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First Institute Training and Management Inc

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 (address not found on its own site and 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 Crystal Lake, Illinois, listed by Illinois Board of Higher Education, Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), approved schools (checked 2026-11-02). Programs it names: welding.

Address: 790 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, IL 60014
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Website: fitmnow.com
Phone: not published by the source
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
Welding	Welding Technology Program Blended	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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McHenry County College

3.1 mi

8900 US Hwy 14, Crystal Lake, IL · Public, 2-year

WELD 46
AUTO 26

Trade grads 2023-24: 72 all campuses on its federal ID
In-state tuition/yr 2025-26: $4,162
Median pay 10 yrs, all: $50,609

Elgin Community College

13.9 mi

1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, IL · Public, 2-year

AUTO 160
HVAC 107
CDL 95
WELD 52
IMT 33
CNC 20

Trade grads 2023-24: 467 all campuses on its federal ID
In-state tuition/yr 2025-26: $3,324
Median pay 10 yrs, all: $51,097

William Rainey Harper College

16.6 mi

1200 W Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL · Public, 2-year

WELD 93
HVAC 26
CNC 26

Trade grads 2023-24: 155 all campuses on its federal ID
In-state tuition/yr 2025-26: $4,038
Median pay 10 yrs, all: $54,357

College of Lake County

19.1 mi

19351 W Washington St, Grayslake, IL · Public, 2-year

AUTO 335
HVAC 215
WELD 118
BODY 63
CNC 6

Trade grads 2023-24: 737
In-state tuition/yr 2025-26: $4,901
Median pay 10 yrs, all: $47,162

Chicago Professional Center

23.5 mi

16 Piper Ln. Suite 127, Prospect Heights, IL · Private for-profit, under 2-year

HVAC 159

Trade grads 2023-24: 161

Chicagoland Laborers District Council Training and Apprentice FUND

23.6 mi

1200 Old Gary Avenue, Carol Stream, IL · Apprenticeship training center

CNST

Confirmed on its own site: construction trades
Listed by: LIUNA Training & Education Fund

Source: Illinois Board of Higher Education, Private Business and Vocational Schools (PBVS), approved schools, https://www.ibhe.org/pbvsAppProgs.aspx?id=101, downloaded 2026-11-02. Location: geocoded street address (US Census). Methodology.