I used to work at a company called Tektronics. They are/were a pretty big printer and electronic test instrument manufacturer. When I started working there I had no degree,but I had been in that field for a while and had on the job experience. About 1/3 or more of the people I started working there with (we all came through a temp service) were ITT grads. Also two of my good friends went to ITT so I know a little bit about them.
1. Depending on the program you do you will get an actual associates degree and not just a certificate.
2. Of the people I have known that went there they all say the job placement counselors are pretty helpful and will work with you to get you a job when you graduate.
3. Don't expect the job they get you to be anything special. Most of the time it will be some kind of entry level job in the field you are studying.
4. When I talked to the people that went there and ask if they would do it differently now that they had gone through it the responses varied. The two guys I know that went there to be CAD Drafters would do it again. The degree they got helped get them a job and they have worked their way up the ladder of the engineering firms they work for. One of them went back to ITT for a different program and got a bachelors as well.
Of the electronic engineering people I know (this is the vast majority of the people I know from ITT) a few say they would do the same thing again and most say that if they had it to do over with the information they had now they would take a different path. They would either spend the extra time and get a bachelors degree so they could start higher up the ladder and have more opportunity or they would just get a entry level job in the industry and work to get into a bigger company that would pay for their schooling then either go to ITT on someone else's dime or get a bachelors degree with the company paying for.
In the end ITT will get you in the door. What program you want to study and your local job market really will define what you do with it afterward. Where I live there are a ton of high tech jobs so there are a lot of electronic engineering students, but if there are not many of those jobs in your area, it may not be worth your time. A couple of the guys I used to work with ended up having to move to a different state to get a decent job in the field they had studied. If electronics/engineering is the field you want to pursue check the job market and decide if you are better off dropping the 20K or so ITT will cost you or if it is smarter to get the job with a company that will pay your tuition if you go back to school.
If you are wanting to go into the electronics/high tech/engineering field and you want to make it a career and want to make some good money I would suggest doing the following:
Get a job in the industry and start going to school part time at nights and on weekends. Start at a community college where it is cheap. Hopefully you will be at a company that will pay for this. Eventually transfer to a 4 year school and continue to working and going to school. Get an actual bachelors in engineering (whatever discipline you are interested in) and now the world is yours. The company you work for just paid for it all, sure it took you 6-8 years to get it, but you now have the degree and on the job experience. If you live in an area where there are a lot of these types of jobs you will have a ton of options and you can be pretty confident the company that just paid for your school will aggressively work to keep you there and keep you happy and if not there are sure to be many other companies that would welcome you with open arms.
Sorry for the long post
