

Texas County Technical Institute was acquired by Arizona College

Transaction Description
Texas County Technical College was acquired by Arizona College. Texas County Technical College is a small, but very successful, non-profit vocational career college that trains students to become licensed practical nurses and registered nurses.
Transaction Details
Arizona College
Texas County Technical Institute
Transaction Overview
Texas County Technical College was acquired by Arizona College
Challenges
Texas County Technical College is a small, non-profit vocational school that offers an LPN and an RN program. The owner operated two campuses under one OPE ID number. The TCTC campus is located in the very small community of Houston, Missouri. The owner wanted to sell the Houston campus, however, as a non-profit school in a small, rural town, the number of potential buyers was limited.
Solutions
We worked with the client for several years as they changed accrediting agencies from ACICS to ABHES, then as they applied for a new OPE ID number for the Houston campus. Once the campus was positioned to sell, we ran an exhaustive marketing campaign that resulted in five offers for the small school. In the end, Arizona College was the perfect buyer because they were prepared to convert TCTC into a for-profit entity, and were interested in using TCTC as a vehicle to open new schools in St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri.
Summary
Preparing the school for sale and implementing a good marketing strategy were the keys to success in getting this deal closed.