This is an incomplete list of for-profit colleges, universities, and other educational institutions providing higher education (meaning tertiary, quaternary or in some cases post-secondary education). For a list of all colleges and universities, go here.

• American InterContinental University (multiple locations)
• The Art Institutes (multiple locations)
• Ashmead College (multiple locations)
• Blair College (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
• Brooks College (multiple locations)
• Brooks Institute of Photography (multiple locations)
• Brown College (Mendota Heights, Minnesota, not to be confused with Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island)
• Bryman College (multiple locations)
• Bryman Institute (multiple locations)
• Capella University (online university)
• Collins College (Phoenix, Arizona area)
• Colorado Technical University (multiple locations)
• Deaconess College of Nursing (St. Louis, Missouri)
• DeVry University (multiple locations)
• Duff's Business Institute (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Everest College (multiple locations)
• Florida Metropolitan University (multiple locations)
• Georgia Medical Institute (multiple locations)
• Grand Canyon University (Phoenix, Arizona)
• ITT Technical Institute (multiple locations)
• Kee Business College (multiple locations)
• Las Vegas College (Henderson, Nevada)
• Mountain West College (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• National American University, multiple campuses including Mall of America
• National Institute of Technology (multiple locations, not to be confused with National Institutes of Technology in India)
• National School of Technology (multiple locations)
• Olympia Career Training Institute (multiple locations)
• Olympia College (multiple locations)
• Parks College (multiple locations)
• Rhodes Colleges, Inc (multiple locations, not to be confused with Rhodes College)
• Rochester Business Institute (Rochester, New York, not to be confused with Rochester Institute of Technology)
• Ross University (Medical School in Dominica and Veterinary Medicine in St. Kitts)
• Sanford-Brown College (multiple locations)
• Sanford-Brown Institute (multiple locations)
• Schiller International University (multiple locations)
• Springfield College (Springfield, Missouri, not to be confused with Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts)
• Tooling University, Cleveland, Ohio
• University of Advancing Technology (Tempe, Arizona)
• University of Phoenix (multiple locations)
• Western Business College (multiple locations)
• Western International University (multiple locations)
• Western State University College of Law (Fullerton, California)
• Wyoming Technical Institute (WyoTech) (multiple locations)

For-profit colleges and universities