List of for-profit colleges and universities
Overview
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
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Many for-profit institutions are subsidiaries of larger parent companies such as the Apollo Group
Apollo Group
Apollo Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 corporation based in the South Phoenix area of Phoenix, Arizona. Apollo Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns several for-profit educational institutions....
, Career Education Corporation
Career Education Corporation
Career Education Corporation , founded in 1994, is a postsecondary education provider with campus-based and online curricula. On July 1, 2003, Career Education Corporation merged with competitor Whitman Education Group, Inc., gaining control over the latter's Sanford-Brown Colleges, Ultrasound...
, Corinthian Colleges, Inc., DeVry, Inc.
DeVry, Inc.
DeVry Inc. is a United States corporation based in Downers Grove, Illinois, that operates several for-profit higher education institutions, including Advanced Academics, Becker Professional Education, Carrington Colleges Group, Chamberlain College of Nursing, DeVry Brasil, DeVry University and Ross...
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- Academy of Art UniversityAcademy of Art UniversityThe Academy of Art University , a for-profit university owned by the Stephens Institute, was founded in San Francisco, California in 1929 by Richard S. Stephens...
(San Francisco, California) - Allied CollegeAllied CollegeAllied College is a college in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It began with a campus in the city of St. Louis in 1981 and opened a second campus in Fenton, Missouri in 1992. It is owned by High-Tech Institute, an education conglomerate with 22 campuses in 15 states.-Programs of Study:Allied...
(Maryland Heights, MissouriMaryland Heights, MissouriMaryland Heights is a second-ring west-central suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 27,472 at the 2010 census. The city was incorporated in 1985. Edwin L. Dirck was elected the city's first mayor. Mark M. Levin has been City Administrator...
and Fenton, MissouriFenton, MissouriFenton is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, and a suburb of St. Louis. The population was 4,022 at the 2010 census.-History:Due to its proximity to fertile land and the Meramec River, the Fenton area has been inhabited for over 1,000 years...
) - American Career CollegeAmerican Career CollegeAmerican Career College is a privately held vocational college that specializes in health care training programs. American Career College offers both Diploma and Associate Degree programs through three campuses in the Los Angeles metro area....
(Los Angeles, California) - American College of EducationAmerican College of EducationAmerican College of Education is a fully accredited, private college based in Indianapolis, Indiana, delivering online Master in Education degree programs...
(Illinois) - American InterContinental UniversityAmerican InterContinental UniversityAmerican InterContinental University, commonly called AIU, is an international for-profit university with open admissions owned by Career Education Corporation ....
(multiple locations) - Anthem Institute (formerly the Chubb Institute; multiple locations)
- Antonelli CollegeAntonelli CollegeAntonelli College is a career training school with a main campus located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1947 as the Gebhardt Art School, the college later switched its name to Ohio Visual Art Institute in the mid-1970s before finally settling with Antonelli College in 1982.- Accreditation...
(multiple locations} - Argosy UniversityArgosy UniversityArgosy University is a for-profit university owned by Education Management Corporation, with 19 locations in 13 U.S. states and online. The university offers numerous programs at various levels, including certification; associates, bachelors, masters, specialist, and doctoral degrees, postdoctoral...
(multiple locations) - The Art InstitutesThe Art Institutes-Fraud lawsuit:In August 2011 Education Management Corporation was investigated and sued by the United States Department of Justice and four states for illegal recruitment practices and fraudulent receipt of $11 billion in federal and state financial aid money....
(multiple locations; not to be confused with University of The ArtsUniversity of the ArtsUniversity of the Arts or University of Arts may refer to:*University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States*University of the Arts London in London, England, United KingdomGermany...
) - Ashford UniversityAshford UniversityAshford University is a private, for-profit university located in Clinton, Iowa. It is the largest educational holding of Bridgepoint Education...
(Clinton, IowaClinton, IowaClinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 26231as of 2010. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa , was named in honor of the seventh governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton. Clinton is the principal city of the Clinton Micropolitan Statistical...
) - Ashmead CollegeAshmead CollegeAshmead College is the former name of a system of for-profit colleges located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.-History of Ashmead College:...
(multiple locations) - Banner College (Arlington, Virginia)
- Banner Institute (Chicago)
- Berkeley CollegeBerkeley CollegeBerkeley College is a proprietary higher education institution founded in 1931, specializing in business and professional studies.-Academic programs:...
(New York and New Jersey; not to be confused with University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, Berklee School of Music or the Yale University residential collegeBerkeley College (Yale)Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, constructed in 1934. The eighth of Yale's 12 residential colleges, it was named in honor of Reverend George Berkeley , dean of Derry and later bishop of Cloyne, in recognition of the assistance in land and books that he gave to Yale in...
) - Blair CollegeBlair CollegeBlair College is now Everest College, a for-profit college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Everest College offers career college programs in a variety of areas including business, health care, legal and technology.-History of Blair College:...
(Colorado Springs, ColoradoColorado Springs, ColoradoColorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
) - Brooks Institute of PhotographyBrooks Institute of PhotographyBrooks Institute is a system of two for-profit private arts colleges based in Santa Barbara, California and Ventura, California, owned by Career Education Corporation. Formally known as "Brooks Institute of Photography," Brooks Institute offers four majors, two certificate programs and two...
(multiple locations) - Brown CollegeBrown College (Minnesota)Brown College is a for-profit school and is a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation. It is located in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, near Minneapolis/St. Paul...
(Mendota Heights, MinnesotaMendota Heights, MinnesotaAt the 2000 census, there were 11,434 people, 4,178 households and 3,237 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,222.2 per square mile . There were 4,252 housing units at an average density of 454.5 per square mile...
); not to be confused with Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
in Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence, Rhode IslandProvidence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
) - Brown Mackie CollegeBrown Mackie CollegeBrown Mackie College is a collection of for-profit educational institutions for career preparation in the business, legal, health sciences, information technology, and creative fields. The system of schools has locations throughout the United States. The schools are owned by Education Management...
(multiple locations) - Bryant & Stratton College (multiple locations)
- Bryman CollegeBryman CollegeBryman College, now known as Everest College, is a system of for-profit colleges in the United States. It is oriented towards being a career college, with classes in the health care and business fields...
(multiple locations; not to be confused with The Bryman School in Arizona) - Bryman InstituteBryman InstituteBryman Institute is now Everest Institute, a system of for-profit colleges in the United States, with campuses in Brighton, Massachusetts, Chelsea, Massachusetts, Eagan, Minnesota, Gahanna, Ohio, and South Plainfield, New Jersey....
(multiple locations) - California Miramar University (San Diego, California) (formerly known as Pacific Western University)
- The College of WestchesterThe College of WestchesterThe College of Westchester , located in White Plains, New York, is a private institution granting certificates and Associate's Degrees. In 2008, the NY State Board of Regents authorized CW to offer the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree...
(White Plains, New York) - Collins College (Phoenix, Arizona area)
- Colorado Technical UniversityColorado Technical UniversityColorado Technical University is a for-profit university in the United States. Founded in 1965, CTU offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in a number of subjects, focused primarily in the business, management, and technology disciplines...
(multiple locations) - Columbia Southern UniversityColumbia Southern UniversityColumbia Southern University, in Orange Beach, Alabama, USA, is a privately held for-profit online-only institution of higher education. It offers associate, bachelor, graduate and postgraduate programs in fields including fire science, criminal justice, business administration, information...
(not to be confused with Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
) - Daniel Webster CollegeDaniel Webster CollegeDaniel Webster College is a for-profit proprietary college in Nashua, New Hampshire with a professions focus.-History:The college was established in 1965 as the New England Aeronautical Institute and was associated with Boire Field...
(Nashua, New HampshireNashua, New Hampshire-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...
) - Daymar CollegeDaymar CollegeDaymar College is a for-profit career training school based in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA. Founded in 1963 and operated as Owensboro Business College until 2001, Daymar offers over 35 career tracks in 13 different academic programs...
(Owensboro, KentuckyOwensboro, KentuckyOwensboro is the fourth largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about southeast of Evansville, Indiana, and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's...
) - Deaconess College of NursingDeaconess College of NursingChamberlain College of Nursing is a private sector nursing school that offers bachelor and master degree programs in nursing. Campuses are currently located in Phoenix, Arizona, Jacksonville, Florida, Miramar, Florida, Addison, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, Houston, Texas,...
(St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
) - DeVry UniversityDeVry UniversityDeVry University and DeVry Institute of Technology are divisions of DeVry Inc , a proprietary, for-profit higher education organization that is also the parent organization for Keller Graduate School of Management, Ross University, American University of the Caribbean, Apollo College, Western...
(multiple locations) - ECPI University (formerly ECPI College of Technology; multiple locations; includes Medical Careers Institute multiple locations in Virginia)
- Engine City Technical InstituteEngine City Technical InstituteEngine City Technical Institute is an accredited, diesel technology school located in South Plainfield, New Jersey, a short distance off of Interstate 287...
(South Plainfield, New JerseySouth Plainfield, New JerseySouth Plainfield is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 23,385....
) - Everglades UniversityEverglades UniversityEverglades University is a small private college located in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The university is regionally accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's and master's degrees....
(Boca Raton, FloridaBoca Raton, FloridaBoca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, incorporated in May 1925. In the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. However, the majority of the people under the postal address of Boca Raton, about...
) - Everest CollegeEverest CollegeEverest College is a system of for-profit colleges in the United States and the Canadian province of Ontario. The schools are owned and operated by Corinthian Colleges, Inc. which also owns Everest University, Everest Institute, Heald College, and WyoTech...
(multiple locations) - Everest Institute (multiple locations)
- Fashion Institute of Design & MerchandisingFashion Institute of Design & MerchandisingFIDM, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, is a specialized for-profit private college located in California dedicated to educating students for the Fashion, Entertainment, Beauty, Interior Design, and Graphic Design industries....
(FIDM) (4 locations in California) - Five Towns CollegeFive Towns CollegeFive Towns College is a for-profit institution of higher learning located in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York . Founded as a business school in 1972 by Stanley G. Cohen, Ed.D...
(Dix Hills, New YorkDix Hills, New YorkDix Hills is a hamlet Dix Hills is a hamlet Dix Hills is a hamlet (and a census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Dix Hills was named the 19th most affluent U.S. neighborhood by Forbes in 2008.. It is one...
) - Florida Metropolitan UniversityFlorida Metropolitan UniversityEverest University, formerly Florida Metropolitan University is a system of for-profit universities with most of their campuses located in the state of Florida in the United States. The Everest University System also has campuses located throughout the United States and Canada, making it one of...
(multiple locations; not to be confused with the University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
) - Full Sail University (Winter Park, FloridaWinter Park, FloridaWinter Park is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,090 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 28,083. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area...
) - Georgia Medical InstituteGeorgia Medical InstituteGeorgia Medical Institute is now Everest Institute a system of for-profit colleges in Georgia, United States. They offer career training programs in the health care industry....
(multiple locations; not to be confused with the Georgia Health Sciences University) - Gibbs CollegeGibbs CollegeKatharine Gibbs College was a private for-profit institution of higher learning based in the United States of America, founded by Katharine Gibbs....
(multiple locations) - Globe University/Minnesota School of BusinessGlobe University/Minnesota School of BusinessGlobe University and Minnesota School of Business are private, for-profit schools providing specialized career training programs in business, medical, legal, information technology and creative media fields. They are located on campuses in Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota, USA...
(multiple locations in MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
) - Grand Canyon UniversityGrand Canyon UniversityGrand Canyon University is a for-profit Christian university located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by Grand Canyon Education . GCU was founded in 1949 as a non-profit liberal arts college. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. purchased Grand Canyon University in February 2004...
(Phoenix, Arizona) - Hamilton College (Iowa)Hamilton College (Iowa)The name of Iowa- and Nebraska-based "Hamilton College" no longer exists. All seven campuses are now named Kaplan University.Hamilton College was the DBA name of the Iowa College Acquisition Corporation, a company that owns and operates independent, private, for-profit colleges. Hamilton College...
(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 UniversityHamilton UniversityHamilton University was an unaccredited institution based in Evanston, Wyoming, USA. According to the Oregon Office of Degree Authorization, it was first established in Hawaii as American State University...
) - Harrison College (Indiana)Harrison College (Indiana)Harrison College, formerly known as Indiana Business College, is a private sector college based in Indianapolis, Indiana, with locations across Indiana, online and in Ohio...
(multiple locations) - Heald CollegeHeald CollegeHeald College is a for-profit, business-career college with multiple campuses in the Western United States. Prior to its acquisition by Corinthian Colleges Heald was a non-profit private College....
(based in San Francisco: multiple locations in California, Portland, and Honolulu) - Herzing University (multiple locations)
- Hesser CollegeHesser CollegeHesser College is a for-profit college with several campuses in New Hampshire. It is owned by Kaplan, Inc. The college offers associate and bachelor degrees in the fields of early childhood education, criminal justice, general studies, business and various art programs. The college claims a...
(multiple locations in New Hampshire) - High-Tech InstituteHigh-tech instituteAnthem Education Group, formerly known as High-Tech Institute, Inc., is the parent company of a collection of for-profit career college campuses around the United States under the names High-Tech Institute, Anthem Career College, Anthem College, Anthem College Online, Anthem Institute, Morrison...
(multiple locations) - International Academy of Design and TechnologyInternational Academy of Design and TechnologyThe International Academy of Design and Technology is a for-profit media arts college accredited by a national agency, the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools .- International Academy of Design and Technology :...
(multiple locations) - ITT Technical InstituteITT Technical InstituteITT Technical Institute is a for-profit technical institute with over 130 campuses in 38 states of the United States. ITT Tech is owned and operated by ITT Educational Services, Inc. , a publicly traded company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. ITT Educational Services, Inc...
(multiple locations) - Kaplan CollegeKaplan CollegeKaplan College is a system of for-profit colleges in the United States and is a subsidiary of Kaplan Inc. and Kaplan Higher Education. Kaplan College offers career training for the healthcare industry....
(multiple locations; includes Maric Colleges and Kaplan Career Institutes) - Kaplan UniversityKaplan UniversityKaplan University is the "doing business as" name of the Iowa College Acquisition Corporation, a company that owns and operates for-profit colleges...
(multiple locations) - Keiser UniversityKeiser UniversityKeiser University is a private university that provides educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels in traditional and online delivery formats...
(multiple locations) - Kee Business CollegeKee Business CollegeKee Business College is the former name of a system of two for-profit colleges in Chesapeake and Newport News, Virginia. It eventually became a part of the Everest Institute system of colleges...
(multiple locations in Virginia) - Kendall CollegeKendall College-Summary:Kendall College in Chicago is a for-profit college offering programs in hospitality management, culinary arts, business, and early childhood education. Kendall College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools...
(Chicago, Illinois) - Kitchen AcademyKitchen AcademyKitchen Academy, is an independent cookery school in Hollywood, California. It is a branch of the California School of Culinary Arts and is located in the heart of Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard and the surrounding Los Angeles areas.-Academics:...
(Los Angeles, California) - Le Cordon BleuLe Cordon BleuLe Cordon Bleu is the world's largest hospitality education institution, with 35 schools on five continents serving 20,000 students annually. Its primary education focus is on hospitality management and the culinary arts...
(multiple locations) - Lincoln Group of SchoolsLincoln Group of SchoolsThe Lincoln Group of Schools is a group of for-profit vocational institutions consisting of 43 campuses in the United States. Each campus is owned and operated by Lincoln Educational Services Corporation...
(multiple locations) - Las Vegas CollegeLas Vegas CollegeLas Vegas College, a for-profit college in Henderson, Nevada, is now Everest College offering its students diplomas and associate degrees in comprehensive programs in the business, administrative, health care, computer and legal fields....
(Henderson, NevadaHenderson, Nevada-Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile...
) - Los Angeles Film SchoolLos Angeles Film SchoolThe Los Angeles Film School or LA Film School is a private, for-profit college geared toward the entertainment industry. It offers associate's degrees in Computer Animation, Game Production and Film.-History:...
(Los Angeles, California) - McNally Smith College of MusicMcNally Smith College of MusicMcNally Smith College of Music is a contemporary for-profit music college located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. McNally Smith offers a range of diplomas, associate's degrees, and bachelor's degrees in the areas of music business; performance in guitar, bass, drums, voice, keyboard, brass...
(Saint Paul, Minnesota) - Mildred ElleyMildred ElleyMildred Elley is a private two-year college with campuses in Albany, New York and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Founded in 1917 by Augusta Mildred Elley, a local woman who was educated at a college in New York City, the school initially educated women for secretarial positions...
(multiple locations) - Monroe CollegeMonroe CollegeMonroe College is a proprietary college with campuses in the Bronx and New Rochelle in the U.S. state of New York and in the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia. The college is named after James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. Mildred King founded the "Monroe School of Business" in...
(multiple locations) - Mountain West College (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- National American UniversityNational American UniversityNational American University is a private for-profit university owned by National American University Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in Rapid City, SD, NAU operates multiple locations in the United States and an online division....
(multiple campuses including Mall of AmericaMall of AmericaThe Mall of America, also called MOA and the Megamall, is a shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities, in the United States. It is located southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north of the Minnesota River and is across the...
) - National CollegeNational College of Business & TechnologyNational College, formerly National College of Business & Technology and also formerly National Business College, is a for-profit career college operating in the southeastern and east-central United States...
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