4 Dividend-Paying For-Profit College Stocks

Unless you've been living off the grid for the past 15 years, you already know some of these names: The University of Phoenix, Devry College, The Chubb Institute, and Kaplan College. They are but a few of the over 200 for-profit post-secondary schools now operating in the US. According to research group Eduventures, 9% of all college and graduate students now attend a for profit institution (see here)These schools operate in a rather grey area, and debate to their merits and effectiveness has grown heated in the past few years. Advocates claim they can operate more efficiently (leading to lower student costs), and that financial competition forces the schools to seek better results. Opponents counter that by turning educating into profit-seeking, corners will be cut, and students will pay the price.By far the largest criticism of these schools is the heavy debt its pupils accumulate while there. According... Read more