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Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

2015 ANNUAL REPORT

Defending the Student Experience in Career Education

Contents Leadership Message................................................ 1 Accountability at the Highest Levels......................... 3 Transparency in Student Achievement....................... 5 Member Schools..................................................... 7 Financial Audit Report.......................................... 23

John Euliano, 2015 Chair of the Board of Directors

Leadership Message Message from Chair John Euliano When asked to add a cover note to the 2015 ACICS annual report regarding my year as Chair of the ACICS Board of Directors, it struck me how fast this leadership role flew by.

This is due in part to how many developments we witnessed in our sector throughout 2015.

Last year forced the Council to pivot from its traditional role of improving academic performance at ACICS member institutions and our own quality assurance mechanisms, to defending our place in the higher education accreditation structure. ACICS experienced a near tidal wave of unexpected events for private, independent learning institutions.

Politics took center stage as the presidential election began to heat up in earnest, the U.S. Department of Education took a strong role in forcing the sale or closure of some ACICSaccredited institutions, and the general cost of higher education became a national debate.

As our re-recognition cycle with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the Department reaches its culmination in 2016, there has never been a more critical period in ACICS’s history.

My entire life has revolved around career colleges. My father, my uncle, and my cousin have owned and operated colleges in Florida, Pennsylvania, and other states during the last five decades, and I have proudly served on the Board of ACICS since 2010. My father didn’t pressure me to follow in his footsteps. I pursued this endeavor because of the tangible impact on human lives that I didn’t witness in other professions. Access was a belief that my family’s postsecondary schools lived by and it’s what inspires me today. Access to a better job. Access to home ownership. Access to the most basic luxuries that many of us take for granted. For example, I once had a former student come back to thank me. For what? For securing a job that offers him his first paid lunch break, his first vacation, and his first sick leave …ever.

His pride and appreciation for how a college degree changed his life is what motivated me during some of the more challenging times the Council faced during the past year.

ACICS has been enhancing its review of member institutions since I joined the Board in 2010 – well before the cost and value of a college education became a part of the cultural dialogue. Despite increasing pressure from media, regulators, and elected officials, the chal-

lenge my colleagues and I face is to continue to implement positive change with a scalpel, not a machete. We have put in place much tougher student achievement standards three times over the past five years, which have raised overall job placement rates consecutively since 2012. And we did so without cutting off access to higher education for the adult learners we are here to serve.

Our process has always been to identify any weaknesses in the accreditation review – and improve them. Although our opponents suggest otherwise, we don’t measure our success by how many schools we’ve “kicked out of the club.” The federal government has ways to do that, if it chooses. With the accredited schools that aren’t meeting our standards, we embark on a process of improvement, so that students aren’t suddenly left without a place to learn. The accountability we stimulate through sanctions and increased scrutiny often forces a school to voluntarily terminate programs or close campuses in a timeframe that allows students to transfer their credits and find a new learning environment.

As I look toward the final two years of my term on the Council’s Board, I have great optimism and confidence in our new Chair, Dr. Larry Leak, who brings valuable experience from the public university system. While advocates and government regulators are clamoring for more accountability, transparency, and better disclosure of consumer information from independent colleges and universities, these goals are nothing new to ACICS. It’s bad for everyone when a student doesn’t know how much money they borrowed to pay their tuition, or how to find their school’s current placement rate. Disclosure and honesty are paramount to our field, and more attention to these ideals may have prevented some of the unfortunate investigations and institutional closures during the past year.

ACICS is doing its part to close this gap in trust by randomly analyzing at least twenty percent of our membership every year for proper disclosure of student achievement information. This is not an easy venture, but it’s a necessary one. Meanwhile, our new in-house Placement Verification Program is a tool that we’ve deployed to restore public confidence in our institutional mission – access to a college education, for every student who wants to learn and improve their career.

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Accountability at the Highest Levels Curiosity and concern about the effectiveness of institutions of higher learning in the U.S. drove more high-level examinations of colleges and their accreditors in 2015. The apex of the inquiries occurred in June, when the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) of the U.S. Senate convened a hearing on the effectiveness of accreditation. The information gathering and accountability session was part of a series of hearings regarding the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. HEA authorizes the U.S. Department of Education to disburse billions of dollars a year in student financial aid; it also establishes the basis for an accreditor’s authority as a reliable quality assurance enterprise.

ACICS President Albert C. Gray and three other distinguished higher education accreditation experts – Dr. Peter T. Ewell of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, Dr. George Pruitt, President of Thomas Edison State College, and Ms. Anne D. Neal, President of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni and a member of the National Advisory Committee for Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) – presented information explaining and defending the current modes of quality assurance, as well as offering perspectives for reform and improvement.

In his remarks, Dr. Gray emphasized three considerations for the Senate panel: • Know the students, understand their unique needs and circumstances, and use that knowledge to shape policy; ACICS uses that knowledge to shape requirements and expectations for assuring quality and institutional effectiveness.

• Inventory the depth of rigor and review of the incumbent quality assurance process and build policy that empowers and strengthens that value.

• Encourage the accreditation community to play a broader role in defining the measures of value incorporated in the price/value proposition. Enhancing value is uniquely the obligation of accreditation, and when effective, the price/value ratio is kept in balance.

Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Washington) expressed appreciation for the testimony and opportunities for dialogue with accreditation experts.

Reauthorization of the HEA was extended into 2016, as well as substantive discussions regarding the enhancement of accreditation and the effectiveness of higher education.

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Transparency in Student Achievement Driven by greater demand from the public and policy makers – including major funding sources – to evaluate the effectiveness and value derived from accredited higher education, ACICS directed greater emphasis on public disclosures by member institutions in 2015. Credibility and accuracy concerns about student achievement performance focused on placement outcomes, retention outcomes and licensure outcomes, among other factors.

Informing member institutions of the more explicit expectations of the Council, as well as providing the tools required to assist with their compliance, was a multi-step process. First, ACICS developed and shared with member institutions a contemporary inventory of best practices regarding the disclosure of student achievement performance data through websites. The monograph, “An Inventory of Best Practices: The Disclosure of Student Achievement Information,” describes optimal content, navigation and packaging for student achievement data on public websites. Next, members were invited to participate in a webinar where the factors of effective student achievement disclosure were discussed and explained. Finally, institutions received multiple notices from ACICS regard-

ing linking their disclosure web pages directly to the institutional directory information at www.acics.org.

ACICS will begin reviewing individual websites during 2016 and offering written feedback, through the Council, to institutions whose student achievement disclosures fall short of minimal standards.

Quality Emphasis at Professional Development Conference The 2015 ACICS Conference and Annual Meeting provided an important opportunity for member institutions to encounter some of the foremost thinkers in career education today, as well as to socialize with each other and visit informally with ACICS staff and Commissioners.

Among other sessions, ACICS commissioned a presentation by Dr. Linda Baer, discussing how to use ‘big data’ to drive enhanced institutional effectiveness: planning and performance. The original research on quality assurance yielded an important monograph, Quality, Accountability and Action.

The publication is available on the ACICS website.

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Member Schools

ALABAMA

Brown Mackie College, Birmingham Fortis Institute, Birmingham ITT Technical Institute, Bessemer ITT Technical Institute, Madison ITT Technical Institute, Mobile Prince Institute-Southeast, Montgomery Virginia College, Birmingham Virginia College, Huntsville Virginia College, Mobile Virginia College, Montgomery

ALASKA

Charter College, Anchorage

ARIZONA

The Art Institute of Phoenix, Phoenix The Art Institute of Tucson, Tucson Brookline College, Phoenix Brookline College, Tempe Brookline College, Tucson Brown Mackie College - Phoenix, Phoenix Brown Mackie College - Tucson, Tucson Bryan University, Tempe Collins College, Phoenix Golf Academy of America, Chandler ITT Technical Institute, Phoenix ITT Technical Institute, Phoenix ITT Technical Institute, Tempe ITT Technical Institute, Tucson Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Scottsdale, Scottsdale Tucson College, Tucson UEI College, Phoenix

ARKANSAS

Bryan University, Rogers ITT Technical Institute, Little Rock

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CALIFORNIA

Academy of Couture Art, Beverly Hills American University of Health Sciences, Signal Hill Bay Area College of Nursing, Palo Alto Bay Area Medical Academy, San Francisco Bergin University of Canine Studies, Rohnert Park Bristol University, Anaheim Brooks Institute, Ventura Bryan University, Los Angeles California Aeronautical University, Bakersfield California Institute of Advanced Management, El Monte California International Business University, San Diego California Miramar University, San Diego California University of Management and Sciences, Anaheim California University of Management and Sciences, San Diego Cambridge Junior College, Yuba City Cambridge Junior College, Woodland Charter College, Canyon Country Charter College, Lancaster Charter College, Oxnard Charter College, Long Beach Coleman University, San Diego Design Institute of San Diego, San Diego Empire College, Santa Rosa EMSTA College, Santee Everest College, Ontario Everest College, San Bernardino Everest College, Santa Ana Golden State College of Court Reporting & Captioning, Pleasanton Golf Academy of America, Carlsbad Herguan University, Sunnyvale International Academy of Design and Technology, Sacramento ITT Technical Institute, Clovis ITT Technical Institute, Concord ITT Technical Institute, Corona ITT Technical Institute, Lathrop ITT Technical Institute, National City ITT Technical Institute, Oakland ITT Technical Institute, Orange ITT Technical Institute, Oxnard ITT Technical Institute, Rancho Cordova ITT Technical Institute, San Bernardino ITT Technical Institute, San Dimas

ITT Technical Institute, Sylmar ITT Technical Institute, Torrance ITT Technical Institute, Torrance ITT Technical Institute, Vista Kaplan College, Bakersfield Kaplan College, Chula Vista Kaplan College, Clovis Kaplan College, North Hollywood Kaplan College, Palm Springs Kaplan College, Riverside Kaplan College, Sacramento Kaplan College, Salida Kaplan College, San Diego Kaplan College, Vista Kingston University, Norwalk Laurus College, Oxnard Laurus College, San Luis Obispo Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Pasadena Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Sacramento Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, San Francisco Learnet Academy, Inc., Los Angeles Lincoln University, Oakland Nobel University, Los Angeles Nobel University, Buena Park Northwestern Polytechnic University, Fremont Pacific States University, Los Angeles Premiere Career College, Irwindale Professional Golfers Career College, Temecula SAE Institute of Technology, Los Angeles SAE Institute of Technology, San Francisco Sage College, Moreno Valley Sage College, San Diego Santa Barbara Business College, Bakersfield Santa Barbara Business College, Rancho Mirage Santa Barbara Business College, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Business College, Santa Maria Santa Barbara Business College, Ventura Santa Barbara Business College - Online, Ventura Shepherd University, Los Angeles Sierra Valley College of Court Reporting, Fresno Silicon Valley University, San Jose South Coast College, Orange Southern California Health Institute, North Hollywood Southern States University, Newport Beach Southern States University, San Diego University of Antelope Valley, Lancaster Westwood College, Los Angeles Westwood College, Anaheim

Westwood College-Inland Empire, Upland Westwood College-South Bay, Torrance

COLORADO

Colorado Heights University, Denver Ecotech Institute, Aurora Everest College, Aurora Everest College, Colorado Springs Everest College, Thornton IBMC College, Colorado Springs IBMC College, Fort Collins IBMC College, Greeley IBMC College, Longmont ITT Technical Institute, Aurora ITT Technical Institute, Westminster Redstone College, Broomfield Redstone College - Denver East, Denver Westwood College, Aurora Westwood College-Denver North, Denver Westwood College-Online, Broomfield

CONNECTICUT

American Institute, West Hartford Branford Hall Career Institute, Branford Branford Hall Career Institute, Southington Branford Hall Career Institute, Windsor Harris School of Business, Danbury Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute, New London Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute, Danbury Stone Academy, East Hartford Stone Academy, Waterbury Stone Academy, West Haven

WASHINGTON, DC

Inter-American Defense College, Washington, DC Radians College, Washington, DC

FLORIDA

American College For Medical Careers, Orlando The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale Brown Mackie College - Miami, Miramar City College, Altamonte Springs

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FLORIDA (continued) City College, Fort Lauderdale City College, Gainesville City College, Hollywood City College, Miami College of Business & Technology, Cutler Bay College of Business & Technology, Hialeah College of Business & Technology, Miami College of Business & Technology, Miami College of Business & Technology, Miami Gardens The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School, Orlando Digital Media Arts College, Boca Raton East West College of Natural Medicine, Sarasota Everest University - Brandon, Tampa Everest University - Jacksonville, Jacksonville Everest University - Lakeland, Lakeland Everest University - Melbourne, Melbourne Everest University - North Orlando, Orlando Everest University - Orange Park, Orange Park Everest University - Pinellas, Largo Everest University - Pompano Beach, Pompano Beach Everest University - South Orlando, Orlando Everest University - Tampa, Tampa Express Training Services, LLC, Gainesville Florida Career College, Lauderdale Lakes Florida Career College, Orlando Florida Career College, Boynton Beach Florida Career College, Clearwater Florida Career College, Hialeah Florida Career College, Jacksonville Florida Career College - Kendall, Florida, Miami Florida Career College, Margate Florida Career College, Miami Florida Career College, Pembroke Pines Florida Career College - Riverview, Tampa Florida Career College, West Palm Beach Florida Technical College, Cutler Bay Florida Technical College, Deland Florida Technical College, Kissimmee Florida Technical College, Lakeland Florida Technical College, Orlando Florida Technical College, Pembroke Pines Fortis College, Orange Park Golf Academy of America, Apopka Harris-Casel Institute, Melbourne Hope College of Arts & Sciences, Pompano Beach Institute of Healthcare Professions, Boynton Beach

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ITT Technical Institute, Bradenton ITT Technical Institute, Fort Lauderdale ITT Technical Institute, Fort Myers ITT Technical Institute, Ft Lauderdale ITT Technical Institute, Hialeah ITT Technical Institute, Jacksonville ITT Technical Institute, Lake Mary ITT Technical Institute, Lake Mary ITT Technical Institute, Pensacola ITT Technical Institute, Tallahassee ITT Technical Institute, Tampa ITT Technical Institute, Tampa ITT Technical Institute, West Palm Beach Jersey College, Fort Lauderdale Jersey College, Jacksonville Jersey College, Tampa Jones College, Jacksonville Jose Maria Vargas University, Pembroke Pines Kaplan College, Jacksonville Key College, Dania Beach Lasalle Computer Learning Center, Inc., Tampa Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Orlando Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Miami, Miramar Lincoln College of Technology, West Palm Beach Management Resources College, Miami Management Resources College, Miami Lakes Marconi International University, Inc., Pembroke Pines Mattia College, Miami Medtech Institute, Orlando Medtech Institute, Orlando Millennia Atlantic University, Doral Premiere International College, Fort Meyers Professional Golfers Career Academy, Apopka Professional Training Centers Dba Mattia College, Miami SAE Institute of Technology, North Miami Beach San Ignacio College, Doral Sanford-Brown College, Fort Lauderdale Sanford-Brown College, Jacksonville Sanford-Brown College, Orlando Sanford-Brown College, Tampa Sanford-Brown College Online, Tampa Schiller International University, Largo Southern Technical College, Bonita Springs Southern Technical College, Fort Myers Southern Technical College, Orlando Southern Technical College, Port Charlotte Southern Technical College, Tampa

FLORIDA (continued) Southern Technical College, Auburndale Southern Technical College, Mount Dora Southern Technical College, Brandon Southern Technical College, Sanford Stenotype Institute of Jacksonville, Jacksonville UAC School of Global Management, Miami Ultimate Medical Academy, Clearwater Ultimate Medical Academy, Tampa Unilatina International College, Miramar Universal Vocational Institute, Hialeah University of Southernmost Florida, Jacksonville University of Southernmost Florida, Homestead University of Southernmost Florida, Coral Gables Virginia College, Fort Pierce Virginia College, Jacksonville Virginia College, Pensacola

GEORGIA

Brown Mackie College, Atlanta Gwinnett College, Lilburn ITT Technical Institute, Atlanta ITT Technical Institute, Douglasville ITT Technical Institute, Duluth ITT Technical Institute, Kennesaw Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Tucker Lincoln College of Technology, Marietta Miller-Motte Technical College, Augusta Miller-Motte Technical College, Columbus Miller-Motte Technical College, Macon Pacific Institute of Technology, Morrow SAE Institute Atlanta, Atlanta Sanford-Brown College, Atlanta Virginia College, Augusta Virginia College, Columbus Virginia College, Macon Virginia College, Savannah Westwood College Atlanta Northlake, Atlanta Westwood College, Atlanta

IDAHO

Broadview University - Boise, Meridian Brown Mackie College, Boise ITT Technical Institute, Boise

ILLINOIS

Ambria College of Nursing, Hoffman Estates BIR Training Center, Chicago Computer Systems Institute, Chicago Computer Systems Institute, Elgin Computer Systems Institute, Gurnee Computer Systems Institute, Skokie Everest College, Merrionette Park Gem City College, Quincy International Career Institute, Lincolnwood ITT Technical Institute, Arlington Heights ITT Technical Institute, Oak Brook ITT Technical Institute, Orland Park ITT Technical Institute, Springfield MDT College of Health Sciences, Inc, Dba ATS Institute of Technology, Chicago National Latino Education Institute, Chicago Northwest Suburban College, Rolling Meadows PCCTI Healthcare, Oak Brook Prince Institute-Great Lakes, Schaumburg Rockford Career College, Rockford SAE Institute of Technology Chicago, Chicago Sanford-Brown College, Chicago SOLEX College, Wheeling Taylor Business Institute, Chicago Tribeca Flashpoint College, Chicago Westwood College Chicago Loop, Chicago Westwood College DuPage, Woodridge Westwood College O’Hare Airport, Chicago Westwood College River Oaks, Calumet City

INDIANA

American National University, Fort Wayne American National University, Indianapolis American National University, South Bend Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Brown Mackie College, Fort Wayne Brown Mackie College, Indianapolis Brown Mackie College, Merrillville Brown Mackie College, Michigan City Brown Mackie College, South Bend College of Court Reporting, Hobart Harrison College, Anderson Harrison College, Columbus Harrison College, Elkhart Harrison College, Evansville

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INDIANA (continued) Harrison College, Fort Wayne Harrison College - Downtown, Indianapolis Harrison College - East, Indianapolis Harrison College - Northwest, Indianapolis Harrison College, Lafayette Harrison College, Terre Haute International Business College, Fort Wayne International Business College, Indianapolis ITT Technical Institute, Fort Wayne ITT Technical Institute, Indianapolis ITT Technical Institute, Indianapolis ITT Technical Institute, Merrillville ITT Technical Institute, Newburgh ITT Technical Institute, South Bend Kaplan College, Hammond Kaplan College, Indianapolis Medtech College, Fort Wayne Medtech College, Greenwood Medtech College, Indianapolis MJS College School of Nursing and School of Business, Merrillville Radiological Technologies University VT, South Bend

IOWA

Brown Mackie College - Quad Cities, Bettendorf ITT Technical Institute, Clive

KANSAS

The Art Institutes International - Kansas City, Lenexa Bryan University, Topeka ITT Technical Institute, Overland Park ITT Technical Institute, Wichita Pinnacle Career Institute, Lawrence Wright Career College, Overland Park Wright Career College, Wichita

KENTUCKY

American National University, Danville American National University, Florence American National University, Lexington American National University, Louisville American National University, Pikeville

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American National University, Richmond Beckfield College, Florence Brown Mackie College, Hopkinsville Brown Mackie College, Louisville Brown Mackie College- Northern Kentucky, Ft. Mitchell Daymar College, Bellevue Daymar College, Bowling Green Daymar College, Madisonville Daymar College, Owensboro Daymar College, Paducah Daymar College (Online), Louisville ITT Technical Institute, Lexington ITT Technical Institute, Louisville Medtech College-Lexington, Lexington Spencerian College, Lexington Spencerian College, Louisville Sullivan College of Technology and Design, Louisville

LOUISIANA

American School of Business, Shreveport Camelot College, Baton Rouge Delta School of Business & Technology, Lake Charles ITT Technical Institute, Baton Rouge ITT Technical Institute, St. Rose McCann School of Business and Technology, Monroe McCann School of Business and Technology, Shreveport Virginia College, Baton Rouge Virginia College, Bossier City Louisiana Culinary Institute, Baton Rouge

MAINE

Beal College, Bangor

MARYLAND

Brightwood College, Baltimore Brightwood College, Beltsville Brightwood College, Towson Everest Institute, Silver Spring Fortis College, Landover ITT Technical Institute, Hanover ITT Technical Institute, Owings Mills Stratford University Baltimore Campus, Baltimore

MASSACHUSETTS

Branford Hall Career Institute, Springfield ITT Technical Institute, Norwood ITT Technical Institute, Wilmington Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Boston, Cambridge Lincoln Technical Institute, Brockton Lincoln Technical Institute, Lowell Lincoln Technical Institute, Somerville Mildred Elley, Pittsfield Salter College, Chicopee Salter College, West Boylston Salter School, Fall River Salter School, Malden Salter School, Tewksbury

MICHIGAN

Detroit Business Institute - Downriver, Riverview Dorsey School of Business, Detroit Dorsey School of Business, Madison Heights Dorsey School of Business, Roseville Dorsey School of Business, Southgate Dorsey School of Business, Wayne Dorsey School of Business, Lansing Dorsey School of Business, Farmington Hills Dorsey School of Business, Saginaw, Saginaw Dorsey School of Business, Taylor, Taylor Dorsey School of Business, Waterford/Pontiac, Pontiac International Academy of Design and Technology, Troy ITT Technical Institute, Canton ITT Technical Institute, Dearborn ITT Technical Institute, Swartz Creek ITT Technical Institute, Troy ITT Technical Institute, Troy ITT Technical Institute, Wyoming Michigan Jewish Institute - The Shul, West Bloomfield

MINNESOTA

Academy College, Bloomington The Art Institutes International Minnesota, Minneapolis Duluth Business University, Duluth Globe University, Woodbury Globe University, Minneapolis Globe University, Moorhead ITT Technical Institute, Brooklyn Center

ITT Technical Institute, Eden Prairie Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Mendota Heights Minneapolis Business College, Roseville Minneapolis Media Institute, Edina Minnesota School of Business, Brooklyn Center Minnesota School of Business, Plymouth Minnesota School of Business, Richfield Minnesota School of Business, Rochester Minnesota School of Business, Waite Park Minnesota School of Business, Blaine Minnesota School of Business, Elk River Minnesota School of Business, Lakeville Sanford-Brown College, Brooklyn Center Sanford-Brown College, Mendota Heights

MISSISSIPPI

ITT Technical Institute, Madison Miller-Motte Technical College, Gulfport Virginia College, Biloxi Virginia College, Jackson

MISSOURI

Bolivar Technical College, Bolivar Brown Mackie College - St. Louis, Fenton Bryan University, Columbia Bryan University, Springfield Court Reporting Institute of St. Louis, Clayton Everest College, Earth City Everest College, Kansas City Everest College, Springfield Hickey College, Saint Louis ITT Technical Institute, Arnold ITT Technical Institute, Earth City ITT Technical Institute, Kansas City ITT Technical Institute, Springfield Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Saint Peters Metro Business College, Arnold Metro Business College, Cape Girardeau Metro Business College, Jefferson City Metro Business College, Rolla Missouri College, Brentwood Pinnacle Career Institute, Kansas City Pinnacle Career Institute - North Kansas City, Kansas City

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MISSOURI (continued) Pinnacle Career Institute - Online Education, Kansas City Sanford-Brown College, Fenton Stevens - The Institute of Business and Arts, Saint Louis Texas County Technical College, Houston The Art Institute of St. Louis, Saint Charles Victory Trade School, Springfield

NEBRASKA

ITT Technical Institute, Omaha Wright Career College, Omaha

NEVADA

The Art Institute of Las Vegas, Henderson Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences, Henderson Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences Summerlin, Las Vegas Everest College, Henderson ITT Technical Institute, Henderson ITT Technical Institute, North Las Vegas Kaplan College, Las Vegas Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Las Vegas Sanford-Brown College, Henderson

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Salter School of Nursing & Allied Health, Manchester

NEW JERSEY

American Institute, Clifton American Institute, Toms River Best Care College, East Orange Branford Hall Career Institute, Woodland Park Drake College of Business, Elizabeth Drake College of Business, Newark Eastwick College, Hackensack Eastwick College, Nutley Eastwick College, Ramsey Harris School of Business, Cherry Hill Harris School of Business, Hamilton Harris School of Business, Linwood ITT Technical Institute, Marlton

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Jersey College, Ewing Jersey College, Teterboro Lincoln Technical Institute, Edison Lincoln Technical Institute, Moorestown Lincoln Technical Institute, Paramus Omega Institute, Blackwood PC AGE Career Institute, Iselin PC AGE Career Institute, Jersey City Sanford-Brown Institute, Iselin StenoTech Career Institute, Piscataway Universal Training Institute, Perth Amboy

NEW MEXICO

Brookline College, Albuquerque Brown Mackie College, Albuquerque ITT Technical Institute, Albuquerque

NEW YORK

Art Institute of New York City, New York ASA College, Brooklyn Branford Hall Career Institute, Albany Branford Hall Career Institute, Amityville Branford Hall Career Institute, Bohemia Cheryl Fell’s School of Business, Niagara Falls Cope Institute, Brooklyn EDP School of Computer Programming, Brooklyn Elmira Business Institute, Elmira Elmira Business Institute, Vestal Emerging Technologies Institute, Forest Hills Everest Institute, Rochester Hunter Business School, Levittown Hunter Business School, Medford ITT Technical Institute, Albany ITT Technical Institute, Getzville ITT Technical Institute, Liverpool Long Island Business Institute, Commack Long Island Business Institute, Flushing Manhattan Institute of Management, New York Manhattan School of Computer Technology, Brooklyn Mildred Elley, Albany Mildred Elley-New York City, New York New York Institute of English and Business, New York Professional Business College, New York Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute, Binghamton

NEW YORK (continued) Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute, Poughkeepsie SAE Institute of Technology New York, New York Sanford-Brown Institute, Garden City Sanford-Brown Institute, New York Sanford-Brown Institute, White Plains SBI Campus - An Affiliate of Sanford-Brown, Melville Spanish-American Institute, New York

NORTH CAROLINA

Brookstone College of Business, Charlotte Brookstone College of Business, Greensboro ITT Technical Institute, Charlotte ITT Technical Institute, Charlotte ITT Technical Institute, Durham ITT Technical Institute, Durham ITT Technical Institute, High Point Kaplan College, Charlotte King’s College, Charlotte Living Arts College @ School of Communication Arts, Raleigh Living Arts Institute @ School of Communication Arts, Winston Salem Miller-Motte College, Cary Miller-Motte College, Fayetteville Miller-Motte College, Greenville Miller-Motte College, Jacksonville Miller-Motte College, Raleigh Miller-Motte College, Wilmington South College-Asheville, Asheville The Chef’s Academy, Morrisville Virginia College, Greensboro

OHIO

American National University, Canton American National University, Cincinnati American National University, Columbus American National University, Kettering American National University, Stow American National University, Willoughby Hills American National University, Youngstown Beckfield College, Springdale Bradford School, Columbus

Brightwood College, Dayton Brown Mackie College, Akron Brown Mackie College, Cincinnati Brown Mackie College, Findlay Brown Mackie College, Canton Daymar College, Chillicothe Daymar College, Columbus Daymar College, Jackson Daymar College, New Boston Felbry College - School of Nursing, Columbus Fortis College, Ravenna Gallipolis Career College, Gallipolis Harrison College, Grove City Hondros College, Fairborn Hondros College, Independence Hondros College, Maumee Hondros College, West Chester Hondros College, Westerville Hondros College of Business, Westerville ITT Technical Institute, Akron ITT Technical Institute, Columbus ITT Technical Institute, Dayton ITT Technical Institute, Hilliard ITT Technical Institute, Maumee ITT Technical Institute, Norwood ITT Technical Institute, Norwood ITT Technical Institute, Strongsville ITT Technical Institute, Warrensville Heights ITT Technical Institute, Youngstown MDT College of Health Sciences, Inc., Highland Heights Miami-Jacobs Career College, Columbus Miami-Jacobs Career College, Dayton Miami-Jacobs Career College, Independence Miami-Jacobs Career College, Sharonville Miami-Jacobs Career College, Springboro Miami-Jacobs Career College, Troy Ohio Business College, Hilliard Ohio Business College, Sandusky Ohio Business College, Sheffield Village Ohio Medical Career College, Dayton Ohio Valley College of Technology, East Liverpool Sanford-Brown College, Middleburg Heights Stautzenberger College, Brecksville Stautzenberger College, Maumee Trumbull Business College, Warren

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OKLAHOMA

Brown Mackie College, Tulsa Career Point College, Tulsa Clary Sage College, Tulsa Community Care College, Tulsa ITT Technical Institute, Oklahoma City ITT Technical Institute, Tulsa Oklahoma Technical College, Tulsa Virginia College, Tulsa Wright Career College, Oklahoma City Wright Career College, Tulsa

OREGON

Everest College, Portland Everest Institute, Tigard ITT Technical Institute, Portland ITT Technical Institute, Salem Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Portland Oregon Culinary Institute, Portland Pioneer Pacific College, Wilsonville Pioneer Pacific College - Eugene Branch, Springfield Sumner College, Portland

PENNSYLVANIA

The Art Institute of York, York Berks Technical Institute, Wyomissing Bradford School, Pittsburgh Brightwood Career Institute, Broomall Brightwood Career Institute, Harrisburg Brightwood Career Institute, Philadelphia Brightwood Career Institute, Philadelphia Brightwood Career Institute, Pittsburgh Cambria-Rowe Business College, Indiana Cambria-Rowe Business College, Johnstown Cambria-Rowe Business College, School of Technology, Johnstown Consolidated School of Business, Lancaster Consolidated School of Business, York Douglas Education Center, Monessen DuBois Business College, DuBois DuBois Business College, Huntingdon DuBois Business College, Oil City Everest Institute, Bensalem Everest Institute, Pittsburgh

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Fortis Institute, Erie Harris School of Business, Upper Darby ITT Technical Institute, Dunmore ITT Technical Institute, Harrisburg ITT Technical Institute, Levittown ITT Technical Institute, Philadelphia ITT Technical Institute, Pittsburgh ITT Technical Institute, Plymouth Meeting ITT Technical Institute, Tarentum Lansdale School of Business, North Wales Laurel Business Institute, Uniontown Laurel Technical Institute, Meadville Laurel Technical Institute, LLC, Sharon Lincoln Technical Institute, Philadelphia Lincoln Technical Institute, Philadelphia McCann School of Business & Technology, Carlisle McCann School of Business & Technology, Allentown McCann School of Business & Technology, Dickson City McCann School of Business & Technology, Hazle Township McCann School of Business & Technology, Pottsville McCann School of Business & Technology, Sunbury McCann School of Business & Technology, Wilkes Barre Penn Commercial Business/Technical School, Washington Pennsylvania Institute of Health and Technology, Mount Braddock PITC Institute, Wyncote Pittsburgh Career Institute, Pittsburgh South Hills School of Business and Technology, Altoona South Hills School of Business and Technology, State College Yorktowne Business Institute, York

PUERTO RICO

American Educational College, Bayamon American Educational College, Toa Alta American Educational College, Vega Alta Atlantic University College, Guaynabo Colegio Tecnologico y Comercial de PR, Aguada Dewey University- Arroyo Campus, Arroyo Dewey University- Bayamon Campus, Bayamon Dewey University- Carolina Campus, Carolina Dewey University- Farjardo Campus, Fajardo Dewey University- Hatillo Campus, Hatillo Dewey University- Hato Rey Campus, Hato Rey

PUERTO RICO (continued)

Dewey University- Juana Diaz Campus, Juana Diaz Dewey University- Manati Campus, Manati Dewey University Mayaguez, Mayaguez EDIC College, Caguas EDIC College, Carolina Humacao Community College, Humacao Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Aguadilla Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Arecibo Instituto De Banca Y Comercio, Bayamon Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Caguas Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Cayey Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Fajardo Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Guayama Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Hato Rey Instituto De Banca Y Comercio, Humacao Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Manati Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Mayaguez Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Moca Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Ponce Instituto de Banca y Comercio, San Juan Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Yauco Instituto De Banca Y Comercio, Los Colobos, Carolina MBTI Business Training Institute, Fajardo MBTI Business Training Institute, Mayaguez MBTI Business Training Institute, Santurce MBTI Business Training Institute - Bayamon, Bayamon PPG Technical College, Caguas Trinity College of Puerto Rico, Ponce Universal Technology College of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla Universal Technology College of Puerto Rico, Camuy

RHODE ISLAND

Lincoln Technical Institute, Lincoln Ridley-Lowell Business & Technical Institute, West Warwick

SOUTH CAROLINA

Brown Mackie College, Greenville Forrest College, Anderson Golf Academy of America, Myrtle Beach ITT Technical Institute, Columbia ITT Technical Institute, Greenville ITT Technical Institute, Myrtle Beach ITT Technical Institute, North Charleston

Miller-Motte Technical College, Charleston Miller-Motte Technical College, Conway National Center For Credibility Assessment, Columbia Professional Golfers Career College-Hilton Head, Bluffton Virginia College, Columbia Virginia College, Florence Virginia College, Greenville Virginia College, North Charleston Virginia College, Spartanburg

SOUTH DAKOTA

Globe University, Sioux Falls

TENNESSEE

Daymar College, Clarksville Daymar College, Murfreesboro Daymar College, Nashville International Academy of Design and Technology, Nashville ITT Technical Institute, Chattanooga ITT Technical Institute, Cordova ITT Technical Institute, Johnson City ITT Technical Institute, Knoxville ITT Technical Institute, Nashville Kaplan College, Nashville Miller-Motte Technical College, Chattanooga Miller-Motte Technical College, Clarksville Miller-Motte Technical College, Madison National College, Bartlett National College, Bristol National College, Knoxville National College, Madison National College, Memphis National College, Nashville SAE Institute of Technology Dba SAE Institute of Technology, Nashville Virginia College, Chattanooga Virginia College, Knoxville West Tennessee Business College, Jackson

TEXAS

Brightwood College, Friendswood Brightwood College, Houston Brown Mackie College - Dallas/Ft. Worth, Bedford

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TEXAS (continued) Brown Mackie College - San Antonio, San Antonio Career Point College, Austin Career Point College, San Antonio Career Point College - Spencer Lane Branch, San Antonio Court Reporting Institute of Dallas, Dallas Everest College, Arlington Everest College, Dallas Everest College, Fort Worth Everest College, Fort Worth Golf Academy of America, Farmers Branch International Business College, El Paso International Business College, El Paso ITT Technical Institute, Arlington ITT Technical Institute, Austin ITT Technical Institute, Desoto ITT Technical Institute, Houston ITT Technical Institute, Houston ITT Technical Institute, Richardson ITT Technical Institute, San Antonio ITT Technical Institute, San Antonio ITT Technical Institute, Waco ITT Technical Institute, Webster Kaplan College, Arlington Kaplan College, Beaumont Kaplan College, Brownsville Kaplan College, Corpus Christi Kaplan College, Dallas Kaplan College, El Paso Kaplan College, Fort Worth Kaplan College, Laredo Kaplan College, Lubbock Kaplan College, McAllen Kaplan College, San Antonio Kaplan College, San Antonio Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Austin Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Dallas Lighthouse College, Dallas North American University, Houston Peloton College, Dallas Sanford-Brown College, Dallas Sanford-Brown College, Houston Sanford-Brown College, San Antonio Texas Health and Science University, Austin Texas Health and Science University, San Antonio The Recording Conservatory of Austin, Austin UEI College, Houston

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Vet Tech Institute of Houston, Houston Virginia College, Austin Virginia College, Lubbock

UTAH

Art Institute of Salt Lake City, Draper Broadview Entertainment Arts University, Salt Lake City Broadview University, Layton Broadview University, Orem Broadview University, West Jordan Eagle Gate College, Layton Eagle Gate College, Murray Eagle Gate College, Salt Lake City Everest College, West Valley City ITT Technical Institute, Murray Neumont University, Salt Lake City Provo College, Provo

VIRGINIA

American College of Commerce and Technology, Falls Church American National University, Charlottesville American National University, Danville American National University, Harrisonburg American National University, Lynchburg American National University, Martinsville American National University, Salem American National University - Northern Virginia Center, Manassas Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing, Richmond California University of Management and Sciences, Arlington Columbia College, Fairfax Everest College, Chesapeake Everest College, Newport News Everest College, Woodbridge Everest College - McLean, Vienna Fortis College, Norfolk Fortis College, Richmond Global Health College, Alexandria Iglobal University, Annandale ITT Technical Institute, Chantilly ITT Technical Institute, Norfolk ITT Technical Institute, Richmond ITT Technical Institute, Salem

VIRGINIA (continued) ITT Technical Institute, Springfield Miller-Motte Technical College, Lynchburg Miller-Motte Technical College, Roanoke Sanford-Brown College, Mc Lean Sentara College of Health Sciences, Chesapeake Stratford University, Falls Church Stratford University, Newport News Stratford University, Woodbridge Stratford University, Alexandria Stratford University, Glen Allen Stratford University, Virginia Beach Tysons Institute, Vienna University of North America, Vienna Virginia College, Richmond Virginia International University, Fairfax Westwood College, Annandale Westwood College, Arlington

WASHINGTON

Charter College, Pasco Charter College, Vancouver Charter College, Fife Charter College, Lynnwood Everest College, Bremerton Everest College, Everett Everest College, Tacoma Everest College, Vancouver Everest College, Seattle ITT Technical Institute, Everett ITT Technical Institute, Seattle ITT Technical Institute, Spokane Valley Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Tukwila Pinchot University, Seattle Sanford-Brown College, Seattle Seattle Film Institute, Seattle

WEST VIRGINIA

American National University, Parkersburg American National University, Princeton ITT Technical Institute, Huntington Mountain State College, Parkersburg Valley College, Beckley Valley College, Martinsburg

Valley College, Princeton West Virginia Business College, Nutter Fort West Virginia Business College, Wheeling West Virginia Junior College, Bridgeport West Virginia Junior College, Charleston West Virginia Junior College, Morgantown

WISCONSIN

Globe University - Appleton, Grand Chute Globe University - Eau Claire, Eau Claire Globe University - Green Bay, Bellevue Globe University - La Crosse, Onalaska Globe University - Madison East, Madison Globe University - Middleton, Middleton Globe University - Wausau, Rothschild ITT Technical Institute, Green Bay ITT Technical Institute, Greenfield ITT Technical Institute, Madison Madison Media Institute, Madison The Art Institute of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential, Elkhorn

WYOMING

IBMC College, Cheyenne

INTERNATIONAL American International College of Arts and SciencesAntigua, St. John’s ANTIGUA & BARBUDA American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla BOSNIA & HERZEGOWINA The Art Institute of Vancouver, Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Barrie, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Brampton, CANADA

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INTERNATIONAL (continued) Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Hamilton, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Hamilton, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Kitchener, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Mississauga, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Nepean, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Newmarket, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Ottawa, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Scarborough, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Sudbury, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Toronto, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Toronto, CANADA Everest College of Business, Technology and Healthcare, Windsor, CANADA Trillium College Kingston Kingston, CANADA Trillium College Ottawa Ottawa, CANADA International College of the Cayman Islands Newlands, CAYMAN ISLANDS Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College Copenhagen, DENMARK Schiller International University Paris, FRANCE Schiller International University Heidelberg, GERMANY Stratford University New Dehli, INDIA

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