PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Pittsburgh Career Institute is closing its doors in two weeks. The news came as a shock to students. “I went into school today expecting to take a physics exam. I walked in and it was a paper saying, ‘we’re closing down, sorry,’” one student told us. She has been a student at PCI since May. On its website, the school said officials learned of an issue with accreditation in August. Another student says she received text messages from classmates that the school was shutting down. “You give a two-week notice to a job when you’re quitting, not when you’re closing a whole institution,” she said. WPXI reached out to PCI and received this statement:
“A number of factors outside the school’s control have led to closing. … Staff educators are working hard to find each and every one of our students an option to continue and complete their education at PCI or another institution without interruption.”
The students are waiting to find out if their credits will transfer. PCI is planning to keep representatives on campus until Dec. 31 so students can complete their clinicals and get help transferring.