Education Management Corporation (www.edmc.com) is among the largest providers of private post-secondary education in North America, based on student enrollment and revenue, with 83 locations in 26 U.S. states and in Canada. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Education Management Corporation (EDMC) employs more than 5,700 faculty and staff and had a fall 2004 enrollment exceeding 66,000 students.

EDMC's The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu) offer various degree and non-degree programs, including master's, bachelor's, associate's, and non-degree programs in the areas of design, media arts, fashion, and culinary arts. EDMC's Argosy University (www.argosyu.edu) provides graduate and undergraduate degree programs in various fields including clinical psychology, counseling, education, business, and the health sciences. EDMC's Brown Mackie College schools (www.brownmackie.edu) offer certificate, diploma, bachelor’s degree, and associate's degree programs in health sciences, business, information technology, legal studies, and design technologies. EDMC's South University (www.southuniversity.edu) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in various fields including business, legal studies, information technology, and health sciences fields.

EDMC has provided career-oriented education for 40 years. EDMC faculty are not only skilled instructors, but also trained professionals in their fields. Many faculty members have extensive industry experience as well as standard academic qualifications.

The Art Institutes
The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with more than 40 locations in North America, is an important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary professionals.

The Art Institutes graduates are employed by companies and organizations of all types and size, including some of the most prominent companies in the United States, such as: MTV, Time Warner, AT&T, Home Depot/EXPO Center, Lockheed Martin, Nordstrom, Nintendo of America, Walt Disney & Affiliates, Marriott, Yahoo Broadcast Services, Ernst & Young, Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, and the Fox Entertainment Group.

The Art Institutes schools offer a broad range of programs including: audio production, computer animation, culinary arts, culinary management, fashion design, fashion marketing, graphic design, industrial design technology, interior design, media arts & animation, multimedia & web design, photography, restaurant management, and video production. Not all programs are offered at all schools.

Argosy University
The 19 locations of Argosy University (www.argosy.edu) offer student-centered undergraduate- and graduate-level programs concentrated in business, education, health sciences, and psychology and behavioral sciences. The psychology programs at Argosy University prepare students for roles as practitioners and leaders within the changing mental health care system, including state and federal correctional institutions, substance abuse treatment facilities, and private practice.

Western State University College of Law
Graduates of Western State University College of Law (www.wsulaw.edu), located in Fullerton , CA are employed in private practice and serve in public office throughout southern California and the country. They include hundreds of prosecutors and public defenders throughout California, more alumni on the judicial bench in the region than any other law school, and countless professionals in private practice, in administrative and government positions within state and local bar, and in a number of diverse ethnic and gender-related organizations.

Brown Mackie College
With 20 school locations in seven states, the Brown Mackie College system of schools (www.brownmackie.edu) offers certificate, diploma, bachelor's degree, and associate's degree programs in health sciences, business, information technology, design, and legal studies. Its academic programs include medical assisting, practical nursing, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapy assistant, business management, accounting technology, computer applications, computer programming, electronics , paralegal studies, criminal justice, audio-video production, and computer-aided design.

Brown Mackie College schools include the former American Education Centers' Southern Ohio College (Ohio and Kentucky); AEC Texas Institute (Texas); Brown Mackie College (Kansas); Commonwealth Business College (Indiana and Illinois); Michiana College (Indiana); RETS Medical and Business Institute and RETS Institute of Technology (Kentucky); and Asher School of Business (Georgia).

South University
South University (www.southuniversity.edu) is a five-campus institution that has used a combination of a diverse curriculum, an educational delivery that focuses on the student and a teaching philosophy that blends the academic with the practical to meet the needs of a wide variety of students. Campuses are located in Savannah, GA; Montgomery, AL; Columbia, SC; Tampa, FL; and West Palm Beach, FL.

On all five campuses, South University is divided into the School of Business and the School of Health Professions. In 2003, South University became the only proprietary institution accredited at the doctoral level by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The South University School of Pharmacy in Savannah, offering the doctor of pharmacy degree, is the first proprietary pharmacy school to be granted pre-candidate status by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education.

EDMC schools strive to work closely with employers to design programs that meet specific industry needs. Each EDMC school is licensed by the state in which it is located and is authorized to confer its respective certificates, associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level degrees.