- List of for-profit universities and colleges
This is an incomplete list of "for-profit"
college s, universities, and other educational institutions providinghigher education (meaning tertiary, quaternary or in some casespost-secondary education ). For a list of all colleges and universities, go here.*
Academy of Art University (San Francisco, California )
*Allied College (Maryland Heights, Missouri andFenton, Missouri )
*American College of Education (Illinois )
*American InterContinental University (multiple locations)
*American Military University (multiple locations)
*Andrew Jackson University
*Anthem College Online (online university )
*Argosy University (multiple locations)
*The Art Institutes (multiple locations)
*Ashmead College (multiple locations)
*Banner College (Arlington, Virginia )
*The Banner Institute (Chicago )
*Blair College (Colorado Springs, Colorado )
*Brooks College (multiple locations)
*Brooks Institute of Photography (multiple locations)
* Brown College (Mendota Heights, Minnesota ), not to be confused withBrown University inProvidence, Rhode Island )
*Brown Mackie College (multiple locations)
*Bryman College (multiple locations)
*Bryman Institute (multiple locations)
*The Bryman School (Phoenix, Arizona andTempe, Arizona )
*California Southern University (online)
*Cambridge College (multiple locations)
*Capella University (online university )
*Capstone Career College (Tacoma, Washington )
*The Chubb Institute (multiple locations)
*Collins College (Phoenix, Arizona area)
*Colorado Technical University (multiple locations)
*Crown College (Tacoma) (Tacoma, Washington ) (lost ACCSCT accreditation 7/31/07 and closed)
*Deaconess College of Nursing (St. Louis, Missouri )
*DeVry University (multiple locations)
*Everest College (multiple locations)
*Everest Institute (multiple locations)
*Five Towns College (Dix Hills, New York )
*Florida Metropolitan University (multiple locations)
*Full Sail Real World Education (Winter Park, Florida )
*Georgia Medical Institute (multiple locations)
*Gibbs College (multiple locations)
*Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, Arizona )
*Grantham University (online)
*Hamilton College (Iowa) (multiple locations in Iowa and Nebraska, not to be confused withHamilton College )
*High-Tech Institute (multiple locations)
*Heald College (based in San Francisco: campuses at multiple locations in California, Portland, and Honolulu)
*ITT Technical Institute (multiple locations)
* Kaplan Career Institute (multiple locations)
* Kaplan College (multiple locations)
*Kaplan University (multiple locations)
*Keiser University (multiple locations)
*Kee Business College (multiple locations inVirginia )
*Kendall College (Chicago, Illinois)
*Le Cordon Bleu (multiple locations)
*Las Vegas College (Henderson, Nevada )
* Maric College (multiple campuses inCalifornia )
*Mountain West College (Salt Lake City, Utah )
*Multimedia University (multiple campuses inMalaysia )
*National American University , multiple campuses includingMall of America
* National Institute of Technology (multiple locations, not to be confused withNational Institutes of Technology inIndia )
*National School of Technology (multiple locations)
*Neumont University (multiple locations)
*NewSchool of Architecture and Design (San Diego, California )
*Northcentral University (online university )
*Olympia Career Training Institute (multiple locations)
*Pacific Western University (San Diego, California )
*Parks College (multiple locations)
*Remington College (multiple locations)
*Rhodes Colleges, Inc (multiple locations, not to be confused withRhodes College )
*Rochester Business Institute (Rochester, New York , not to be confused withRochester Institute of Technology )
*Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
*Ross University (Medical School inDominica andVeterinary Medicine inSt. Kitts )
*Salem International University (Salem, West Virginia )
*Sanford-Brown College (multiple locations)
*Sanford-Brown Institute (multiple locations)
*Schiller International University (multiple locations)
*School of Visual Arts (New York, NY )
*South University (multiple locations)
* Springfield College (Springfield, Missouri , not to be confused withSpringfield College inSpringfield, Massachusetts )
*Stratford University (multiple locations)
*Strayer University (multiple locations)
*Tooling University ,Cleveland, Ohio
*Touro University International ,(online)
*University of Advancing Technology (Tempe, Arizona )
*University of Phoenix (multiple locations)
*Virginia College (multiple locations)
*Walden University (Minneapolis, Minnesota )
*Western Business College (multiple locations)
*Western International University (multiple locations)
*Western State University College of Law (Fullerton, California )
*Westwood College of Technology (multiple locations)
*Wyoming Technical Institute (WyoTech) (multiple locations)Note:
Career Education Corporation and theApollo Group are the parent corporations of many of these and other for-profit institutions.
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