for-profit college
Revenue-driven school
A for-profit college is a postsecondary institution owned by a company or investors seeking to generate revenue, as opposed to nonprofit or public universities.
These schools often target working adults and offer flexible schedules, but the sector has drawn criticism for aggressive recruitment, high tuition, poor graduation rates, and leaving students with debt but few job prospects: She enrolled in a for-profit college for medical billing but couldn't find work after graduating.
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- student debtBorrowed tuition funds owed
- debtMoney owed another
- student loansBorrowed funds for tuition
- diploma millFraudulent credential seller
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- schoolsprimary school, school, academy, high school, elementary school
- college termsuniversity, fall semester, spring semester, state school, credit hours
for-profit collegepublic university
Government-funded higher education institution
state university · community college · public college · land-grant university · state school
for-profit collegeresearch university
Institution combining teaching and scholarship
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