for-profit university
Tuition-driven higher education
A for-profit university is a college or university operated as a business, with earnings going to owners or shareholders rather than being reinvested in the institution.
These schools often target nontraditional students—working adults, veterans, low-income populations—with flexible schedules and online programs.
Critics associate them with aggressive recruiting, high tuition, poor graduation rates, and heavy student debt relative to outcomes: She enrolled in a for-profit university and ended up owing sixty thousand dollars for a degree employers didn't respect.
- online learningStudy conducted via internet
- federal aidGovernment-provided financial support
- GI BillVeteran education benefit
- tuitionPayment for instruction
- vocational trainingJob-skill education
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Government-funded higher education institution
state university · land-grant university · community college · public college · state school
for-profit universityIvy League
Elite university athletic conference
research university · Oxford · Harvard · Stanford · liberal arts college
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