Published completion and placement rates are averages over a denominator somebody else defined. Four people adjacent to the decision can tell you what the number leaves out.
Licensing quietly settles who can treat you, who pays, and where a complaint goes. Here is how to tell the license from the certificate before the first appointment.
The four year degree is treated as the safe choice and the thing to do while undecided. It is a large commitment and it deserves to be chosen rather than defaulted into.
Most questions families get stuck on about school have somebody whose actual job is answering them. The difficulty is knowing which person, and how to ask.