Education Management Corporation (www.edmc.com) is among the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, with more than 72,000 students as of the fall of 2005. EDMC’s education institutions have a total of 71 locations in 24 states and two Canadian provinces and offer a broad range of academic programs concentrated in the media arts, design, fashion, culinary arts, behavioral sciences, health sciences, education, information technology, legal studies and business fields, culminating in the award of associate's through doctoral degrees.