The Art Institutes

This article is about the chain of approximately 50 for-profit art schools headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

*For the not-for-profit art college in Boston, see The Art Institute of Boston;

*For the not-for-profit art college in Chicago, see the School of the Art Institute of Chicago;

*For the not-for-profit art college in San Francisco, see San Francisco Art Institute;

*For the not-for-profit art college in Kansas City, see the Kansas City Art Institute;

none of which are affiliated with for-profit The Art Institutes

The Art Institutes (often commercially abbreviated as Ai) are a chain of private, for-profit art colleges. There are 50 Art Institutes across the United States and Canada offering master's degrees, bachelor's degrees, associate's degrees, and non-degree-program certificates in the visual, creative, applied, and culinary arts. The chain is headquartered in Pittsburgh, and is a division of Education Management Corporation (EDMC), the United States' second-largest organization owning for-profit colleges.^[1] Educational accreditation of The Art Institutes and their programs varies among campuses and programs.

Fraud lawsuit

In August 2011 Education Management Corporation was investigated and sued by the United States Department of Justice and four states for illegal recruitment practices and fraudulent receipt of $11 billion in federal and state financial aid money.^[1][2][3]

List of Art Institutes

• The Art Institutes International – Kansas City
• Art Institutes International Minnesota
• The Art Institute of Atlanta
• The Art Institute of Atlanta – Decatur
• The Art Institute of Austin
• The Art Institute of Buffalo
• The Art Institute of California – Hollywood
• The Art Institute of California – Inland Empire
• The Art Institute of California – Sacramento
• The Art Institute of California – San Diego
• The Art Institute of California – San Francisco
• The Art Institute of California – Sunnyvale
• The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles
• The Art Institute of California – Orange County
• The Art Institute of Charleston
• The Art Institute of Charlotte
• The Art Institute of Colorado
• The Art Institute of Dallas
• The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
• The Art Institute of Fort Worth
• The Art Institute of Houston
• The Art Institute of Houston – North
• The Art Institute of Indianapolis
• The Art Institute of Jacksonville
• The Art Institute of Las Vegas
• The Art Institute of Michigan
• The Art Institute of New York City
• The Art Institute of Ohio – Cincinnati
• The Art Institute of Philadelphia
• The Art Institute of Phoenix
• Art Institute of Pittsburgh
• Art Institute of Portland
• The Art Institute of Raleigh–Durham
• The Art Institute of Salt Lake City
• The Art Institute of Seattle
• The Art Institute of Tampa
• The Art Institute of Tennessee – Nashville
• The Art Institute of Tucson
• The Art Institute of Vancouver
• The Art Institute of Virginia Beach
• The Art Institute of Washington
• The Art Institute of York – Pennsylvania
• The Art Institute Online
• Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago
• Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg
• Miami International University of Art & Design
• New England Institute of Art

References

External links

• The Art Institutes
• The Art Institute Online