SEDGWICK COUNTY – Officials with Heritage college in Wichita announced on Tuesday they are closing. The school for students studying health care careers has served the region for over 30 years. On the school web site, they left students a message.

“It is with great disappointment that we announce that Heritage College and Heritage Institute are permanently closing on November 1, 2016. The closure will affect all 10 campuses.

This is very difficult news for everyone affected particularly our students, teachers, and staff.

The reason for the campus closures is that Heritage does not have the cash to continue to run its business. Numerous factors contributed to the circumstances including declining student population and a continued, decreased demand for the services of for-profit schools. Heritage did not close due to wrongdoing or a forced closure by a regulatory body, and we did explore a range of options that would have enabled the campuses to remain open serving students. Unfortunately, the options were not viable and our efforts proved unsuccessful.

We thank our faculty, staff and, mostly, our students. They had the courage to pursue a new career path and we were honored to help them achieve their goals.

Please send inquiries to: [email protected]”

Weston Educational, Inc operates Heritage College Campuses in Wichita, Denver, Kansas City, Missouri; Orange County, California; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Columbus, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; and Little Rock, Arkansas. The company also operates Heritage Institute Locations (Non Heritage College Campus Format) in Fort Myers, Florida; and Jacksonville, Florida.