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Building and Fire Code Academy

Not yet verified. Call to confirm. This listing comes from Illinois Board of Higher Education, Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), approved schools, but when we checked its own website on 2026-11-04 we could not confirm it (no listed trade on a program page of its own site). It is not counted in our totals or listed under any trade.

State-licensed career school in Elgin, Illinois, listed by Illinois Board of Higher Education, Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), approved schools (checked 2026-11-02). Programs it names: plumbing.

Address: 2420 Vantage Drive, Elgin, IL 60124
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Website: BFCACADEMY.COM
Phone: (847) 428-2951
Type: State-licensed career school
Listed by: Illinois Board of Higher Education, Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), approved schools (status: Approved)
Federal student aid: Not in federal (IPEDS) data

Programs

Program names exactly as the source publishes them. Length and cost appear only where the source states them.

Trade	Program as published	Credential	Length	Cost
Plumbing	Illinois Commercial Plumbing Inspector Certificate Program	not published	not published	not published
Plumbing	Plumbing Apprenticeship Education Program (PAEP)	not published	not published	not published

What we could not confirm

Tuition and program length, unless shown above.
Start dates, completion and job placement.
Federal aid: this school is not in IPEDS, so Pell Grants and federal loans are usually not available there.

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Source: Illinois Board of Higher Education, Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), approved schools, https://www.ibhe.org/pbvsAppProgs.aspx?id=41, downloaded 2026-11-02. Location: geocoded street address (US Census). Methodology.