List of for-profit universities and colleges
This is a list of for-profit institutions of higher education.
In the United States
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- Academy of Art University – San Francisco, California
- American Career College – Los Angeles, California
- American College of Education – online
- American InterContinental University – more than 90% online, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation
- American Military University – online, a division of American Public University System
- American National University – distance education and multiple locations in Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia; not to be confused with American University
- American Public University – online
- American Sentinel University – online
- Antilles College of Health – Puerto Rico
- Antonelli College – multiple locations
- Arizona Summit Law School – a subsidiary of InfiLaw System
- ASA College – campuses in Brooklyn, midtown Manhattan, and Miami
- Ashford University – Clinton, Iowa (campus closed in 2016), a subsidiary of Bridgepoint Education, includes Forbes School of Business
- Aspen University – Denver, Colorado
- Atenas College – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
- Bay State College – Boston, Massachusetts
- Beckfield College – a subsidiary of Quad Partners
- Berkeley College – New York and New Jersey; not to be confused with University of California, Berkeley, Berklee School of Music or the Berkeley College at Yale University
- Blair College – Colorado Springs, Colorado - Now Everest College
- Blue Cliff College – a subsidiary of Quad Partners
- Bradford School (Columbus) - Columbus, Ohio
- Bradford School (Pittsburgh) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Broadview University - Utah
- Brookline College - a division of Linden Education Group
- Bryant & Stratton College – multiple locations
- Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine - Las Cruces, New Mexico
- California Miramar University – San Diego, California (formerly known as Pacific Western University)
- California Northstate University College of Medicine - Elk Grove, California
- Cambridge College of Healthcare & Technology - multiple locations
- Capella University – Minneapolis, Minnesota and online
- Chamberlain College of Nursing – a subsidiary of Adtalem
- Charleston School of Law – Charleston, South Carolina
- Charter College – campuses in Alaska, California, and Washington
- Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia – multiple Locations, Puerto Rico
- The College of Westchester – White Plains, New York not to be confused with West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania
- Colorado Technical University – more than 90% online, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation
- Columbia Southern University – not to be confused with Columbia University
- Concorde Career Colleges – multiple locations
- Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences – Tempe, Arizona
- Daymar College – multiple campuses in Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, and online
- DeVry Education Group – multiple locations, subsidiaries include Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Chamberlain School of Nursing, Keller School of Management (several campuses have closed)
- Dewey University – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
- DigiPen Institute of Technology – Redmond, Washington
- Dorsey Schools – a subsidiary of Quad Partners
- Eagle Gate College - Utah
- ECPI University – formerly ECPI College of Technology; multiple locations; includes Medical Careers Institute multiple locations in Virginia
- Engine City Technical Institute – South Plainfield, New Jersey - now Lincoln Technical Institute
- Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising – FIDM (four locations in California) not to be confused with Fashion Institute of Technology a state university in New York City
- Five Towns College – Dix Hills, New York
- Florida Career College – multiple locations
- Florida Coastal School of Law – Jacksonville, FL. Subsidiary of InfiLaw System
- Florida Metropolitan University – multiple locations, now Everest University
- Florida National University – Hialeah, Florida
- Fortis College - multiple locations
- Fountainhead College of Technology - Knoxville, Tennessee
- Fox College - Chicago metropolitan area (Bedford Park and Tinley Park)
- Full Sail University – Winter Park, Florida
- Genesis Career Group – Atlanta, Georgia
- Georgia Medical Institute – multiple locations, not to be confused with the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, now Everest Institute
- Grantham University – Kansas City, Missouri
- 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, now Kaplan University
- Harris School of Business – multiple locations
- Harrison College – Indiana; multiple locations
- Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers – Hollywood, Florida
- ICPR Junior College – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
- Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine - Meridian, Idaho
- InterCoast Colleges/InterCoast Career Institute – multiple locations
- Brightwood College – multiple locations; includes Maric Colleges and Kaplan Career Institutes
- Kendall College – Chicago, Illinois
- Kitchen Academy – Los Angeles, California
- Laureate International Universities- parent company of Walden University
- Lincoln Tech – multiple locations; not to be confused with Lincoln University
- Los Angeles Film School – Los Angeles, California
- Mandl School – Manhattan, New York
- McCann School of Business and Technology – multiple locations
- Miami International University of Art and Design
- Mildred Elley – multiple locations
- Miller-Motte – multiple locations
- Minneapolis Business College - Roseville, Minnesota
- Monroe College – multiple locations
- Mountain West College – Salt Lake City, Utah
- National American University – multiple campuses, including Mall of America not to be confused with American University
- National College – multiple U.S. locations
- National Institute of Technology (United States) - now Everest Institute – multiple locations; not to be confused with National Institutes of Technology in India
- National Paralegal College – Phoenix, Arizona
- National University College – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
- Neumont University – multiple locations
- NewSchool of Architecture and Design – San Diego, California; not to be confused with The New School
- Northcentral University
- Northwestern College - Chicago, Illinois; not to be confused with Northwestern University
- Ohio Business College – multiple locations
- Olympia Career Training Institute – multiple locations, now Everest College
- Pacific College of Oriental Medicine – a subsidiary of Quad Partners
- Parks College – multiple locations
- Pennco Tech – multiple locations
- Pima Medical Institute – multiple locations
- Pinnacle Career Institute – Kansas, multiple locations
- Pioneer Pacific College – multiple locations in Oregon
- Pittsburgh Technical Institute – Oakdale, Pennsylvania and Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
- Platt College - Southern California multiple locations, Anaheim, Riverside, Ontario, Alhambra, San Diego, Colorado
- Ponce Paramedical College Inc – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
- Porter and Chester Institute – Connecticut, Massachusetts
- Post University – Connecticut, not to be confused with LIU Post
- Potomac College – Washington,D.C. area, now the University of the Potomac
- Provo College - Provo, Utah
- Rasmussen College – multiple locations
- Redstone College - Colorado, a division of Alta Colleges
- Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, Colorado
- Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions - Utah
- Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Parker, Colorado
- SAE Institute – formerly the School of Audio Engineering
- Salem International University – Salem, West Virginia
- San Joaquin Valley College – California, multiple locations
- Schiller International University – multiple locations
- School of Nursing and Health Sciences – multiple locations, a subsidiary of ITT Education
- School of Visual Arts – New York City
- South College – Knoxville, Tennessee
- South University – multiple locations; not to be confused with Southern University or the University of the South
- Southern Careers Institute – Texas, multiple locations
- Southern States University – California
- Southern Technical Institute – formerly Florida Medical Prep; three locations in Florida
- Southwestern College – multiple locations; not to be confused with Southwestern University or Lincoln University
- Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Specs Howard School of Media Arts – Michigan
- Spencerian College – Kentucky, multiple locations; to merge into Sullivan University in 2018
- Stevens-Henager College – Utah
- Stratford University – multiple locations
- Strayer University – multiple locations
- Sullivan University – Kentucky, multiple locations
- Suncoast College of Health – Bradenton Florida, Brandon Florida
- UEI College - multiple campuses in California
- United States University
- Universal Technical Institute – campuses in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas
- University of Advancing Technology – Tempe, Arizona
- University of Phoenix – multiple locations (more than 100 campuses have closed)
- University of the Potomac – Washington DC; Vienna, Virginia; online- a division of Linden Education
- University of the Rockies – Colorado Springs, Colorado, a subsidiary of Bridgepoint Education
- U.S. Career Institute – Fort Collins, Colorado
- US Colleges - California
- Vatterott College – multiple locations
- Vet Tech Institute – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Virginia College – multiple locations, not to be confused with the University of Virginia
- Vista College- multiple locations in Texas, and online, owned by Education Futures Group
- Walden University - online, a division of Laureate Education
- Waldorf College – Forrest City, Iowa
- Washington Technology University – Bellevue, Washington
- West Coast University – Los Angeles, California
- Western Business College – multiple locations, now Everest College
- Western Career Institute – Arizona
- Western International University – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Apollo Group
- Western State University College of Law – Fullerton, California not to be confused with Western Governors University
- Wood Tobé-Coburn School - New York City
- Wyoming Technical Institute (WyoTech) – multiple locations (some campuses have closed)
Closed
- Allied American University – Laguna Hills, California, closed 2016
- Allied College – Maryland Heights, Missouri and Fenton, Missouri, closed
- Anthem College – multiple locations, closed in 2014
- Anthem Institute – formerly the Chubb Institute; multiple locations, closed 2014
- Ashmead College – multiple locations, closed
- ATI Enterprises – campuses in Arizona, Florida, and Texas, closed
- Banner College – Arlington, Virginia, closed
- Banner Institute – Chicago, closed
- Briarcliffe College – Long Island, New York; a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation; closed 2016
- Brooks College – California, closed in 2008
- Brooks Institute of Photography – multiple locations, closed in 2016
- Brown College – Mendota Heights, Minnesota; not to be confused with Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island
- Brown Mackie College – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation, closed in 2017
- Bryman College – multiple locations; not to be confused with The Bryman School in Arizona, closed in 2014
- Career Colleges of America – California, closed in 2014
- Collins College – Phoenix, Arizona area
- Charlotte School of Law – subsidiary of InfiLaw System
- Corinthian Colleges
- Court Reporting Institute – St. Louis, MO and Dallas, TX
- Le Cordon Bleu – multiple locations, subsidiary of Career Education Corporation; closing 2017
- Crown College – Tacoma, Washington; lost accreditation in 2007 and closed
- Daniel Webster College – Nashua, New Hampshire, subsidiary of ITT Educational Services, closed 2017
- Decker College - 2002
- Drake College of Business – New Jersey; closed 2015
- Eagle Gate College – Utah; closed 2015
- Everest College – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, closed 2015
- Everest Institute – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, closed 2015
- Erie Business Center – Erie, Pennsylvania, closed 2014
- FastTrain College – Florida, closed in 2014 after FBI raid[3]
- Gibbs College – multiple locations; closed 2009
- Globe University/Minnesota School of Business – multiple locations in Minnesota not to be confused with Carlson School of Management the business school of the University of Minnesota
- Harrington College of Design – a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation; closed 2016
- Heald College – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges; closed 2015
- High-Tech Institute – multiple locations, closed
- Illinois School of Health Centers – Chicago, Illinois, closed 2015
- International Academy of Design and Technology – multiple locations - consolidated with Sanford-Brown, then closed
- ITT Technical Institute – all locations (closed September 6, 2016)
- Kee Business College – multiple locations in Virginia, subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
- King's College - Charlotte, North Carolina (closed December 2018)
- Lighthouse College – closed 2015
- Metro Business College – closed 2015
- Miami-Jacobs Career College – closed 2016[4]
- Missouri College – a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation, closed 2016
- Mount Washington College – multiple locations in New Hampshire, closed 2016
- McNally Smith College of Music – Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Oregon Polytechnic Institute - closed 6/28/1996
- Sanford-Brown College – multiple locations; subsidiary of Career Education Corporation; not to be confused with either Stanford University or Samford University;closed 2016
- Southwest Florida College Tampa, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, Bonita Springs, closed
- Springfield College – Springfield, Missouri; not to be confused with Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, changed name to Everest College, closed in 2015
- Star Career Academy – Berlin, New Jersey, closed in 2016
- TCI College of Technology – New York City; in 2007 TCI also assumed responsibility for the closed Interboro Institute, owned by EVCI Career Colleges Holding Corporation[
- Trump University – New York City, New York; closed 2010
- University of Southernmost Florida – closed 2015
- Victory University – Memphis, Tennessee; closed in 2014
- Video Technical Institute - Bell Gardens, CA
- Westwood College – multiple locations; closed 2016
- Wright Career College – multiple locations; closed 2016
Outside the United States
- AMA Computer University – Quezon City, Philippines
- Akademie Deutsche POP – multiple locations in Germany
- Anhembi Morumbi University – São Paulo, Brazil
- Arden University – United Kingdom (part of Global University Systems group).[5]
- BPP University – United Kingdom (part of Apollo Education Group).[6]
- Cyprus College – Nicosia, Cyprus
- Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth – India
- Institute of Banking and Commerce – Puerto Rico
- London School of Business and Finance – United Kingdom (part of Global University Systems group).[5]
- Multimedia University – multiple locations in Malaysia
- Nyenrode Business University – Breukelen, Netherlands
- Rai University – India
- Regenesys Business School – Sandton, South Africa
- Ross University – Ross University School of Medicine in Picard, Dominica; Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in Saint Kitts
- St. George's University – Grenada; includes medical school, school of veterinary medicine, and other programs
- St Patrick's College, London – United Kingdom (part of Global University Systems group).[5]
- Taylor's University – multiple locations in Malaysia
- Trinity School of Medicine - St. Vincent and Grenadines
- Universidad Europea de Madrid – Madrid, Spain
- University of Medicine and Health Sciences - Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Caribbean
- University of the Latin American Educational Center – Rosario, Argentina
- University of Law – United Kingdom (part of Global University Systems group).[5]
In India many educational trusts and institutions which have no accreditation give autonomous degrees for profit.
In Chile many universities are suspected of violating legislation that forbids profitmaking in such institutions.[7][8][9]
Distance education (online)
- American College of Technology – online distance education, based in St. Joseph, Missouri
- American Public University System – includes the American Military University and American Public University; distance education; offices in Charles Town, West Virginia, and Manassas, Virginia
- American Sentinel University – distance education, based in Denver, Colorado
- Ashworth College – online, based in Norcross, Georgia
- Aspen University – online, based in Denver, Colorado
- California InterContinental University – online, based in Diamond Bar, California
- California Southern University – online; not to be confused with The University of Southern California
- Capella University – online
- Concord Law School – online, a subsidiary of Kaplan
- Grantham University – online
- London School of Business and Finance – online
- New Charter University – formerly Andrew Jackson University; distance education; based in Hoover, Alabama
- New England College of Business and Finance
- Northcentral University – online
- Setanta College – online
- Trident University International – formerly TUI University, formerly Touro University International; online
- University of Atlanta – distance education only; not to be confused with Atlanta University Center or Clark Atlanta University
- University of Liverpool - distance education only, a division of Laureate Education
- University of the Potomac – distance education offices in Washington, D.C., and Vienna, Virginia with remote administration offices as well
See also
References
- ↑ Troubled Manhattan Commercial College to Close, The New York Times, December 18, 2007
- ↑ Interboro Institute
- ↑ "Fla. Rep. Hastings Tied To FastTrain, For-Profit College Raided by FBI - Republic Report". 17 May 2012.
- ↑ "Miami-Jacobs to close four campuses".
- 1 2 3 4 John Morgan (19 August 2016). "Arden University sold to Global University Systems". Times Higher Education.
- ↑ Tom Moore (10 February 2016). "BPP Law School changes hands in $1.1bn private equity deal". Legal Business.
- ↑ Jump, Paul (2011-10-27). "Student protesters march on to root out Chile's false profits". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
- ↑ "FT interview: Sebastián Piñera". FT.com. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
- ↑ "Committee accuses Chilean universities of financial irregularities". Santiagotimes.cl. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
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