This is a list of for-profit institutions of higher education.
Academy of Art University – San Francisco, California
Allied American University – Laguna Hills, California
American Career College – Los Angeles, California
American College of Education – online
American InterContinental University – more than 90% online, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation
American Military University – online
American National University – distance education and multiple locations in Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and West Virginia
American Public University – online
American Sentinel University – online
Antilles College of Health – Puerto Rico
Antonelli College – multiple locations
Argosy University – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation
Arizona Summit Law School – a subsidiary of InfiLaw System
The Art Institutes – multiple locations; (not to be confused with University of The Arts), a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation (many campuses have closed)
ASA College – campuses in Brooklyn, midtown Manhattan, and Miami
Ashford University – Clinton, Iowa (campus closed in 2016), a subsidiary of Bridgepoint Education, includes Forbes School of Business
Aspen University – Denver, Colorado
Atenas College – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
Bay State College – Boston, Massachusetts
Beckfield College – a subsidiary of Quad Partners
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 - Now Everest College
Blue Cliff College – a subsidiary of Quad Partners
Brookline College - a division of Linden Education Group
Brown College – Mendota Heights, Minnesota; not to be confused with Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island
Brown Mackie College – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation (Planning to close)
Bryant & Stratton College – multiple locations
Bryman Institute – multiple locations, now Everest Institute
California Miramar University – San Diego, California (formerly known as Pacific Western University)
Capella University – Minneapolis, Minnesota and online
Chamberlain College of Nursing – a subsidiary of Devry
Charlotte School of Law – subsidiary of InfiLaw System
Charter College – campuses in Alaska, California, and Washington
Colegio Mayor de Tecnologia – multiple Locations, Puerto Rico
The College of Westchester – White Plains, New York
Colorado Technical University – more than 90% online, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation
Columbia Southern University – not to be confused with Columbia University
Concorde Career Colleges – multiple locations
Court Reporting Institute – St. Louis, MO and Dallas, TX
Daymar College – multiple campuses in Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, and online
Deaconess College of Nursing – St. Louis, Missouri - changed name to Chamberlain College of Nursing
DeVry Education Group – multiple locations, subsidiaries include Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Chamberlain School of Nursing, Keller School of Management (several campuses have closed)
Dewey University – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
DigiPen Institute of Technology – Redmond, Washington
Dorsey Schools – a subsidiary of Quad Partners
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 - now Lincoln Technical Institute
Everest College - most campuses closed, remaining campuses owned by ECMC, a non-profit corporation.
Everglades University – Boca Raton, Florida
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising – FIDM (four locations in California) not to be confused with Fashion Institute of Technology a state university in New York City
Five Towns College – Dix Hills, New York
Florida Career College – multiple locations
Florida Coastal School of Law – Jacksonville, FL. Subsidiary of InfiLaw System
Florida Metropolitan University – multiple locations, now Everest University
Florida National University – Hialeah, Florida
Fountainhead College of Technology - Knoxville, Tennessee
Full Sail University – Winter Park, Florida
Genesis Career Group – Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia Medical Institute – multiple locations, not to be confused with the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, now Everest Institute
Globe University/Minnesota School of Business – multiple locations in Minnesota not to be confused with Carlson School of Management the business school of the University of Minnesota (closed 4 campuses), potentially closing all campuses in 2017
Grand Canyon University – Phoenix, Arizona
Grantham University – Kansas City, Missouri
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, now Kaplan University
Harris School of Business – multiple locations
Harrison College – Indiana; multiple locations
Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers – Hollywood, Florida
ICPR Junior College – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
Institute of Bank and Commerce IBC – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
InterCoast Colleges/InterCoast Career Institute – multiple locations
International Academy of Design and Technology – multiple locations
Kaplan College – multiple locations; includes Maric Colleges and Kaplan Career Institutes
Kaplan University – multiple locations
Kendall College – Chicago, Illinois
Kitchen Academy – Los Angeles, California
Las Vegas College – Henderson, Nevada, now Everest College
Laureate International Universities- parent company of five US brands
Lincoln Group of Schools – multiple locations; not to be confused with Lincoln University
Los Angeles Film School – Los Angeles, California
Mandl School – Manhattan, New York
McCann School of Business and Technology – multiple locations
McNally Smith College of Music – Saint Paul, Minnesota
Miami International University of Art and Design
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 not to be confused with American University
National College – multiple U.S. locations
National Institute of Technology (United States) - now Everest Institute – multiple locations; not to be confused with National Institutes of Technology in India
National Paralegal College – Phoenix, Arizona
National School of Technology – multiple locations
National University College – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
Neumont University – multiple locations
NewSchool of Architecture and Design – San Diego, California; not to be confused with The New School
Northcentral University
Northwestern College - Chicago, Illinois
Ohio Business College – multiple locations
Olympia Career Training Institute – multiple locations, now Everest College
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine – a subsidiary of Quad Partners
Parks College – multiple locations
Pennco Tech – multiple locations
Pima Medical Institute – multiple locations
Pinnacle Career Institute – Kansas, multiple locations
Pioneer Pacific College – multiple locations in Oregon
Pittsburgh Technical Institute – Oakdale, Pennsylvania and Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Popac College – multiple locations, Puerto Rico
Porter and Chester Institute – Connecticut, Massachusetts
Post University – Connecticut, not to be confused with C.W. Post
Potomac College – Washington,D.C. area, now the University of the Potomac
Rasmussen College – multiple locations
Redstone College - Colorado, a division of Alta Colleges
Rhodes Colleges, Inc – now Everest College - multiple locations; not to be confused with Rhodes College
Rochester Business Institute – now Everest Institute - Rochester, New York, not to be confused with Rochester Institute of Technology
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
Schiller International University – multiple locations
School of Nursing and Health Sciences – multiple locations, a subsidiary of ITT Education
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 Careers Institute – Texas, multiple locations
Southern States University – California
Southern Technical Institute – formerly Florida Medical Prep; three locations in Florida
Southwestern College – multiple locations; not to be confused with Southwestern University or Lincoln University
Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Tulsa, Oklahoma
Specs Howard School of Media Arts – Michigan
Spencerian College – Kentucky, multiple locations
Stratford University – multiple locations
Strayer University – multiple locations
Sullivan University – Kentucky, multiple locations
Suncoast College of Health – Bradenton Florida, Brandon Florida
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
UEI College - multiple campuses in California
United Education Institute – campuses in Georgia
United States University
Universal Technical Institute – campuses in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas
University of Advancing Technology – Tempe, Arizona
University of Phoenix – multiple locations (more than 100 campuses have closed)
University of the Potomac – Washington DC; Vienna, Virginia; online- a division of Linden Education
University of the Rockies – Colorado Springs, Colorado, a subsidiary of Bridgepoint Education
U.S. Career Institute – Fort Collins, Colorado
US Colleges - California
Vatterott College – multiple locations
Vet Tech Institute – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Virginia College – multiple locations, not to be confused with the University of Virginia
Vista College- multiple locations in Texas, and online, owned by Education Futures Group
Walden University - online, a division of Laureate Education
Waldorf College – Forrest City, Iowa
West Coast University – Los Angeles, California
Western Business College – multiple locations, now Everest College
Western Career Institute – Arizona
Western International University – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Apollo Group
Western State University College of Law – Fullerton, California not to be confused with Western Governors University
Wyoming Technical Institute (WyoTech) – multiple locations (some campuses have closed)
Allied College – Maryland Heights, Missouri and Fenton, Missouri, closed
Anthem Career College – multiple locations in Tennessee, closed 2014
Anthem College – multiple locations, closed in 2014
Anthem Institute – formerly the Chubb Institute; multiple locations, closed 2014
Ashmead College – multiple locations, closed
ATI Enterprises – campuses in Arizona, Florida, and Texas, closed
Banner College – Arlington, Virginia, closed
Banner Institute – Chicago, closed
Briarcliffe College – Long Island, New York; a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation; closed 2016
Brooks College – California, closed in 2008
Brooks Institute of Photography – multiple locations, closed in 2016
Bryman College – multiple locations; not to be confused with The Bryman School in Arizona, closed in 2014
Career Colleges of America – California, closed in 2014
Collins College – Phoenix, Arizona area
Corinthian Colleges
Le Cordon Bleu – multiple locations, subsidiary of Career Education Corporation; closing 2017
Crown College – Tacoma, Washington; lost accreditation in 2007 and closed
Dade Medical College
Daniel Webster College – Nashua, New Hampshire, subsidiary of ITT Educational Services, closed 2016
[Decker College] - 2002
Drake College of Business – New Jersey; closed 2015
Eagle Gate College – Utah; closed 2015
Everest College – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, closed 2015
Everest Institute – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, closed 2015
Erie Business Center – Erie, Pennsylvania, closed 2014
FastTrain College – Florida, closed in 2014 after FBI raid
Gibbs College – multiple locations; closed 2009
Harrington College of Design – a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation; closed 2016
Heald College – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges; closed 2015
High-Tech Institute – multiple locations, closed
Illinois School of Health Centers – Chicago, Illinois, closed 2015
ITT Technical Institute – all locations (closed September 6, 2016)
Kee Business College – multiple locations in Virginia, subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
Lighthouse College – closed 2015
Metro Business College – closed 2015
Miami-Jacobs Career College – closed 2016
Missouri College – a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation, closed 2016
Mount Washington College – multiple locations in New Hampshire, closed 2016
Omega Institute – closed in 2014
Oregon Polytechnic Institute - closed 6/28/1996
Sanford-Brown College – multiple locations; subsidiary of Career Education Corporation; not to be confused with either Stanford University or Samford University;closed 2016
Southwest Florida College Tampa, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, Bonita Springs, closed
Springfield College – Springfield, Missouri; not to be confused with Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, changed name to Everest College, closed in 2015
Star Career Academy – Berlin, New Jersey, closed in 2016
Trump University – New York City, New York; closed 2010
University of Southernmost Florida – closed 2015
Victory University – Memphis, Tennessee; closed in 2014
Westwood College – multiple locations; closed 2016
Wright Career College – multiple locations; closed 2016
Yorktowne Business Institute – York, Pennsylvania; closed 2015
Tahlia Business Institute – Northern Alaska; closed 2016
AMA Computer University – Quezon City, Philippines
Akademie Deutsche POP – multiple locations in Germany
Anhembi Morumbi University – São Paulo, Brazil
Arden University – United Kingdom (part of Global University Systems group).
BPP University – United Kingdom (part of Apollo Education Group).
Cyprus College – Nicosia, Cyprus
Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth – India
Institute of Banking and Commerce – Puerto Rico
London School of Business and Finance – United Kingdom (part of Global University Systems group).
Multimedia University – multiple locations in Malaysia
Nyenrode Business University – Breukelen, Netherlands
Rai University – India
Regenesys Business School – Sandton, South Africa
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
St Patrick's College, London – United Kingdom (part of Global University Systems group).
Taylor's University – multiple locations in Malaysia
Universidad Europea de Madrid – Madrid, Spain
University of the Latin American Educational Center – Rosario, Argentina
University of Law – United Kingdom (part of Global University Systems group).
In India many educational trusts and institutions which have no accreditation give autonomous degrees for profit.
In Chile many universities are suspected of violating legislation that forbids profitmaking in such institutions.
American College of Technology – online distance education, based in St. Joseph, Missouri
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
Ashworth College – online, based in Norcross, Georgia
Aspen University – online, 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
Concord Law School – online, a subsidiary of Kaplan
Grantham University – online
London School of Business and Finance – online
New Charter University – formerly Andrew Jackson University; distance education; based in Hoover, Alabama
New England College of Business and Finance
Northcentral University – online
Setanta College – 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
University of Liverpool - distance education only, a division of Laureate Education
University of the Potomac – distance education offices in Washington, D.C., and Vienna, Virginia with remote administration offices as well
Many unidentified, unknown universities from various countries which are not listed here
