Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, has been a vocal advocate for for-profit colleges, pushing back on... Judges say the Education Department used the wrong ...

Find a trustworthy and flexible online college learning option that works best for you using U.S. News rankings, data and expert advice. Online college is no longer just an option for many ...

While for-profit four-year colleges only enroll about 5 percent of college students, their enrollment increased by 8 percent between 2021 and 2023, and preliminary enrollment for showed another 5 ...

Students paid the price. In the early 2000s, the business of for-profit college was booming. After the University of Phoenix's parent company, the Apollo Group, went public in 1994, others were ...

And tuition increases at private colleges have finally slowed after years of hefty rises. Figures compiled by the nonprofit College Board indicate the average student attending an in-state public ...