<p>^^ I recently suggested to a kid who’s planning to go to a for-profit (against my advice - bit not my kid) to do the due diligence of understanding the completion rate, i.e. what percentage actually graduate, and then what the numbers are for placement within the field. </p>
<p>People can actually do fine with some of the for profit schools but they attract too many who really will never complete it and will end up owing a lot of money. That’s one of the things you get when you accept basically everyone who applies as long as they can pay. Even non-for profit schools can have this problem when their admissions are non-selective - like community colleges, etc.</p>