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CareerEducation Corp，纳斯达克：CECO，

The Education ManagementCorp。

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，如果需要帮助可发email：whartonpapa@gmail.com

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，在决定前最好问清楚以下问题：

How many credits aretransferable to other schools?

What is theschool’sgraduation rate in the program you are looking at?

Does the school accepttransfer credits?

How many courses do youneed to take to graduate?

What is thestudent-faculty ratio?

How much money does theschool spend on education materials versus recruitment andmarketing?

What is the total costof admission, tuition, books and other fees?

What isthe

average amount ofstudent loans students graduate with?

Does the school have ajob-placement program?

【附】以下是150所美国营利性大学，仅供参考。

Academy of ArtUniversity

– San Francisco,California

Allied College

– MarylandHeights, Missouri and Fenton, Missouri

Allied AmericanUniversity

– Laguna Hills,California

American CareerCollege

– Los Angeles,California

American College ofEducation

– Illinois

AmericanInterContinental University

– multiplelocations, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation

American MilitaryUniversity

– Online

American PublicUniversity

– Online

American SentinelUniversity - Online

AntonelliCollege

– multiplelocations

ArgosyUniversity

– multiplelocations, a subsidiary of Education ManagementCorporation

Arizona Summit LawSchool - a subsidiary of InfiLaw System

The ArtInstitutes

– multiplelocations; not to be confused with University of The Arts, asubsidiary of Education Management Corporation

ASA College-campuses inBrooklyn, midtown Manhattan, and Miami

AshfordUniversity

– Clinton, Iowa,a subsidiary of Bridgepoint Education, includes Forbes School ofBusiness

Ashmead College

– multiplelocations

ATI Enterprises-campuses in Arizona, Florida, and Texas

Banner College

– Arlington,Virginia

Banner Institute

– Chicago

Beckfield College - asubsidiary of Quad Partners

Berkeley College

– New York andNew Jersey; not to be confused with University of California,Berkeley, Berklee School of Music or the Berkeley College at YaleUniversity

Blair College

– ColoradoSprings, Colorado

Blue Cliff College, asubsidiary of Quad Partners

Breckinridge School ofNursing and Health Sciences - multiple locations, a subsidiary ofITT Education

Briarcliffe College-Long Island, NY, a subsidiary of Career EducationCorporation

Brooks Institute ofPhotography

– multiplelocations

Brown College

– MendotaHeights, Minnesota; not to be confused with Brown University inProvidence, Rhode Island

Brown MackieCollege

– multiplelocations, a subsidiary of Education ManagementCorporation

Bryant StrattonCollege

– multiplelocations

Bryman College

– multiplelocations; not to be confused with The Bryman School inArizona

Bryman Institute

– multiplelocation

California MiramarUniversity

– San Diego,California (formerly known as Pacific WesternUniversity)

Capella University -Minneapolis, Minnesota and online

Charlotte School ofLaw- subsidiary of InfiLaw System

The College ofWestchester

– White Plains,New York

Chamberlain College ofNursing- a subsidiary of Devry

Charter College-campuses in Alaska, California, and Washington

Colorado TechnicalUniversity

– multiplelocations, a subsidiary of Career Education Corporation

Columbia SouthernUniversity

– not to beconfused with Columbia University

Concorde CareerColleges- multiple locations

Court ReportingInstitute- St. Louis, MO and Dallas, TX

Daniel WebsterCollege

– Nashua, NewHampshire, subsidiary of Devry

Daymar College

– multiplecampuses in Kentucky and Ohio, and online

Deaconess College ofNursing

– St. Louis,Missouri

DeVry EducationGroup

– multiplelocations, subsidiaries include Ross University School of Medicine,Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Chamberlain Schoolof Nursing, Keller School of Management

DigiPen Institute ofTechnology - Redmond, Washington

Dorsey Schools- asubsidiary of Quad Partners

ECPI University

– formerly ECPICollege of Technology; multiple locations; includes Medical CareersInstitute multiple locations in Virginia

Engine City TechnicalInstitute

– SouthPlainfield, New Jersey

Erie Business Center -Erie, PA

EvergladesUniversity

– Boca Raton,Florida

Fashion Institute ofDesign Merchandising

– FIDM (fourlocations in California) not to be confused with Fashion Instituteof Technology a state university in New York City

Five TownsCollege

– Dix Hills, NewYork

Florida CareerCollege

– multiplelocations

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

Florida MetropolitanUniversity

– multiplelocations

Florida NationalUniversity - Hialeah, Florida not to be confused with Florida StateUniversity

Full SailUniversity

– Winter Park,Florida

Georgia MedicalInstitute

– multiplelocations, not to be confused with the Medical College of Georgiaat Georgia Regents University

Gibbs College

– multiplelocations

GlobeUniversity/Minnesota School of Business

– multiplelocations in Minnesota not to be confused with Carlson School ofManagement the business school of the University ofMinnesota

Grantham University -Kansas City, Missouri

Grand CanyonUniversity

– Phoenix,Arizona

Hamilton College(Iowa)

– now part ofKaplan University; formerly operated from multiple locations inIowa and Nebraska; not to be confused with Hamilton College inClinton, New York, or with the unaccredited HamiltonUniversity

Harris School ofBusiness

– multiplelocations

Harrison College(Indiana)

– multiplelocations

Heald College

– based in SanFrancisco: multiple locations in California, Portland, andHonolulu

HerzingUniversity

– multiplelocations, in the process of becoming a nonprofituniversity

High-TechInstitute

– multiplelocations

Illinois School ofHealth Centers - Chicago, Illinois

InterCoastColleges/InterCoast Career Institute - multiplelocations

International Academyof Design and Technology

– multiplelocations

ITT TechnicalInstitute

– multiplelocations

Kaplan College

– multiplelocations; includes Maric Colleges and Kaplan CareerInstitutes

KaplanUniversity

– multiplelocations

KeiserUniversity

– multiplelocations, in the process of becoming a nonprofitcollege

Kendall College

– Chicago,Illinois

Kitchen Academy

– Los Angeles,California

Le Cordon Bleu

– multiplelocations, subsidiary of Career Education Corporation

Lincoln Group ofSchools

– multiplelocations not to be confused with Lincoln University

Las VegasCollege

– Henderson,Nevada

Los Angeles FilmSchool

– Los Angeles,California

McCann School ofBusiness and Technology

– multiplelocations

McNally Smith Collegeof Music

– Saint Paul,Minnesota

Miami InternationalUniversity of Art and Design

Mildred Elley

– multiplelocations

Miller-Motte

– multiplelocations

Missouri College - asubsidiary of Career Education Corporation

Monroe College

– multiplelocations

Mount WashingtonCollege

– multiplelocations in New Hampshire

Mountain WestCollege

– Salt LakeCity, Utah

National AmericanUniversity

– multiplecampuses, including Mall of America not to be confused withAmerican University

National College

– multiple U.S.locations

National Institute ofTechnology (United States)

– multiplelocations; not to be confused with National Institutes ofTechnology in India

National ParalegalCollege - Phoenix, Arizona

National School ofTechnology

– multiplelocations

NeumontUniversity

– multiplelocations

NewSchool ofArchitecture and Design

– San Diego,California; not to be confused with The New School

NorthcentralUniversity

Ohio BusinessCollege

– multiplelocations

Olympia Career TrainingInstitute

– multiplelocations

Pacific College ofOriental Medicine, a subsidiary of Quad Partners

Parks College

– multiplelocations

Pennco Tech

– multiplelocations

Pioneer PacificCollege

– multiplelocations in Oregon

Pittsburgh TechnicalInstitute

– Oakdale,Pennsylvania and Cranberry Township, Butler County,Pennsylvania

Porter and ChesterInstitute - Connecticut, Massachusettes

Potomac College

– Washington,D.C. area

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

RasmussenCollege

– multiplelocations

Rhodes Colleges,Inc

– multiplelocations; not to be confused with Rhodes College

Rochester BusinessInstitute

– Rochester, NewYork, not to be confused with Rochester Institute ofTechnology

Rocky Vista UniversityCollege of Osteopathic Medicine

SAE Institute

– formerly theSchool of Audio Engineering

Salem InternationalUniversity

– Salem, WestVirginia

San Joaquin ValleyCollege

– California,multiple locations

Sanford-BrownCollege

– multiplelocations, subsidiary of Career Education Corporation not to beconfused with either Stanford University or SamfordUniversity

Schiller InternationalUniversity

– multiplelocations

School of VisualArts

– New YorkCity

South College,Knoxville, Tennessee

South University

– multiplelocations; not to be confused with Southern University or theUniversity of the South

Southern CareersInstitute - Texas, multiple locations

Southern StatesUniversity, California

Southwest FloridaCollege Tampa, Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, BonitaSprings

Spartan College ofAeronautics and Technology Tulsa, Oklahoma

SouthwesternCollege

– multiplelocations; not to be confused with Southwestern University orLincoln University

Specs Howard School ofMedia Arts

– Michigan

SpencerianCollege

– Kentucky,multiple locations

SpringfieldCollege

– Springfield,Missouri; not to be confused with Springfield College inSpringfield, Massachusetts

StratfordUniversity

– multiplelocations

StrayerUniversity

– multiplelocations

SullivanUniversity

– Kentucky,multiple locations

TCI College ofTechnology

– New York City;in 2007 TCI also assumed responsibility for the closed InterboroInstitute, owned by EVCI Career Colleges HoldingCorporation[1][2]

Tooling University,Cleveland, Ohio

United EducationInstitute - campuses in California and Georgia

Universal TechnicalInstitute- campuses in Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts,North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas

University of AdvancingTechnology

– Tempe,Arizona

University ofPhoenix

– multiplelocations

University of thePotomac - Washington DC; Vienna, Virginia; online

University of theRockies

– ColoradoSprings, Colorado, a subsidiary of BridgepointEducation

U.S. Career Institute -Fort Collins, Colorado

Vet TechInstitute

– Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

Virginia College

– multiplelocations, not to be confused with the University ofVirginia

WaldenUniversity

– Minneapolis,Minnesota

Waldorf College -Forrest City, Iowa

West CoastUniversity

– Los Angeles,California

Western BusinessCollege

– multiplelocations

Western CareerInstitute

– Arizona

Western InternationalUniversity

– multiplelocations, a subsidiary of Apollo Group

Western StateUniversity College of Law

– Fullerton,California not to be confused with Western GovernorsUniversity

Westwood College

– multiplelocations

已经关闭的：

Anthem Career College -multiple locations in Tennessee, closed 2014

Anthem College -multiple locations, closed in 2014

Anthem Institute

– formerly theChubb Institute; multiple locations, closed 2014

Brooks College

– California,closed in 2008

Career Colleges ofAmerica - California, closed in 2014

Collins College

– Phoenix,Arizona area

Crown College

– Tacoma,Washington (lost accreditation in 2007 and closed)

Everest College

– multiplelocations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, closed2015

EverestInstitute

– multiplelocations, a subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges, closed2015

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

Omega Institute- closedin 2014

Kee BusinessCollege

– multiplelocations in Virginia, subsidiary of Corinthian Colleges,Inc。

Victory University -Memphis, Tennessee - closed in 2014

美国境外的：

AMA ComputerUniversity

– Quezon City,Philippines

Anhembi MorumbiUniversity

– S?oPaulo, Brazil

BPP University

– UnitedKingdom

College of PrintingArts

– Moscow

Cyprus College

– Nicosia,Cyprus

London School ofBusiness and Finance - Great Britain

Moscow State Universityof Printing Arts

– Moscow

MultimediaUniversity

– multiplelocations in Malaysia

Taylor University -multiple locations in Malaysia

Nyenrode BusinessUniversity

– Breukelen,Netherlands

Regenesys BusinessSchool - Sandton, South Africa

Ross University

– RossUniversity School of Medicine in Picard, Dominica; Ross UniversitySchool of Veterinary Medicine in Saint Kitts

Institute of Bank andCommerce - Puerto Rico

Dewey University-Puerto Rico

St. George'sUniversity

– Grenada -includes medical school, school of veterinary medicine, and otherprograms

Universidad Europea deMadrid

– Madrid,Spain

University of the LatinAmerican Educational Center

– Rosario,Argentina

University of Law -United Kingdom

Dnyaneshwar Vidyapeeth- India

RaiUniversity-India