Degrees and programs

Are you a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) ready to advance your career and become a Registered Nurse (RN)? Stark State College’s LPN to RN bridge program is designed to help you seamlessly transition into the RN role, leveraging the skills and knowledge you’ve already acquired as an LPN.

Are you a paramedic looking to advance your career and increase your earning potential? Our Paramedic to RN bridge program is designed just for you. This fast and flexible pathway leverages your existing emergency service training to help you transition smoothly into the role of a registered nurse (RN).

At Stark State College, our semiconductor certificates are designed to give you the skills and hands-on experience needed to step into in-demand technician roles in the semiconductor field.

Stark State’s applied sociology program helps you earn your initial credentials affordably while preparing you to transfer to a four‑year sociology program or move into entry‑level professional roles.

Stark State College’s surgical technology program prepares you to work as a surgical technologist, assisting surgeons and ensuring operating rooms are safe, sterile, and properly equipped. In this role, you support patients and surgical teams before, during, and after procedures, often working long hours in physically demanding environments with potential exposure to health risks.

Stark State College’s technical communications program will prepare you for many different forms of technical communication in the workplace by learning to write clearly and edit and design technical documents while exploring courses in a variety of disciplines. A required internship during the program’s final semester will introduce you to technical writing in the workplace.

The Toyota T-TEN Regional program is designed to develop students into highly skilled Toyota and Lexus technicians.  This is accomplished using Toyota/Lexus curriculum that is approximately 90% hands-on. Classroom and lab activities will be performed on a fleet of new Toyota and Lexus vehicles in a state-of-the-art automotive facility. 

Stark State’s video game design and development major prepares you to create games and interactive media using industry-relevant tools, programming languages and design techniques. Also, Stark State offers a video game design certificate that can be completed in just two semesters and completely online.

Stark State College’s web design and development degree program prepares students for careers in web development, web design, and digital technology through hands-on training in modern programming languages, databases, and web technologies. Students learn to create interactive, database-driven websites and applications using tools and technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, ASP.NET, PHP, SQL, MySQL, and Java while gaining experience in user interface design, database development, and multimedia applications.

Start training quickly for an in-demand welding career at Stark State College. You’ll earn a welding technology certificate in one year that covers most mainstream welding methods, as well as layout, fabrication, and inspection – taking you from the basics to advanced and specialty applications.