta.

This is a list of colleges in Alberta. Post-secondary education in the province of Alberta, Canada is regulated by the Ministry of Innovation and Advanced Education. Alberta is home to the following tertiary education institutions:

ACAD

Bow Valley

Concordia

SAIT

Publicly funded colleges

Alberta's publicly funded colleges may offer academic upgrading, job readiness, apprenticeship, certificate, diploma, university transfer, baccalaureate and applied degree programs.^[1]

University	Location	Founded	Enrollment
Alberta College of Art and Design	Calgary	1973	1,115
Bow Valley College	Calgary	1965	14,000
Grande Prairie Regional College	Grande Prairie	1966	2,000
Keyano College	Fort McMurray	1965	10,000
Lakeland College	Vermilion	1913	7,000
Lethbridge College	Lethbridge	1957	7,200
Medicine Hat College	Medicine Hat	1965	2,700
NorQuest College	Edmonton	1965	10,800
Northern Lakes College	Grouard	1999
Olds College	Olds	1913	1,288
Portage College	Lac La Biche	1968
Red Deer College	Red Deer	1964	10,000

Technical institutes

Source:^[1]

University	City	Founded	Enrollment
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology	Edmonton	1962	81,000 (8,600 full-time students, 12,600 apprentice registrants and 59,800 part-time students)
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology	Calgary	1916	75,000 (14,000 full-time, 61,000 part-time)

Private colleges

The following private colleges are accredited to grant degrees:^[1]

University	City	Founded	Enrollment
Alberta Bible College	Calgary	1932
Ambrose University	Calgary	1921	~800
Burman University	Lacombe	1907	520
Concordia University of Edmonton	Edmonton	1921	1,700
Cambrooks College	Calgary	2011
The King's University	Edmonton	1979	667
St. Mary's University	Calgary	1986	500
Peace River Bible Institute	Sexsmith	1933	150
Prairie Bible Institute	Three Hills	1922	300
Taylor Seminary	Edmonton	1939
Vanguard College	Edmonton	1964	250

The following private colleges offer programs licensed by the Private Vocational Training branch in accordance with the Private Vocational Training Act and Regulation:^[2]

College	City	Founded	Enrollment
ABM College of Health and Technology	Calgary	2010	500
High Velocity Equipment Training	Camrose	2008
MaKami College	Edmonton and Calgary	2003	250
MTG Healthcare Academy	Calgary and Red Deer	2011
Alberta Caregiving Institute	Edmonton	2010	40
Robertson College	Calgary and Edmonton	2004
Reeves College	Calgary and Edmonton	1961	500

References

External links

Government of Alberta - Innovation and Advanced Education > Post-Secondary System

List of colleges in Canada (by province or territory)

Provinces	Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan

Territories	Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon

Book Category Portal WikiProject

Colleges and universities in Alberta

Public Universities	Alberta Augustana Saint-Jean St. Joseph's Athabasca Calgary Lethbridge MacEwan Mount Royal

Public colleges	Art and Design Banff Bow Valley Grande Prairie Keyano Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat NorQuest Northern Lakes Olds Portage Red Deer

Private colleges and universities	Alberta Bible Ambrose Blue Quills Burman Canadian Concordia King's Maskwachees Newman Old Sun Prairie Red Crow St. Mary's Taylor Vanguard Yellowhead

Technical institutes	NAIT SAIT

Higher education in Alberta School authorities

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