MD private career school bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Maryland licenses private career schools through the Higher Education Commission (MHEC), which requires a surety bond protecting students’ prepaid tuition if the school closes. The amount is set by MHEC based on tuition collected — pricing is 1% of that bond amount, with a $100 minimum, and approval runs a soft credit pull only, never a hard inquiry. Enter your required amount and see your price.
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No underwriting queue for the standard career school bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with MHEC. Here is the whole thing:
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Your school’s details, the bond amount MHEC set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
Most applicants are approved instantly — no waiting, and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. If a check runs, it is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with the Higher Education Commission
Submit the executed bond with your private career school license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever MHEC insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the career school bond actually covers
Maryland licenses private career schools — non-degree academic, professional, technical, and trade-training institutions — through the Maryland Higher Education Commission under Education Article §§11-105 and 11-203. A surety bond is part of the license, and it backs the tuition students pay up front.
If a school ceases operations before completing instruction, the bond is available to refund students for tuition already paid. The bond amount is based on gross tuition collected and is set by MHEC, which advises each school owner of the required coverage — it can change year to year as enrollment changes.
MHEC also oversees a separate Guaranty Student Tuition Fund for private career schools as a backstop. The bond is the school-specific guarantee; it is not insurance for you — if the surety refunds students, you repay the surety. We issue the amount MHEC set at 1% of that bond amount, $100 minimum, with a soft credit pull only, never a hard inquiry.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount MHEC set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount MHEC set and file the same day.