List of for-profit universities and colleges
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The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (November 2011) |
This is a list of for-profit institutions of higher education.
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In the United States
Many for-profit institutions are subsidiaries of larger parent companies such as the Apollo Group, Career Education Corporation, Corinthian Colleges, Inc., DeVry, Inc., and Laureate Education.
- Academy of Art University – San Francisco, California
- Allied College – Maryland Heights, Missouri and Fenton, Missouri
- Allied American University – Laguna Hills, California
- American Career College – Los Angeles, California
- American College of Education – Illinois
- American InterContinental University – multiple locations
- 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
- Banner College – Arlington, Virginia
- Banner Institute – Chicago
- 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
- 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; not to be confused with The Bryman School in Arizona
- Bryman Institute – multiple location
- California Miramar University – San Diego, California (formerly known as Pacific Western University)
- 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
- Daniel Webster College – Nashua, New Hampshire
- Daymar College – Owensboro, Kentucky
- Deaconess College of Nursing – St. Louis, Missouri
- Deep Springs College – Deep Springs, California
- DeVry University – multiple locations
- DigiPen Institute of Technology - Redmond, Washington
- 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
- Everglades University – Boca Raton, Florida
- Everest College – multiple locations
- Everest Institute – multiple locations
- Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising – FIDM (four locations in California)
- Five Towns College – Dix Hills, New York
- Florida Metropolitan University – multiple locations
- Full Sail University – Winter Park, Florida
- Georgia Medical Institute – multiple locations
- Gibbs College – multiple locations
- Globe University/Minnesota School of Business – multile locations in Minnesota
- Grand Canyon University – Phoenix, Arizona
- 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
- Heald College – based in San Francisco: multiple locations in California, Portland, and Honolulu
- Herzing University – multiple locations
- Hesser College – multiple locations in New Hampshire
- High-Tech Institute – multiple locations
- International Academy of Design and Technology – multiple locations
- ITT Technical Institute – multiple locations
- Kaplan College – multiple locations; includes Maric Colleges and Kaplan Career Institutes
- 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
- Lincoln Group of Schools – multiple locations
- Las Vegas College – Henderson, Nevada
- Los Angeles Film School – Los Angeles, California
- McCann School of Business and Technology – multiple locations
- McNally Smith College of Music – Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Mildred Elley – multiple locations
- Miller-Motte – multiple locations
- Monroe College – multiple locations
- Mountain West College – Salt Lake City, Utah
- National American University – multiple campuses, including Mall of America
- National College – multiple U.S. locations
- National Institute of Technology (United States) – multiple locations; not to be confused with National Institutes of Technology in India
- National Paralegal College - Phoenix, Arizona
- National School of Technology – multiple locations
- Neumont University – multiple locations
- NewSchool of Architecture and Design – San Diego, California; not to be confused with The New School
- Ohio Business College – multiple locations
- Olympia Career Training Institute – multiple locations
- Parks College – multiple locations
- Pioneer Pacific College – multiple locations in Oregon
- Pittsburgh Technical Institute – Oakdale, Pennsylvania and Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
- Potomac College – Washington, D.C. area
- Rasmussen College – multiple locations
- Remington College – multiple locations
- Rhodes Colleges, Inc – multiple locations; not to be confused with Rhodes College
- Rochester Business Institute – Rochester, New York
- Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
- SAE Institute – formerly the School of Audio Engineering
- Salem International University – Salem, West Virginia
- San Joaquin Valley College – California, multiple locations
- Sanford-Brown College – multiple locations
- Schiller International University – multiple locations
- 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 States University, California
- Southwest Florida College Tampa, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, Bonita Springs
- 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
- Strayer University – multiple locations
- Sullivan University – Kentucky, multiple locations
- 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[1][2]
- Tooling University, Cleveland, Ohio
- University of Advancing Technology – Tempe, Arizona
- University of Phoenix – multiple locations
- University of the Rockies – Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Vet Tech Institute – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Victory University - Memphis, Tennessee
- Virginia College – multiple locations
- Walden University – Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Waldorf College - Forrest City, Iowa
- 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
Closed
- Brooks College – California, closed in 2008
- Crown College – Tacoma, Washington (lost accreditation in 2007 and closed)
- Dana College – Blair, Nebraska, closed in 2010
Outside the United States
- AMA Computer University – Quezon City, Philippines
- Anhembi Morumbi University – São Paulo, Brazil
- BPP University College of Professional Studies – Great Britain
- College of Printing Arts – Moscow
- Cyprus College – Nicosia, Cyprus
- London School of Business and Finance - Great Britain
- Moscow State University of Printing Arts – Moscow
- Multimedia University – multiple locations in Malaysia
- Nyenrode Business University – Breukelen, Netherlands
- Our Lady of Fatima University – multiple locations in Philippines
- 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
- Universidad Europea de Madrid – Madrid, Spain
- University of the Latin American Educational Center – Rosario, Argentina
In Chile many universities are suspected of violating legislation that forbids profitmaking in such institutions.[3][4][5]
Distance education (online)
- 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
- 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
- Drexel University Online
- Grantham University – online
- London School of Business and Finance - online
- New Charter University – formerly Andrew Jackson University; distance education; based in Hoover, Alabama
- Northcentral University – 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
References
- ^ Troubled Manhattan Commercial College to Close, The New York Times, December 18, 2007
- ^ Interboro Institute
- ^ Jump, Paul (2011-10-27). "Student protesters march on to root out Chile's false profits". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
- ^ October 4, 2011 9:26 am (2011-10-04). "FT interview: Sebastián Piñera". FT.com. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
- ^ "Committee accuses Chilean universities of financial irregularities". Santiagotimes.cl. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
