Partnerships
Zollege Healthcare Career School
We operate 190+ schools across the US — inside dental and medical practices, on the weekends their offices are already closed. Two ways to work with us: host a school in your practice, or refer a practice you know and get paid for the introduction.
- 190+ schools nationwide
- No cost to the practice
- Additional insurance provided
- Supplies and equipment included
Two ways in
Host a school, or hand us an introduction.
Most of our sites come from people who already know a great practice. If that’s you — whether you host a school yourself or not — we pay for the introduction.
Path 1 · For your own practice
Host a Zollege school
Your operatories sit empty on the weekend. We turn them into a working classroom and hand you a steady stream of trained assistants to hire from.
- Paid for the use of your space, during hours you were closed anyway
- Externs and graduates who already know your systems, your software and your patients
- We cover supplies, equipment, and additional insurance
- No staff time required from you or your team
Path 2 · For everyone else
Refer a practice, earn $1,000
Know an office that would make a strong site? Send us the introduction. We run the entire process — qualification, contracting, state application, site set-up — and pay you when their first class starts.
- $1,000 per practice that opens
- No cap on how many practices you refer
- You are not the point of contact after the introduction
- Open to anyone who knows the practice — partners, dentists, DSO leads, vendors
The partner referral program
Get paid $1,000 for a practice that opens.
Our best sites come from partners introducing us to practices they trust. So we made the introduction worth your time. One call, one email, or one forwarded link — and we take it from there.
paid 30 days after the first class starts
Send the introduction
Tell us the practice name, the city, and who to talk to. A warm intro is best, but a name and a number works — we’ll make the first call.
We run the process
Pre-qualification, contracting, the state school application, and opening preparation. Your colleague sees the same process every Zollege partner goes through. You don’t manage any of it.
You get paid
$1,000 lands 30 days after the first class start date at the referred practice. We confirm the referral with you before their file moves forward, so there are no surprises.
The short version: the referred practice has to be one we are not already working with, has to meet our site requirements, and has to sign and open. The bonus is paid once per practice to the first person who sent us the introduction, and it is paid on the first class start date at the referred practice — not on signature. Zollege team members and self-referrals do not qualify. Full terms: Partner Referral Program Terms, version 1.0.
What counts
A referral counts when the practice actually opens.
We would rather be boring and clear than fast and vague. Here is exactly what makes a referral eligible, and what does not.
Eligible
- A practice we are not already in conversation with and not already hosting a Zollege school
- A site that meets the requirements: closed Saturdays and Sundays, at least four operatories or exam rooms, storage for supplies, WiFi, and parking
- A practice that signs a clinical site participation agreement and completes the state application
- The first class actually starts — that is the payment trigger
- Referred by a person, with a name and a way to reach them, before their file opens
Not eligible
- Practices already in our pipeline or already operating a Zollege school
- Self-referrals — a practice cannot refer itself
- Referrals from current Zollege team members
- Sites that never reach a first class, or that withdraw before opening
- Repeat submissions of a practice someone already referred
Start here
Tell us about your practice.
Two minutes of information is enough for us to tell you whether your office fits. If you are referring someone else, book a call or email us instead — you do not need their permission to send us a name.
Our mission is to produce freedom through education
We believe our country deserves higher education options that provide skills-based training that leads to jobs. Our career schools create the opportunity for accelerated learning by training inside the workplace with experienced industry professionals.
We believe that partnering with the industry is the strongest path to job creation for our students. Our partners serve their communities by increasing access to education and benefit financially through payments for the use of their office.
Benefits of the partnership include:
Earning passive income during the hours your office is closed
Have immediate access to a consistent flow of externs and new-hires
Contribute to the mission of eradicating student debt in our country
What opening a school actually looks like
Six steps, roughly six months on average in most states. You are involved in steps 1, 2 and 4. We carry the rest.
Inside a partner site
This is what your operatories look like on a Saturday.
Real classrooms inside real practices — same chairs, same equipment, same supplies we bring in and take out.
Interested? Here's what's required:
- Your office must be closed and available to us on Saturdays and Sundays
- A minimum of 4 operatories/exam rooms and space to store our supplies
- Accessible WIFI
- Accessible parking
What we take care of:
- Additional income for your practice with little to no effort from you and your team
- Access to trained dental or medical assistants to help solve your hiring needs
- Additional insurance is provided for the practice that covers all school-related activities
- We cover all expenses and manage all operational components associated with the school
Questions
The things people ask us first.
How much is the referral bonus, and when do I get it?
$1,000 per practice, paid within 30 days of the first class start date at the referred practice. We ask for a W-9 before payment, and it is a one-time payment per practice, not a recurring share.
Do I have to be a Zollege partner to refer a practice?
No. Current partner practices send the strongest referrals because they can speak from experience, but we pay anyone who sends us a practice that opens — dentists, DSO managers, consultants, vendors, or a friend who owns an office.
What if the practice is already talking to Zollege?
Then it is not a referral, and we will tell you that before anything moves forward. We check every name against our pipeline the day it comes in. The bonus goes to whoever introduced the practice to us first, and we confirm that with you in writing.
What does the referred practice have to do?
Meet the site requirements (weekends closed, four or more operatories or exam rooms, storage, WiFi, parking), sign a clinical site participation agreement, and get through the state's new-school application. We handle every step of that process — they mostly have to show up for two conversations and sign.
Is there a limit on how many practices I can refer?
No cap. One introduction or ten, each one that opens pays the same bonus.
Does referring a practice affect my own partnership agreement?
No. The referral program is separate from your site agreement, and referring a practice does not change your payment terms, your schedule, or your territory.
What about referring a student instead of a practice?
That is a different program. Students who apply through a referral link save $100 off tuition — see the Zollege referral program for how that works.
Who do I talk to?
Book a 20-minute call or email info@zollege.com. You will be talking to the partnerships team, not a call center.
One introduction is all it takes.
If you know a practice with empty operatories and a hiring problem, we would like to meet them. Already a partner? Your community can save $100 off tuition through the student referral program.