Private Colleges That Failed the Education Department’s Financial-Responsibility Test for the 2011 Fiscal Year
Of the 153 degree-granting institutions that failed the test for the 2011 fiscal year—earning scores of 1.4 or below—three-quarters were nonprofit and a quarter were for-profit.
| Institution | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Academy of Natural Therapy (Colo.) | 0.3 | For-profit, 2-year |
| ACT College (Va.) | 1.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley (Calif.) | -0.5 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Adler School of Professional Psychology (Chicago) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| American Indian College of the Assemblies of God (Ariz.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Angley College (Fla.) | 0.9 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Appalachian Bible College (W.Va.) | 0.9 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Arizona College of Allied Health | -1.0 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Art Institute of Pittsburgh | 0.2 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online Division | 0.2 | For-profit, 4-year |
| ATA College (Ky.) | 1.0 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Atlantic Union College (Mass.) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Ave Maria School of Law (Fla.) | -0.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Bainbridge Graduate Institute (Wash.) | -0.7 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Bard College at Simon’s Rock (Mass.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Bethany College (Kan.) | 0.7 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Bethany Lutheran College (Minn.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Bethel College (Ind.) | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Biblical Theological Seminary (Pa.) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Birmingham-Southern College (Ala.) | 0.9 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Blue Cliff College (La.) | 1.0 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Boston Baptist College | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Boulder College of Massage Therapy (Colo.) | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Brevard College (N.C.) | 1.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Brewton-Parker College (Ga.) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Bryant & Stratton College (Buffalo) | 0.2 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Carson-Newman College (Tenn.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Central Bible College (Mo.) | 1.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | 0.7 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Christian Life College (Ill.) | -0.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Calif.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Cincinnati Christian University | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Claremont School of Theology (Calif.) | 0.6 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Cochran School of Nursing (N.Y.) | -0.2 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Concordia University (Mich.) | -0.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Corcoran College of Art and Design (D.C.) | 1.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Covenant Theological Seminary (St. Louis) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Crossroads College (Minn.) | -0.6 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Crouse Hospital College of Nursing (Syracuse) | 0.5 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Davis College (N.Y.) | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Dorothea Hopfer School of Nursing at the Mount Vernon Hospital (N.Y.) | -0.2 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Ecumenical Theological Seminary (Detroit) | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Emmanuel Christian Seminary (Tenn.) | 0.7 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Erskine College (S.C.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Evangel University (Mo.) | 0.6 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Family of Faith College (Okla.) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Finlandia University (Mich.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Five Towns College (N.Y.) | 1.3 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Florida Christian College | -0.8 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Greensboro College (N.C.) | 0.8 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Hamilton Technical College (Iowa) | 1.2 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (Pa.) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Hebrew College (Mass.) | -0.7 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Hebrew Theological College (Ill.) | 0.8 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College (Okla.) | 1.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Hiwassee College (Tenn.) | 0.6 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Hope International University (Calif.) | 0.6 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Horizon College of San Diego | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Houston Graduate School of Theology | -0.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Institute of World Politics (D.C.) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Instituto de Banca y Comercio (P.R.) | 0.0 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Jose Maria Vargas University (Fla.) | -0.7 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Kendall College (Chicago) | -0.7 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Kentucky Wesleyan College | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Kuyper College (Mich.) | 0.8 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| La Roche College (Pittsburgh) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Lebanon College (N.H.) | 0.7 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Lon Morris College (Texas) | 0.6 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing (N.Y.) | -0.7 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Long Island University (N.Y.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| MacMurray College (Ill.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Martin University (Indianapolis) | 1.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Medtech Institute (Ga.) | -0.2 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Meridian Career Institute (Fla.) | 0.1 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Midland University (Neb.) | 1.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Miller-Motte Technical College (Va.) | 0.2 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Montserrat College of Art (Mass.) | 0.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Multnomah University (Portland) | 1.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Musicians Institute (Calif.) | 0.8 | For-profit, 4-year |
| National Hispanic University (Calif.) | -1.0 | For-profit, 4-year |
| National Labor College (Md.) | -0.5 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| New Brunswick Theological Seminary (N.J.) | 1.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| New England Culinary Institute (Vt.) | -0.8 | For-profit, 4-year |
| New Hampshire Institute of Art | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Newport Business Institute (Williamsport, Pa.) | 1.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Newport Business Institute (Lower Burrell, Pa.) | 1.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| North American Baptist Seminary (S.D.) | 0.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Northcentral University (Ariz.) | 0.0 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (Wash.) | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Oakbridge Academy of Arts (Pa.) | 1.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Ohio Mid-Western College | 0.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Ohio Valley University (W.Va.) | -0.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Olivet College (Mich.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| O’More College of Design (Tenn.) | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Pacific Islands University (Guam) | 1.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (Wash.) | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Pacific Oaks College (Calif.) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Paul Quinn College (Dallas) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Pennsylvania Institute of Technology | 0.9 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Phillips Graduate Institute (Calif.) | -0.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Pine Manor College (Mass.) | 0.5 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Pinnacle College (Calif.) | 1.1 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Providence Christian College (Calif.) | -0.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Rabbinical College of Telshe (Ohio) | 1.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Rabbinical Seminary of America (N.Y.) | 0.9 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Remington College (Tex.) | -1.0 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Robert B. Miller College (Mich.) | -1.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Rochester College (Mich.) | -0.6 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Saint Peter’s College (Jersey City) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Santa Fe University of Art and Design (N.M.) | 0.5 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Seattle School of Theology and Psychology (The) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Shepherds Theological Seminary (N.C.) | 0.6 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Shimer College (Chicago) | 1.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Sojourner-Douglass College (Baltimore) | 0.9 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Southeast Culinary & Hospitality College (Va.) | 0.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Southside Regional Medical Center Professional Schools (Va.) | -0.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Southwest Florida College | 0.8 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (Ariz.) | 1.0 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Spertus College (Chicago) | -0.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Springfield College Illinois | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| St. John’s College (Md.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Sterling College (Kan.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Tai Sophia Institute (Md.) | -0.8 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Tennessee Wesleyan College | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (N.H.) | 0.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Trident University International (Calif.) | -1.0 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Trinity Baptist College (Fla.) | 1.3 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Trinity Bible College (N.D.) | 1.0 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Ohio) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Universidad Adventista De Las Antillas (P.R.) | 1.2 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| University of Rio Grande (Ohio) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| University of Saint Mary of the Lake-Mundelein Seminary (Ill.) | 1.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Urban College of Boston | 0.7 | Nonprofit, 2-year |
| Urshan Graduate School of Theology (Mo.) | 0.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Valley College-Beckley Campus (W.Va.) | 0.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Valley College-Martinsburg Campus (W.Va.) | 0.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Valley College-Princeton Campus (W.Va.) | 0.4 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Valley Forge Christian College (Pa.) | 0.7 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Vanguard University of Southern California | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Vatterott College-Omaha | 0.5 | For-profit, 2-year |
| Virginia Intermont College | 0.9 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Virginia Marti College of Art & Design (Ohio) | 1.2 | For-profit, 2-year |
| W. L. Bonner College (S.C.) | 0.9 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Wells College (N.Y.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Wesley Biblical Seminary (Miss.) | 0.6 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Westwood College-Denver North (Colo.) | 1.3 | For-profit, 4-year |
| Wheeling Jesuit University (W.Va.) | 1.4 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Wilberforce University (Ohio) | -0.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Williamson Christian College (Tenn.) | -0.1 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
| Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland (N.Y.) | 0.7 | Nonprofit, 4-year |
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