List of for-profit universities and colleges
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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.
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[edit] 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[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)
- 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)
[edit] Closed
- Brooks College (California, closed in 2008)
- Crown College (Tacoma, Washington) (lost accreditation in 2007 and closed)
- Dana College (Blair, Nebraska, closed in 2010)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Troubled Manhattan Commercial College to Close, The New York Times, December 18, 2007
- ^ Interboro Institute
[edit] See also
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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. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (November 2011) |