For-Profit Higher Ed Worse Outcomes

Students who began their education at a community college and later transferred to a for-profit college earned about 7 percent less over the next decade than did students who transferred to a public or private nonprofit college, according to a study released today by the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment.
The study looked at students in two statewide systems and found that students who transferred to for-profit colleges tended to do more poorly at community colleges than their peers. Researchers found that students at for-profit colleges were more likely to work and continue earning wages while they were enrolled in classes, but that advantage disappeared over time.
— Libby A. Nelson

POLITICO