The Creative Center

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The Creative Center College of Art & Design
Creative Center Omaha.jpg
Type Private for-profit
Active1993 (1993)–2021 (2021)
FounderRay Dotzler
Jan Dotzler
Accreditation ACCSC
President Ray Dotzler
Vice-presidentJan Dotzler
Address
10850 Emmet Street
,
Omaha
,
Nebraska
,
68164

41°17′28″N96°04′58″W / 41.291049°N 96.082663°W / 41.291049; -96.082663
Campus Suburban
Website www.creativecenter.edu
The Creative Center

The Creative Center was a private for-profit career college in Omaha, Nebraska. Opened in 1993, it offered both associate's and bachelor's degrees in graphic design. It operated out of a strip-mall near 108th & Maple in Northwest Omaha. In 2021, the center announced via social media that it would close due to a decline in enrolment.

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History

The Creative Center was founded in 1993 by Ray Dotzler, an owner of a commercial design studio, and his wife Jan Dotzler. In June 2006, it was approved to offer Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. [1] On January 11, 2021, the college announced via posts on Facebook and Instagram that it would cease operations within the following six months. It cited "a national trend of declining enrolment" as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Academics

The college was located at 10850 Emmet Street in Northwest Omaha, Nebraska, occupying 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) in a strip mall. The center offered two-year Associate of Occupational Studies and accelerated three-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in graphic design. [1] [3] According to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System in 2019, it received 27 applicants, of which it accepted 96%. The cost of attendance (tuition and fees) was $27,700, and the average completion or graduation rate was 72%. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "2020-21 student catalog" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  2. ↑ "Creative Center" (Press release). 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  3. ↑ "Omaha's Creative Center Celebrates 25th Anniversary". Strictly Business Magazine. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  4. ↑ https://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/DFR/2019/ReportPDF.aspx?unitid=430485
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