For-Profit College Sector Continues to Shrink - Inside Higher Ed

The number of for-profit postsecondary institutions and the number of students they enroll are continuing to wither, according to data released by the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics on Thursday. In a new report, the center said that the number of for-profit colleges eligible to award federal financial aid fell to 3,265 last fall, down from 3,436 in fall 2014, a decline of 5 percent. The number of public institutions grew by one and the number of private nonprofit colleges grew by 26 over that year (from 1,883 to 1,909). https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/07/15/profit-college-sector-continues-shrink