The battle over for-profit colleges, explained

At for-profit colleges, all students are welcomed-and so is your financial aid.
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Correction: We mistakenly highlighted Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis at 4:20 in the video as a for-profit university. Colorado Technical University, one above IUPUI in the list, is the for-profit institution we meant to highlight.
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Higher education is expensive, so people want to get the best deal- a high quality college education at a low cost. This is similar in the way which many for-profit colleges and universities advertised themselves. Many students soon found that the cost of upward mobility through certain for-profit institutions wasn't the answer for them.
These schools saw a huge jump in enrollment during the 2000s. Fueled by a struggling economy and the expansion of federal financial aid for college, many students saw the advertisements of for-profit schools as attainable and affordable. But almost two decade later, there are new regulations to reign in the predatory schools profiting off student debt. And today, over a dozen for-profit colleges in the US (ITT Tech, Corinthian Colleges, Sanford Brown, and others) have closed their doors for good.
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[@Yinskiiii]

pls if you're interested in what a for profit school has to offer, look at your community college, it's soo much cheaper.

[@beacreates4370]

That or a state school, if you study in the state you reside in everything it 40% cheaper...

[@MrC0MPUT3R]

Do 2 years at a community college then transfer to a state university. It's what a lot of my friends did and I wish I had done it.

[@PlainBlueFolders]

I would recommend it for the gen ends but not core classes. Some of my friends did that and couldn't catch up afterwards.

[@bsinita_wokeone]

Yinksy93 true but I did went to community college and didn't graduate at all because( lack of tutor resources, ran out of money for sail mae etc)and it's not because I didn't try enough I did I studied my ass off 7 yrs ago but didn't went back because of terrible resources and cheaper is good but don't expect the best help in the school. the only good out this situation is not having debt at all and so I could transfer to other schools if there willing to accept my low GPA which was cause due stress and a nasty teacher.

[@SiddiqueSukdiki]

B Sinita did you out half way due to financial issues and couldn't afford to pay the student fees to the college?

[@itspricila]

community college is the way to go . you can get your basics done and then transfer to a 4 yr uni. save money + you can decide what career you want to pursue before diving in the deep side of the pool

[@dulceg928]

1d af kermit I finished my basics, now the community college is offering me extra classes I need for my transfer to uni. Each class is around 300$ and tuition at my local uni is 100,000$.

[@Desertdolphin43]

Bro knows whats good

[@princediop8190]

Dulce G, what type of University has a tuition of 100,000!!!! Ivy league schools have a cheaper tuition than that. You can go to Harvard for half of your UNI's tuition.

[@kuhataparunks]

I think that person was exaggerating a bit. Though universities are exaggeratedly exorbitant. $300 at comm college vs. $3,000 at a university for the same exact class (basics i.e. history, intro math, english)

[@dulceg928]

p.d d.p opps that's a typo I meant 10,000-15,00 per year I got to two local universities near me.

[@Gamer7321]

How ironic is it that DeVry University had an ad right before this video

[@jaojao1768]

Jake Nguyen lol

[@roman-iq6525]

File for a borrowers defense against DEvry if you feel they mislead you

[@dmc1673]

Yeah. It seems like they generally try to find whatever influence possible.

[@Albanez39]

Don't you have an adblock plug in?

[@sunset33533]

The book "Bad Biz: Your Guide to Starting a For Profit College" by Corin Devaso is an interesting read. It's satire that shows how some colleges scam.

[@surfie007]

In Australia for profit schools are illegal but university marketing budgets are huge

[@Coolman0451]

In America not only are for profits legal but university marketing budgets are huge too! wooo go america /sarcasm

[@jesper771]

That's because universities are funded by the student in country like Australia, more students means more federal funding

[@sdsouza1753]

surfie007 international student fees in Australia are 5 times huge than what you pay ._.

[@MN121MN]

Australian universities tends to market to international student, especially those in Asia, so it's no surprise. What's frustrating is the stories I hear of how the substance of the programs offered is decreasing.

[@ymeynot0405]

+Kwistenbiebel200 Private =/= "for profit" They are two very different things.

[@LandonWard]

This is the exact reason I ditched The Art Institute of Seattle. It's predatory. When an instructor asked why we were there, every single person said, "They got back to me first." This was a week into the class, and I started doing research and came to the conclusion that I'd be worse off with a degree and $80,000 than if I cut my losses before accruing debt. I'm so glad I did. Also, my web design class was a joke. The entire curriculum was using a free website to learn how to code for web design. So stupid.

[@thepedrorriva]

at least you were able to see that in time

[@Jestrath]

Landon Ward What they are doing should be illegal. For-profit colleges are just pure evil

[@Armendicus]

I learned that after a year of "psychology" classes. The art teachers were cool though. But, yeah that school was why I was trying to wait and do research into which colleges I wanted first. But I let my mom rush me. 35k in debt.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

A free website what hahahah

[@LapisGarter]

We're in an age of con men.

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

The man with the most confidence will confide you into confiding to them all of your assets and valuables. It's time to be afraid.

[@yeoyeoking]

George con women too #feminism #ladycrimes

[@addictedtopiano]

analogous to the 60s mad men era?

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

And mad women too #feminism #ladycrimes #johnoliver

[@MrJellyton]

#hughmungus

[@MultiSmartass1]

Never trust any "college" that advertises aggressively during the Dr Phil show.

[@reJECT0]

Thank god for free school in Finland.

[@---cy6kk]

Imerence but it's like -50°C for half the year

[@reJECT0]

- - bah, it's like -20°c only and always + weather and no snow during the Christmas, just freezing cold before and after.

[@D-711]

and Scotland :'D

[@Hairysteed]

Finn here! Coldest I've ever experienced here is -36°C ...In the northernmost part of Lapland

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

KingOfKink school can be s free everywhere, unless its college and unicersitu

[@RobertShane]

I went to a for-profit school back in 2004. I still owe them over 30K. This was near the beginning of when scam schools really took off and not a lot was known about it back them. They told me over 80% of graduates had jobs but the truth was probably less than 5%.

[@yocampout]

I really needed this video. my husband was seriously considering Phoenix. now we won't

[@sergimartin7180]

Your documentaries are always awesome, could you guys make a video about the behind the scenes of making a video, like the research, fimling and editing? That would be amazing!

[@WajdTohme]

You forgot to mention how ITT certificates are generally disregarded by employers.

[@sohigh10]

How is nobody talking about the 11% interest rate?! Rates are at a historic low and you're paying rates as high as a credit card overcharge!

[@seeranos]

I went to a private not-for-profit school, and in my second year there it went for-profit. I immediately saw an drop in quality in the professors I had, and in the student services like counseling and library services. Only 1 year after they went for-profit, my entire department of professors had quit or been fired, and all the incoming professors were teaching for the first time and were only adjunct and part-time professors. Tuition was more than 12k a semester, and that's without housing, and with a full campus they couldn't even afford to consistently hire professors full time or with teaching accreditation. I've been to a state college, a community college, a private-non-profit-turned-private-for-profit, and I'll be transferring my credits to a private non-profit, and I can say from experience that the American school system is only slightly better than its health care system. Thank Reagan and Clinton for that.

[@dcabral00]

They claimed excellent job placement. One time I asked an instructor working in one of these for profit schools (TCI Technical Career Institutes), and he said that technically, once someone graduates from his school, and the graduate is arranged to work at McDonald's flipping burgers, technically that is Job Placement. By the way, TCI is no more. Good thing.

[@themegafuckingrichpussydes7653]

an university commercial was popped on before this video😐

[@who_we_are______5926]

Matheo Andrade rubio 😂 ikr

[@michaelburgarino]

Matheo Andrade rubio Are you interested in a great education from ITT Technical University???!!!

[@themegafuckingrichpussydes7653]

Michael Burgarino no I préfère studying in Montréal (where I live) at mcgill university

[@michaelburgarino]

Matheo Andrade rubio Are you sure you wouldn't love to enroll at the University of Phoenix???!!!

[@themegafuckingrichpussydes7653]

Michael Burgarino no te bad or offensive but why are you as King me this questions but I still prefer mcgill montreal

[@itshitime]

its really annoying when they use the word college and university interchangeably

[@TheMrRedSir]

In America it's the same thing. It's usually called a big University with different colleges like the College of Engineering and such.

[@TheGeneralJos]

ApexPulsar Well, not necessarily. In the everyday vocabulary it is, but the naming convention is very strict. For example, community colleges strictly offer only two-year associate and transferable degrees. Those transferable degrees are transferred to the universities. However, within the campus, you will find buildings designated to the fields of education, usually for the higher level of education, e.g. College of Law, College of Medicine, etc. It is a distinction I wish we Americans would make.

[@adier1234]

Joshua Guillemette he's actually right schools like Boston college and sole man college are both 4 year schools. I guess all universities are 4 years but not all colleges are

[@itshitime]

Ak K in the uk though a university has colleges but colleges are different

[@adier1234]

thunder2.0 America has that too but it's basically departments like college of arts and sciences or college of business but there's not really a difference between the name college and university if they're both 4 year institutions

[@DJ5540]

I'm a firm believer that there are some industries that should never be profit-oriented.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Kick Matt's Fat Ass Squad Yeah. Most in particular, prisons.

[@thepedrorriva]

Do you even english?

[@suicidaljell]

It's sad I see people on my Facebook feed who brag about going to or graduating from these college

[@airman6937]

some people just need to realize that you shouldn't go to college if you don't have a chance at getting a well paying job. There is a stigma today that you have to go to college to be successful. People fail to see that you need to be smart to be successful and that a college degree will not do anything for you if you are dumb as rocks.

[@thecaptain4630]

40E Trinity Robotics but college helped Trump who is dumb ass rocks

[@airman6937]

ninja of fire thats debatable

[@amphitrite3660]

"People" (many of whom are 16 or 17 years old when they start applying) have been told over and over again by teachers, their parents, politicians, and other influential people that college is the only way to success. It's one of the most pervasive cultural myths out there, and it continues to be spread by people who are products of a different era when college WAS a key to success, or who just want to take advantage of how good it sounds to preach about education (i.e. politicians). I don't think the "smart" thing is really true, either. The #1 most helpful thing is having family with connections who can get your food in the door somewhere (which usually means coming from a wealthy background). Trump is actually a prime example of this. I know plenty of people who are smart with college degrees, but they can't get a professional job because all entry-level jobs require 3-5 years of experience on top of a college degree, and the they go to someone's nephew half the time anyway.

[@airman6937]

Amphitrite I agree with your first paragraph completely. As for the second, yes it definitely does help to have connections, but you can make buy without them. If you work hard and are an intelligent person who can communicate well, that is better than having connections. So many people toda go to college to study something stupid like gender studies then cry when they have debt. College is an investment, and you need to treat it like one and weigh the risks vs reward.

[@laurent1144]

Okay, but why does that make predatory behavior okay. Your statement is victim blaming.

[@crazygood150]

I call them strip mall colleges, because that's all I ever see them in. "Sign up for our 30 week program to become a document transcriber!"

[@stillholy5490]

I think that we can all agree here, no matter what your political affiliation or opinion is, Vox always presents their issues and topics in such a beautiful, interactive and unique way.

[@kevinbarr2910]

But sometimes biased... I wish they looked at some good for profit schools.... They are not all bad

[@federicoruiz8629]

@@kevinbarr2910 There is no such thing as a "good" for-profit schools. Education is not a field that's meant to be profit-oriented.

[@oldyoutubevideos1262]

A "free collage" still wont solve the problem with the fact that companies wont hire people without experience.

[@warmike]

In Russia many universities help arrange paid internships for their seniors and, depending on the school, juniors.

[@nachomartin471]

luckily in my country college is free and really great

[@sethrawbass]

nacho martin "free" haha 😂

[@nachomartin471]

SethRaw not completely free, i pay taxes, but there's no fee or payment needed

[@askmiller]

How exactly does this system work? If it's free, wouldn't just about everyone go? What do the people who can't make it through do? It sounds like it hurts them since they're paying more taxes for the smarter people to go through school.

[@nachomartin471]

the system is pretty basic, you have a public university which is free to anyone, and yes, it's flooded with people from border countries and then there's the private university which is a little bit better but in most carreers it isn't justified the cost (huge). The public one has the first year in which people get tested to see their level, if they pass they can get into the university if not they can't, the test is really easy so most of them pass, the problem is the first year of college, most people drop out because either it's too dificult or they don't like the career, so in the second year the people that are smart or like the career get to go through

[@jonahhillman6491]

askmiller Everybody who wants to go can apply, and if they get in, they go to the college.

[@vickiemack3436]

I searched KZbin for 2 days to find just the right video to show my career pathway participants. This was it! VERY well done! Thank you!

[@StudioUAC]

it also sucks that the loan forgiveness websites are scams as well!

[@askmiller]

These colleges can exist because there's this wrong belief in the US that everyone needs to go to college with these grand promises that it will pay off for everyone in the long run. The fact of the matter is not everyone is cut out for higher education. We're too afraid to tell people this though. After all, you can't say something that will upset someone else. Let's not crush their dreams. Let them continue go 30-60k more in debt every year for the next 6 years or so.

[@shelbynamels973]

Yale, Harvard, Stanford and other Ivy League schools are for profit as well, The only difference is that their job placement record is better. Incidentally, in her biography, Sandra Day O'Conner describes how she couldn't find a job in her field for two years after graduating with a degree from Stanford. Back then, she just kept plugging away, paying her dues on a road that eventually lead to the "Supreme Court. Nowadays, she would have used her legal training to sue Stanford for giving her a worthless degree and taking her money under false pretenses.

[@sunset33533]

The book "Bad Biz: Your Guide to Starting a For Profit College" by Corin Devaso is an interesting read. It's satire that shows how some colleges scam.

[@roksraka9241]

Wow, it's so nice to live in Europe...

[@desparta05]

I attended ITT Technical Institute. I was in school there for about a year when they closed down some time in September of 2016. Since then I've been in a back and forth with with lenders that I was pretty much forced to get since financial aid wasn't able to cover the tuition. I should have known from start that it was a bad choice. Still haven't heard anything yet from them. Maybe a good follow up story for this video. @Vox Thanks again. Big fan!

[@moetama_]

America is so corrupt in every aspect smh

[@emilyshmelimy]

Mo Tama All countries are corrupt. Welcome to life.

[@thepedrorriva]

Then go to Brazil

[@Jestrath]

Mo Tama Its a prime example of unchecked capitalism run rampant.

[@moebands]

How don't you have the Everest College guy in this video?

[@EnglishMandy]

Times like these, I'm extremely thankful I'm able to attending a small, private NON-profit school.

[@BiBi39312]

if you're smart enough to think you can go to college, then you're smart to do a google search on a college

[@Jestrath]

Fate Kyougo Some for-profit colleges are extremely deceptive. There are some that are regionally accredited and are "Non-profit" on paper. However, in practice they operate like a for-profit and have little to no accrediting bodies associated with their programs. On the surface they appear to be a completely legit private school. Bellevue University is a prime example of this. I've known plenty of people who graduted from there totally unaware that their degrees have no real accreditation beyond regional.

[@laurent1144]

If you're smart enough to use Google, you're smart enough to do your own taxes, your own electrical work, and your own surgery. Sounds stupid right? We have experts in certain things because once person cannot hold all the knowledge on the world.

[@tjfm2456]

These colleges often prey on older veterans and single parents who wouldn’t be as tech-savvy. Stop victim-shaming, Jesus.

[@jurikowhy359]

These schools existed before the Information Age blew up to be what it is today

[@dariusshubert5129]

@@laurent1144 Who exactly is applying to, being accepted, and attending colleges without ever having researched the programs? You can’t even send an application without thoroughly reading understanding and meeting admissions criteria, paying the fees, etc. Is everybody hiring experts in “is this college a scam” to walk them through the process?

[@per41495]

This is why I subscribed to you Vox! Neutral and informative videos without an immense politcal leaning! Good on you Vox!

[@azsmoothe]

Well done. Very concise, with great info and friendly narration.

[@baily492]

4:20 How is IUPUI a for-profit school?

[@Vox]

You're absolutely right, it isn't. Thanks so much for catching it! I'm updating the video now. -Gina

[@ZubairKhan-tt8ev]

could you guys make a video about the behind the scenes of making a video, like the research, fimling and editing?

[@baily492]

Vox Thank you!

[@justintylerwashere]

Yea isn't it a IU-PU public campus? GO MASTODONS!

[@willwhoisarealperson3785]

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is a public college, run by Purdue and Indiana University in Indiana. Also Vox/Gina: I like the professionalism in your response to the original comment, makes me proud to be a viewer despite this slip-up. I wish more presidents-elect would act in such a manner.

[@garbanzobeans6228]

That's why I just go online and teach myself. Hopefully I can just self employ myself.

[@TheMuse260]

Get the money for those honeys And live with the shame of having an online degree

[@lesliewen3428]

+Izanagi イザナギ +

[@terr1592]

It's not about a degree dum dum, it's about experience.

[@mochamommyATX]

You have a good start, but make sure you get credentials and make connects in the field. Self taught people are smart, but often lack a professional network

[@fifialba001]

I loved this video, Gina! You need to make more!!!

[@Michael_H_Nielsen]

Your video editors are seriously skilled :)

[@dylanlcreser]

Well Done!

[@1SuperTempest]

Paid 30k for an IT degree, and realized degrees are a joke; just another excuse to push conformity and the "ideal" way of life. Made 24k that year at my job in logistics. This year (my third year) I made 60k, worked only 1450 hours, had the best insurance money can buy (for free), a pension and retirement plan (for free) all while ON CALL. I make plans when I want, they ask me when I want to work, and I turn off my phone if I don't want to be bothered. My job has plenty of room to grow and I'm looking at making around 87k this year. (Why are you guys anti-union again?)

[@TheNoerdy]

Tbh if someone wants to go to a crappy for college school, they should be able to. People just need more education that it's a complete scam.

[@sergiowolfpac]

I'm glad I enrolled to my closest 4 year university with my intended major. I remember several of my peers were considering private for profit places. Man, do I hope they changed their minds lol

[@symbioticcoherence8435]

universtiy is free in germany. I pay around 300-350€ a month to get by. I do not aquire any debt, in fact I get more money from my parents than I need, so my money increases. Seeing those fees from the US is crazy. I am baffled every time.

[@ShovelShovel]

one of the problems with for-profit colleges is that they simply end up with the dumbest students or students that are in hardship situations so they will naturally perform poorly. if a public university only accepted the bottom of the barrel they would have poor results as well.

[@plumpy_space_princess]

Yep

[@warmike]

but it's more important that they save on courses and teaching to maximize profits

[@xOALtoFrEak900Ox]

I remember how naive I was when I was graduating from high school. I already had my plan. Study music composition. I would knock out my core courses at some university and then transfer to the city university. (Both are non profit and share the same system). But I heard from others that I didn't really need to go to traditional schools and if I was really passionate about learning how to compose, I could go straight to schools that can just give me what I need. I was listening to Pandora and i heard about Full Sail University. I was amazed to find this school so I called them and asked about their program. It was all too good to be true. I live in Texas and I asked about their main campus and they told me that there was a location in Florida? They told me that I was supposed to do a four year degree plan filled with many music theory classes and I was going to have live video chat lessons when I was going to submit my recordings and homework assignments online and right off the bat I just knew I was better off going to a physical school instead of an online school. Of material wise I needed a bunch of software and they were going to provide me a first year package with a brand-new MacBook Pro, a microphone to record, and some really cool beats headphones. They never told me the price and I just kept on thinking that I was going to receive all of this almost for free in a way. Until I finally asked about the tuition cost and the package that they were going to send me and I was floored about the price. It was a more than, $20,000.00?. Everything was super expensive and I just was shocked. how was I supposed to get all that money?! but I was just getting carried away and I hung up and I kept on receiving frequent emails ever since. They wanted to hear more about me and they would be delighted to have me as a student and such. I then realized those schools really are not as good as traditional college. I respect the fact that it can be for people that just have too much in their plate, but today I am studying for management information systems at a college of business at my university and the school really helps you out with the online courses and do give flexible schedules, well, in my experience.

[@arondj]

Random fact, In the credits you claim the last song is called "Home" by Tom Hillock & David Krutten but its actually called "No Matter What"

[@azdgariarada]

Gina, have you been working with a voice coach? Your diction has improved dramatically in the past few months! Keep it up! :-)

[@spiderman4657]

Even as a 15 year old kid when these schools were around I knew they were a scam I don't understand how older people get fooled so easily. Community college is essentially free if you are a low income student, heck at the university I'm going I don't have to pay a dime according to the package I qualify for.

[@JYYew]

Quick question would you prefer to study in public or private schools (if private, for-profit or non-profit schools). I personally feel that if you can afford it, private schools are the better choice in developing countries, but i am curious about the opinion of those studying in developed countries which are already well known for a good public school system.

[@katieakin9397]

The description has a correction but the video shows the correction. Can you edit a posted video?

[@TheShadowofDormin]

I live in Canada and they even have sites where the make it look like there website shows schools all around North America but when I sent an email about a music corse in Toronto they ended up Calling me and just saying that it was their Toronto office and that the school was in the USA and when I said I wasn't interested they didn't give up and would call text and email me non stop to the point where I had to block them completely to get them to stop.

[@bananamanasaur]

I like to think the reason enrollment in university is so expensive is because you can go to basically all the lectures you want. Just walk into random ones. Learn how to start a business. learn how to diagnose lupus. learn how fast a liquid has to flow to be considered laminar

[@stephaniec6873]

Does that mean people who don't attend the college can sit in on them too?

[@kaneknight4606]

If the government did not guarantee the loans the "predatory leading" wouldn't happen.

[@ninjamurai]

Wish i knew this a few years sooner. I am a first generation of going to college in my family in USA and ended up with high student loan, finished paying it 2 years ago but i would have saved thousands going to community college.

[@385423]

Did anyone else have all these for profit colleges send over salesmen to their high school senior year to give the sales pitch speech in one of your periods? I remember during my hs senior year in 2013 I had all these for profit spokes people trying to influence people into joining and so called "get started on your future"; schools like, devery, art institute, and everest gave speeches at my classes. HA and they were really persuasive to. I even attended one of their campus tours in 2014, but luckily I found out about this for profit scam and managed to avoid this bullet. If this is what the public grade school system here in the U.S is willing to let in their doors to scam kids, this speaks whole volumes on how our public education system is more in it for indoctrination, and could care less about your future. Disgraceful.

[@iissacc]

Life is a scam

[@adrianaalcala9693]

Hahahahaha

[@chenanigans]

I feel ya bud

[@dmc1673]

Agreed

[@kevinbarr2910]

lol the best comment right here ^

[@bobpolo2964]

There's two things guaranteed in life: debt and fascists

[@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel]

my issue is not even the cost of tuition has more to do with the fact that the quality of education is pretty much non-existent

Awesome report!

[@Tylol00]

really hope it defines for-profit and non-profit better in the video, not just for college but for business in general

[@TheWinterShadow]

A superb video!

[@coconutologist]

This was great. Thanks. When able, please do a follow-up.

[@Brian-dd2df]

This explains why I've been seeing so many more commercials for colleges like Grand Canyon University. Those ITT Tech commercials with the interviews of alumni have gone away in the past few years though. Or maybe that's because I don't watch tv anymore and the GCU commercials are on KZbin.

[@russ-johnston]

This video could be improved by explaining the dynamic between for-profit college tuition and it's source of revenue (i.e., the government's FAFSA dollars, in cash form, are received at enrollment/beginning of term independent of attendance. Rather than spending the cash to find and retain the student originally enrolled, the cash received, remember, dollars are fungible, is spent on marketing to find other students who still might have the opportunity to succeed in school. ) Unfortunately, the cycle is usually repeated.

[@supaspydamn]

Great video! Thank you!

[@aungyethu6560]

Hello?? Donald Trump had a scammy for-profit school called Trump University! Remember?

[@calabiyau9269]

Yeah, she brought it up at 0:42...

[@derekanderson706]

Yea! I member!!

[@WalterWhiteFromTheBlock]

'Member the 2016 election? 'Member Hillary Clinton? 'Member?

[@nxcts20]

Man, I love vox. They put out such great content!

[@AverageInvestor]

11% interest for student loan 5:47. That is frankly EVIL. Pure Evil!!

[@MJ-cq6gz]

I went to one, and I think I kind of lucked out. They were pretty aggressive with recruiting, and I think others that went to traditional schools got a more thorough education. My school was very focused on making us employable and preparing us for how to get and stay hired. I got a job in my field before I even graduated because my instructor knew people in the field, and I can pick up what I would have learned at a traditional school as I go. My goal was to get a career, and I got what I paid for.

[@samuelskillern7365]

@4:20 IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) isn't for profit. Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs is.

[@ruthbrent7048]

I just received an ad for Post University during this video. A for profit college.

[@srami004]

Great report.

[@StevieDamnit]

No mention of Fullsail University?

[@tipofmytongue1024]

STAY AWAY FROM PRIVATE STUDENT LOANS! SAY NO SALLIE MAE! Even Public Colleges will say "This is the cheapest way because they're in the pockets of Sallie Mae. DON'T. DO. IT. Only Student Loans I trust are the direct loans or loans from Credit Unions.

[@stefanlamb1179]

My favourite satire comes from the Simpsons. Snake opens Moe's cash register to find a wad of cash. "Hoho! Goodbye student loan payments!"

[@omairbhore]

Devry absolutely blew my phone up and tried really really hard to bring me in for an open house back in 2011

[@theWanderer521]

Im not from the US ~ but I got excited on Academy of Art University's programs etc. ~ are they good? (and yes they're very aggresive on their recruitment - sent me some packages etc. about them)

[@tecpaocelotl]

I had Sallie Mae which then got transfered to navient. I'm wondering how to get my loan forgiven. too many applications and a bit overwhelmed.

[@leavethebasket7435]

don't ever go to a school that has an ad

[@aaquib90]

Funniest thing is, right before this video started there was an Ad from University of Pheonix! I know Vox has very little control over the ads but it really dose make you wonder.....

[@geoffreylee5199]

In the province of Ontario, private issued qualifications within the province are not recognized when going to public colleges.

[@BenjaminFife]

Such a clear & well-researched video - Thank you for posting this!

[@solarminima1737]

4:21 IUPUI isn't a for-profit school, it's public.

[@callumpledge3770]

So is This like Open university? I don't think we have for profit university's in the UK

[@weeemma101]

So glad I have free university where I live , I thank god for being so blessed

[@CrimsonJoker641]

Putting a price tag on education is so stupid...

[@Ub3rH4L0]

11% Variable rate?? On a 30 Year plan? OMG! O.O

[@Rossmanproductions]

Could someone explain the difference between a public school and a private non-profit school? I attend Temple University, which was mentioned as a private non-profit though their website states they are public.

[@thepedrorriva]

public is funded by government private is funded by private means and sometimes, well, government too

[@virgil.alonso]

Yo who chooses the music for this? I snapped when I heard Nuplex drop.

[@Nobody-wo5mb]

Our government is obviously not going to be any help on this for at least four years. High schools need to step up and inform their students about these predatory colleges and the different options they have for higher education or work opportunities. A single career day and an aptitude test isn't going to cut it anymore because our kids are going out there completely uninformed and vulnerable. A comprehensive college and career readiness course should be mandatory for all high school juniors and seniors.

[@beastmodegaming1304]

Why does it randomly say Brookings at 4:20???? Brookings SD? As in SDSU???

[@blueblousedesigns]

Penn Foster puts ads in my favorite crossword puzzle books

[@MultiAbstrak]

i used to work for Arey Jones. They were the main supplier of laptops for the university of Phoenix, everts colleges, and Corinthian colleges

[@jostimantatarigan7657]

you should've put a research how this for profit colleges attempt to recruit outside the US. Once I went to an US education fair and the Academy of Art recruiters were extremely aggressive. Just a 5 minutes talk I got a 50 pages of book, 4 brochures, 2 registration form, and dozens of (personal) emails. Sadly, the prospective student was not aware about the for-profit scam and the regulations.

[@meThinksFoodisGood]

Whats the song that plays at the very end of this video?

[@adreanalva7055]

sooo, arent all colleges, for profit colleges

[@anglico83]

Nice DeVry commercial before this clip played LMAO