Click on the link to watch the 1-hour special from Frontline entitled College Inc., which exposes the misleading nature of the for-profit colleges.
For an excellent article describing some pitfalls of for-profit colleges, click the file from LA Times below.
For-Profit Colleges Face Federal Crackdown (LA Times Article) | |
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For-Profit Universities:
Proceed With Caution!!!
List of for-profit universities and colleges
This is a partial list of for-profit institutions of higher education. Many for-profit institutions are subsidiaries of larger parent companies, such as the Apollo Group, Career Education Corporation, Corinthian Colleges, Inc., and Laureate Education. Their primary goal is to make a profit off of your education, whereas the goal of a non-profit is to see you graduate and become a productive member of society.
2. ^ Troubled Manhattan Commercial College to Close, The New York Times, December 18, 2007
This is a partial list of for-profit institutions of higher education. Many for-profit institutions are subsidiaries of larger parent companies, such as the Apollo Group, Career Education Corporation, Corinthian Colleges, Inc., and Laureate Education. Their primary goal is to make a profit off of your education, whereas the goal of a non-profit is to see you graduate and become a productive member of society.
- Academy of Art University (San Francisco, California)
- Allied College (Maryland Heights, Missouri and Fenton, Missouri)
- AMA Computer University (Quezon City, Philippines)
- American Career College (Los Angeles, California)
- American College of Education (Illinois)
- American InterContinental University (multiple locations)
- American Public University System and the American Military University (distance education; offices in Charles Town, West Virginia, and Manassas, Virginia)
- American Sentinel University (distance education, based in Denver, Colorado)
- Andrew Jackson University (distance education; based in Hoover, Alabama)
- Anhembi Morumbi (São Paulo, Brazil)
- Anthem Institute (formerly the Chubb Institute; multiple locations)
- Antonelli College (multiple locations}
- Argosy University (multiple locations)
- The Art Institutes (multiple locations, not to be confused with University of The Arts)
- Ashford University (Clinton, Iowa)
- Ashmead College (multiple locations)
- Austin's School of Spa Technology (Albany, New York)
- Banner College (Arlington, Virginia)
- Banner Institute (Chicago)
- Beckfield College
- Berkeley College (New York and New Jersey; not to be confused with University of California, Berkeley or the Yale University residential college)
- Blair College (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
- BPP College, Great Britain [1]
- Brooks College (California; closed in 2008)
- Brooks Institute of Photography (multiple locations)
- Brown College (Mendota Heights, Minnesota), not to be confused with Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island)
- Brown Mackie College (multiple locations)
- Bryant & Stratton College (multiple locations)
- Bryman College (multiple locations)
- Bryman Institute (multiple locations)
- The Bryman School (Phoenix, Arizona and Tempe, Arizona)
- California Miramar University (San Diego, California) (formerly known as Pacific Western University)
- California Southern University (online, not to be confused with The University of Southern California)
- Cambridge College (multiple locations, not to be confused with Cambridge University)
- Capella University (online university)
- Capstone Career College (Tacoma, Washington)
- The College of Westchester (White Plains, New York)
- Collins College (Phoenix, Arizona area)
- Colorado Technical University (multiple locations)
- Columbia Southern University (not to be confused with Columbia University)
- Cortiva Institute (multiple locations, based in Hoboken, New Jersey)
- Crown College (Tacoma) (Tacoma, Washington) (lost accreditation in 2007 and closed)
- Cyprus College (Nicosia, Cyprus)
- Dana College (Blair, Nebraska)
- Daniel Webster College (Nashua, New Hampshire)
- Daymar College (Owensboro, Kentucky)
- Deaconess College of Nursing (St. Louis, Missouri)
- DeVry University (multiple locations)
- ECPI College of Technology (multiple locations)
- Everest College (multiple locations)
- Everest Institute (multiple locations)
- Five Towns College (Dix Hills, New York)
- Florida Metropolitan University (multiple locations, not to be confused with the University of Florida)
- Full Sail University (Winter Park, Florida)
- Georgia Medical Institute (multiple locations, not to be confused with the Georgia Health Sciences University)
- Gibbs College (multiple locations)
- Globe University/Minnesota School of Business (multiple locations in Minnesota)
- Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Grantham University (online)
- Hamilton College (Iowa) (now part of Kaplan University; formerly operated from multiple locations in Iowa and Nebraska; not to be confused with Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, or with the unaccredited Hamilton University)
- Harrison College (Indiana) (multiple locations)
- Hesser College (multiple locations in New Hampshire)
- High-Tech Institute (multiple locations)
- Heald College (based in San Francisco: campuses at multiple locations in California, Portland, and Honolulu)
- Interboro Institute (New York City; owned by EVCI Career Colleges Holding Corporation; announced on December 17, 2007 that it would close effective December 21, 2007.[2]
- International Academy of Design and Technology (multiple locations)
- ITT Technical Institute (multiple locations)
- Kaplan Career Institute (multiple locations)
- Kaplan College (multiple locations)
- Kaplan University (multiple locations)
- Keiser University (multiple locations)
- Kee Business College (multiple locations in Virginia)
- Kendall College (Chicago, Illinois)
- Kitchen Academy (Los Angeles, California)
- Le Cordon Bleu (multiple locations)
- Las Vegas College (Henderson, Nevada)
- Los Angeles Film School (Los Angeles, California)
- Maric College (multiple campuses in California)
- Medical Careers Institute (multiple locations in Virginia)
- Mildred Elley (multiple locations)
- Milwaukee Career College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Monroe College (multiple locations)
- College of Printing Arts (Moscow)
- Moscow State University of Printing Arts (Moscow)
- Mountain West College (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Multimedia University (multiple campuses in Malaysia)
- National American University (multiple campuses including Mall of America)
- National College (multiple U.S. locations)
- National Institute of Technology (multiple locations, not to be confused with National Institutes of Technology in India)
- National School of Technology (multiple locations)
- Neumont University (multiple locations)
- NewSchool of Architecture and Design (San Diego, California, not to be confused with New School of Social Research)
- Northcentral University (online university)
- Ohio Business College (multiple locations)
- Olympia Career Training Institute (multiple locations)
- Our Lady of Fatima University (multiple locations in Philippines)
- Parks College (multiple locations)
- Pioneer Pacific College (multiple locations in Oregon)
- Pima Medical Institute (multiple locations)
- Potomac College (Washington, D.C. area)
- Rasmussen College (multiple locations)
- Regenesys Management (Sandton, South Africa)
- Remington College (multiple locations)
- Rhodes Colleges, Inc (multiple locations, not to be confused with Rhodes College)
- Rochester Business Institute (Rochester, New York, not to be confused with Rochester Institute of Technology or the University of Rochester)
- Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Ross University (Medical School in Dominica and Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts)
- Salem International University (Salem, West Virginia)
- Sanford-Brown College (multiple locations, not to be confused with Samford University or Stanford University or Brown University)
- Schiller International University (multiple locations)
- School of Visual Arts (New York, NY)
- South University (multiple locations, not to be confused with University of the South)
- Southern States University, California, not to be confused with University of the South
- Southwestern College (multiple locations, not to be confused with Southwestern University)
- Specs Howard School of Media Arts (Michigan)
- Spencerian College (Kentucky, multiple locations)
- Springfield College (Springfield, Missouri; not to be confused with Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts)
- Stevens-Henager College (multiple locations)
- Stratford University (multiple locations, not to be confused with Stanford University or Samford University)
- Strayer University (multiple locations)
- Sullivan University (Kentucky, multiple locations)
- Tooling University, Cleveland, Ohio
- TUI University (formerly Touro University International; online)
- Universidad de las Américas (Santiago, Chile)
- Universidad Europea de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
- University of Advancing Technology (Tempe, Arizona)
- University of Atlanta (distance education only; not to be confused with Atlanta University Center or Clark Atlanta University)
- University of the Latin American Educational Center (Rosario, Argentina)
- University of Phoenix (multiple locations)
- Western International University (multiple locations)
- Vet Tech Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Walden University (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- West Coast University (Los Angeles, California)
- Western Business College (multiple locations)
- Western International University (multiple locations)
- Western State University College of Law (Fullerton, California)
- Westwood College (multiple locations)
- Wyoming Technical Institute (WyoTech) (multiple locations)
2. ^ Troubled Manhattan Commercial College to Close, The New York Times, December 18, 2007