About The Art Institute

The Art Institutes are a accretion of for-profit art schools that are owned by Education Principle Foundation and the remnants of two fruitless parent companies: for-profit studious operator Education Management Corporation (EDMC) and Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH). The Art Institutes meet the expense of several programs at the associate’s, bachelors, and master’s levels, as capably as additional programs for non-degree seeking students. At its height, The Art Institutes, as a for-profit scholarly entity, had higher than 50 campuses. However, as the for-profit education sector came below scrutiny, many campuses proverb a marked end in enrollment. At least 35 schools closed in 2017–18, and some were sold, leaving more or less a dozen schools below two separate owners. The Art Institutes have also faced accreditation issues, which has led to lawsuits from former students.