- credits from a for-profit college will not transfer to any other college/university
- students with a for-profit degree will be unable to obtain a state or federal job since neither of these entities recognize degrees from for-profit colleges
- students seeking graduate study or to apply to medical, law, or pharmacy school would have to completely restart their undergraduate degree since for-profit degrees are not recognized
- for-profit colleges prey on low-income, first-generation and military families
- for-profit colleges have higher loan default rates compared to those of public and private colleges
- for-profit colleges have lower job placement rates and lower college graduation rate
-use aggressive and harassing methods to recruit students