位于伊利诺伊州的美国就业教育公司（大学）校园协助中心，纳斯达克：CECO

Career Education Corporation's Campus Support Center in Schaumburg, Illinois.

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简单地说美国的营利性大学是公司，大学公司主要由投资人运营，全部是私立性质，办学的目的是为了营利。

到这类所谓美国大学读书，基本上是花钱买文凭，买比野鸡好点的家鸡文凭。

营利性大学很多是上市公司，（所以上市不一定就是好事）

如Career Education Corp，纳斯达克：CECO，

The Education Management Corp. 纳斯达克：EDMC

据华尔街日报（5月7日），这两个大学公司几个月前关闭了超过12所学校，而且未来即将关闭30所。

据美国教育部，目前美国有近11%的学生所受的高等教育来源于营利性机构，但学生的贷款坏债率高达44%。

美国是一个包容性强的社会，包括一些糟粕大学曾当作新事物风行一时，实践证明，美国大学公司问题多多，这类学校特别不适合国内学生到美国就读。问题是这类营利性学校和某些国内中介机构密切配合，非常具有欺骗性，不熟悉美国大学的家长很难准确判断那些大学属于这类营利性大学，对于我来说则简单的很

美国大学招生协会特别提醒学生及家长，如果选择了营利性大学，在决定前问清楚以下问题：

1. How many credits are transferable to other schools?

2. What is the school’s graduation rate in the program you are looking at?

3. Does the school accept transfer credits?

4. How many courses do you need to take to graduate?

5. What is the student-faculty ratio?

6. How much money does the school spend on education materials versus recruitment and marketing?

7. What is the total cost of admission, tuition, books and other fees?

8. What is the average amount of student loans students graduate with?

9. Does the school have a job-placement program?

【附】以下是150所美国营利性大学，仅供参考。

1. Academy of Art University – San Francisco, California

2. Allied College – Maryland Heights, Missouri and Fenton, Missouri

3. Allied American University – Laguna Hills, California

4. American Career College – Los Angeles, California

5. American College of Education – Illinois

6. American InterContinental University – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation

7. American Military University – Online

8. American Public University – Online

9. American Sentinel University - Online

10. Antonelli College – multiple locations

11. Argosy University – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation

12. Arizona Summit Law School - a subsidiary of InfiLaw System

13. The Art Institutes – multiple locations; not to be confused with University of The Arts, a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation

14. ASA College-campuses in Brooklyn, midtown Manhattan, and Miami

15. Ashford University – Clinton, Iowa, a subsidiary of Bridgepoint Education, includes Forbes School of Business

16. Ashmead College – multiple locations

17. ATI Enterprises- campuses in Arizona, Florida, and Texas

18. Banner College – Arlington, Virginia

19. Banner Institute – Chicago

20. Beckfield College - a subsidiary of Quad Partners

21. 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

22. Blair College – Colorado Springs, Colorado

23. Blue Cliff College, a subsidiary of Quad Partners

24. Breckinridge School of Nursing and Health Sciences - multiple locations, a subsidiary of ITT Education

25. Briarcliffe College- Long Island, NY, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation

26. Brooks Institute of Photography – multiple locations

27. Brown College – Mendota Heights, Minnesota; not to be confused with Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island

28. Brown Mackie College – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Education Management Corporation

29. Bryant & Stratton College – multiple locations

30. Bryman College – multiple locations; not to be confused with The Bryman School in Arizona

31. Bryman Institute – multiple location

32. California Miramar University – San Diego, California (formerly known as Pacific Western University)

33. Capella University - Minneapolis, Minnesota and online

34. Charlotte School of Law- subsidiary of InfiLaw System

35. The College of Westchester – White Plains, New York

36. Chamberlain College of Nursing- a subsidiary of Devry

37. Charter College- campuses in Alaska, California, and Washington

38. Colorado Technical University – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation

39. Columbia Southern University – not to be confused with Columbia University

40. Concorde Career Colleges- multiple locations

41. Court Reporting Institute- St. Louis, MO and Dallas, TX

42. Daniel Webster College – Nashua, New Hampshire, subsidiary of Devry

43. Daymar College – multiple campuses in Kentucky and Ohio, and online

44. Deaconess College of Nursing – St. Louis, Missouri

45. 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

46. DigiPen Institute of Technology - Redmond, Washington

47. Dorsey Schools- a subsidiary of Quad Partners

48. ECPI University – formerly ECPI College of Technology; multiple locations; includes Medical Careers Institute multiple locations in Virginia

49. Engine City Technical Institute – South Plainfield, New Jersey

50. Erie Business Center - Erie, PA

51. Everglades University – Boca Raton, Florida

52. 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

53. Five Towns College – Dix Hills, New York

54. Florida Career College – multiple locations

55. Florida Costal School of Law- Jacksonville, FL. Subsidiary of InfiLaw System

56. Florida Metropolitan University – multiple locations

57. Florida National University - Hialeah, Florida not to be confused with Florida State University

58. Full Sail University – Winter Park, Florida

59. Georgia Medical Institute – multiple locations, not to be confused with the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University

60. Gibbs College – multiple locations

61. 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

62. Grantham University - Kansas City, Missouri

63. Grand Canyon University – Phoenix, Arizona

64. 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

65. Harris School of Business – multiple locations

66. Harrison College (Indiana) – multiple locations

67. Heald College – based in San Francisco: multiple locations in California, Portland, and Honolulu

68. Herzing University – multiple locations, in the process of becoming a nonprofit university

69. High-Tech Institute – multiple locations

70. Illinois School of Health Centers - Chicago, Illinois

71. InterCoast Colleges/InterCoast Career Institute - multiple locations

72. International Academy of Design and Technology – multiple locations

73. ITT Technical Institute – multiple locations

74. Kaplan College – multiple locations; includes Maric Colleges and Kaplan Career Institutes

75. Kaplan University – multiple locations

76. Keiser University – multiple locations, in the process of becoming a nonprofit college

77. Kendall College – Chicago, Illinois

78. Kitchen Academy – Los Angeles, California

79. Le Cordon Bleu – multiple locations, subsidiary of Career Education Corporation

80. Lincoln Group of Schools – multiple locations not to be confused with Lincoln University

81. Las Vegas College – Henderson, Nevada

82. Los Angeles Film School – Los Angeles, California

83. McCann School of Business and Technology – multiple locations

84. McNally Smith College of Music – Saint Paul, Minnesota

85. Miami International University of Art and Design

86. Mildred Elley – multiple locations

87. Miller-Motte – multiple locations

88. Missouri College - a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation

89. Monroe College – multiple locations

90. Mount Washington College – multiple locations in New Hampshire

91. Mountain West College – Salt Lake City, Utah

92. National American University – multiple campuses, including Mall of America not to be confused with American University

93. National College – multiple U.S. locations

94. National Institute of Technology (United States) – multiple locations; not to be confused with National Institutes of Technology in India

95. National Paralegal College - Phoenix, Arizona

96. National School of Technology – multiple locations

97. Neumont University – multiple locations

98. NewSchool of Architecture and Design – San Diego, California; not to be confused with The New School

99. Northcentral University

100. Ohio Business College – multiple locations

101. Olympia Career Training Institute – multiple locations

102. Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, a subsidiary of Quad Partners

103. Parks College – multiple locations

104. Pennco Tech – multiple locations

105. Pioneer Pacific College – multiple locations in Oregon

106. Pittsburgh Technical Institute – Oakdale, Pennsylvania and Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania

107. Porter and Chester Institute - Connecticut, Massachusettes

108. Potomac College – Washington, D.C. area

109. Post University- Connecticut, not to be confused with C.W. Post

110. Rasmussen College – multiple locations

111. Rhodes Colleges, Inc – multiple locations; not to be confused with Rhodes College

112. Rochester Business Institute – Rochester, New York, not to be confused with Rochester Institute of Technology

113. Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine

114. SAE Institute – formerly the School of Audio Engineering

115. Salem International University – Salem, West Virginia

116. San Joaquin Valley College – California, multiple locations

117. Sanford-Brown College – multiple locations, subsidiary of Career Education Corporation not to be confused with either Stanford University or Samford University

118. Schiller International University – multiple locations

119. School of Visual Arts – New York City

120. South College, Knoxville, Tennessee

121. South University – multiple locations; not to be confused with Southern University or the University of the South

122. Southern Careers Institute - Texas, multiple locations

123. Southern States University, California

124. Southwest Florida College Tampa, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, Bonita Springs

125. Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Tulsa, Oklahoma

126. Southwestern College – multiple locations; not to be confused with Southwestern University or Lincoln University

127. Specs Howard School of Media Arts – Michigan

128. Spencerian College – Kentucky, multiple locations

129. Springfield College – Springfield, Missouri; not to be confused with Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts

130. Stratford University – multiple locations

131. Strayer University – multiple locations

132. Sullivan University – Kentucky, multiple locations

133. 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]

134. Tooling University, Cleveland, Ohio

135. United Education Institute - campuses in California and Georgia

136. Universal Technical Institute- campuses in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas

137. University of Advancing Technology – Tempe, Arizona

138. University of Phoenix – multiple locations

139. University of the Potomac - Washington DC; Vienna, Virginia; online

140. University of the Rockies – Colorado Springs, Colorado, a subsidiary of Bridgepoint Education

141. U.S. Career Institute - Fort Collins, Colorado

142. Vet Tech Institute – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

143. Virginia College – multiple locations, not to be confused with the University of Virginia

144. Walden University – Minneapolis, Minnesota

145. Waldorf College - Forrest City, Iowa

146. West Coast University – Los Angeles, California

147. Western Business College – multiple locations

148. Western Career Institute – Arizona

149. Western International University – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Apollo Group

150. Western State University College of Law – Fullerton, California not to be confused with Western Governors University

151. Westwood College – multiple locations

已经关闭的：

1. Anthem Career College - multiple locations in Tennessee, closed 2014

2. Anthem College - multiple locations, closed in 2014

3. Anthem Institute – formerly the Chubb Institute; multiple locations, closed 2014

4. Brooks College – California, closed in 2008

5. Career Colleges of America - California, closed in 2014

6. Collins College – Phoenix, Arizona area

7. Crown College – Tacoma, Washington (lost accreditation in 2007 and closed)

8. Everest College – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, closed 2015

9. Everest Institute – multiple locations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, closed 2015

10. FastTrain College - Florida, closed in 2014 after FBI raid [3]

11. Omega Institute- closed in 2014

12. Kee Business College – multiple locations in Virginia, subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, Inc.

13. Victory University - Memphis, Tennessee - closed in 2014

美国境外的：

1. AMA Computer University – Quezon City, Philippines

2. Anhembi Morumbi University – São Paulo, Brazil

3. BPP University – United Kingdom

4. College of Printing Arts – Moscow

5. Cyprus College – Nicosia, Cyprus

6. London School of Business and Finance - Great Britain

7. Moscow State University of Printing Arts – Moscow

8. Multimedia University – multiple locations in Malaysia

9. Taylor University - multiple locations in Malaysia

10. Nyenrode Business University – Breukelen, Netherlands

11. Regenesys Business School - Sandton, South Africa

12. Ross University – Ross University School of Medicine in Picard, Dominica; Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in Saint Kitts

13. Institute of Bank and Commerce - Puerto Rico

14. Dewey University- Puerto Rico

15. St. George's University – Grenada - includes medical school, school of veterinary medicine, and other programs

16. Universidad Europea de Madrid – Madrid, Spain

17. University of the Latin American Educational Center – Rosario, Argentina

18. University of Law - United Kingdom

19. Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth - India

20. Rai University-India