List of for-profit universities and colleges

This is an incomplete 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., DeVry, Inc., and Laureate Education.

In the United States

• Academy of Art University (San Francisco, California)
• Allied College (Maryland Heights, Missouri and Fenton, Missouri)
• 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, one of Yale's residential college)
• 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 locations)
• 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)
• DeVry University (multiple locations)
• 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 (multiple 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)
• McNally Smith College of Music (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Mildred Elley (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 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)
• Ohio Business College (multiple locations)
• Olympia Career Training Institute (multiple locations)
• Parks College (multiple locations)
• Pioneer Pacific College (multiple locations in Oregon)
• 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)
• 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
• 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))
• 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)
• 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)

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)
• 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 de las Américas (Santiago, Chile)
• Universidad Europea de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
• University of the Latin American Educational Center (Rosario, Argentina)

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 Southern University (online; not to be confused with The University of Southern California)
• Capella University (online)
• Drexel University Online
• Grantham University (online)
• New Charter University (formerly Andrew Jackson University; distance education; based in Hoover, Alabama)
• Northcentral University (online)
• 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)

See also

• List of universities and colleges by country