Tom Savini's Special Effects Program

The four main skill areas covered in this exciting 16 month program are: Make-up Application, Mold Making and Casting, Animation Fabrication, and Exhibit and Display Design. It is designed to obviously ready prospective students for television, film, and photography company careers among many others. Just think, you could be among the few to create creatures and ghouls for the big screen! Now, if by some small chance you have not heard of Tom Savini, here is some of the special effects work he is responsible for:

Friday the 13th
 Friday the 13th: FINAL CHAPTER
Dawn of the Dead
 Day of the Dead
Creepshow
  Texas Chainsaw Massacre II
Monkey Shines
  The Burning
Killing Zoe
Invasion USA
  Martin
  Red Scorpion
  Trauma
Two Evil Eyes
  Maniac
  Tales From the Darkside

  

Yes, he is also the crazy crotch gun guy from the film From Dusk Till Dawn.

Here are some jobs this degree could land you:

Special Make-Up Effects Artist
  Sculptor
  Mask Maker
  Mold Maker
  Prop Fabricator
  Animatronics Designer
  Display Fabricator
Prototype Fabricator
  Freelance Artist
  Scenic Artist
Model Maker
  Fashion & Performance Make-Up Artist
  Dental / Medical Prosthetics Technicians

The school is at the Douglas Education Center, 130 Seventh Street Monessen, PA. It costs approximately $31,250 for tuition and fees, and $6,625 for books and supplies. After you complete the program you get an Associate in Specialized Business Degree Program.
This is with an 80% placement rate and Tom Savini has a class meeting in the first semester (there are 4). Effects artists from the industry inspect portfolios during the 4th semester. I thought he was just going to show up at the end and call it a day for these people.

(images via Douglas Education Center)