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Lincoln Tech in Melrose Park, IL
Excellent Job Placement Rates for Program Graduates1
Excellent Job Placement Rates for Program Graduates1
Located just outside of Chicago in the suburb of Melrose Park, Lincoln Tech has been an important part of the Chicago community for more than 100 years. Originally founded in 1902 as Greer College of Automotive Engineering, the campus joined the Lincoln family of schools in 1969. We’re proud of our long list of life-changing success stories and our many successful alumni, and we invite you to start writing your own story at our campus.
Programs and Partnerships
Automotive Technology – Pursue a diploma in Automotive Technology or an Associates Degree in Service Management.
Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology – a convenient Blended Learning format lets you complete some of your coursework online from home so you can spend more time on campus painting, airbrushing, and performing hands-on auto body repairs.
Electrical and Electronic Systems Technology – Train to install, troubleshoot, and service low-voltage electronic systems such as whole home automation, closed-circuit monitoring systems, fire alarms, and home theater equipment. Study electrical concepts as they relate to conductors, insulators, wiring and switching devices, to help build skills toward entry-level residential electrician work.
Medical Assistant – Train to assist doctors while working directly with patients in a rewarding healthcare support career.
Welding Technology – Almost 15,000 welding jobs are projected to open in Illinois by 20282
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Campus Features
Whether your passion is cars, the reward of working with patients in the healthcare industry, or if you love the idea of working in the skilled trades as an electrician or welder, Lincoln Tech's Melrose Park campus has everything you need to lay the foundation for an outstanding new career:
- 90,000 square feet of training space – including labs, classrooms, collision workshops and auto shops
- Sixteen auto bays, nine lifts, nine “drive-in” classrooms and an Auto Web Tech Lab
- Hiring partnerships with local auto body shops
- A fully-wired “Smart House,” where students enrolled for EEST career training study high and low-voltage hardware systems and practice wiring security systems, entertainment systems, integrated thermostat systems and more behind walls in a structure that looks and feels like a real home
- Individual welding booths stocked by Miller Electric, one of the nation’s leading providers of professional welding tools and safety equipment
- Medical labs and simulated doctor offices for Medical Assistant training
- One of the largest, most active Halls of Fame in the Lincoln Tech family of schools
- Scholarships, grants, and other financial aid options for those who qualify
- Career services specialists to help you launch your career when you graduate
Nearby Attractions
Lincoln Tech’s Melrose Park campus is just an hour outside of Chicago, and easy to get to from I-90, I-290, and I-294. It’s also close to:
- Chicago O’Hare National Airport
- Navy Pier
- The Lake Michigan shoreline
- Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears
- Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park
Find out how you can become a student at Lincoln Tech in Melrose Park. Contact our Admissions Staff and start your success story today.
1 Job placement rates for graduates vary from 67% to 84%, depending on program, as per latest reporting to the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges on the 2021 Annual Report.
2 National Center for O*NET Development. Illinois Employment Trends: 51-4121.00 - Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers. O*NET OnLine. Retrieved December 5, 2021, from https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/51-4121.00?st=IL&g=Go
Financial Aid is available to those who qualify. A branch of the New Britain, CT, campus.
Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park, IL is approved by the Division of Private Business and Vocational Schools of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Complaints against this school may be registered with the Board of Higher Education, 1 N. Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 300, Springfield, IL 62701, Complaint Hotline (217) 557-7359, www.ibhe.org
Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended the Melrose Park, IL campus and enrolled in a program can be found at: