Virginia

Community colleges now often offer progams like these-- culinary, nursing assistant/nursing-- dozens of programs to prepare students for jobs, with year-long certifications and two-year associate degrees (usually with some easy transfer of those credits to a four-year university).

And community college is close to free in many states, strictly regulated by the state, and not into scamming students.

Before anyone you know thinks about going to one of those for-profit tech schools, suggest they check out their local community college. They'll very likely find a similar program for 10% (if that) the tuition of the for-profit.