HOW LONG DOES COURT REPORTING SCHOOL, BROADCAST CAPTIONING, or CART PROVIDING TRAINING TAKE?
Traditional Court Reporting Schools and traditional court reporting schools’ online programs usually base their day programs on 24 months or longer. Statistics from the National Court Reporters Association indicate the actual average for most of these traditional court reporting schools is 33 to 36 months. Court Reporting Colleges’ and Court Reporting Schools’ online programs take substantially longer and have a higher attrition rate or dropout rate. Online self-paced homestudy court reporting programs may be completed in as little as a year and still offer a complete court reporting and captioning training program. Many traditional online court reporting schools and court reporting colleges emphasize their Associate’s degree as well as court reporting accreditation and other approvals. Statistics from the NCRA (National Court Reporters Association) indicate that Associate’s Degrees, accreditation, and approvals are not necessarily synonymous with quality court reporting schools’ educa