Education Affiliates
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Education Affiliates (EA) is an American parent company of private colleges, with its headquarters in Nottingham, Maryland. It has been an investment of JLL Partners since 2004.[1] According to D&B Hoovers, EA has annual sales of $202 million.[citation needed] Education Affiliates owns approximately 50 campuses and learning centers.[2]
Education Affiliates' schools include Fortis College and Fortis Institute, ASPE Training, All-State Career School, DriveCo CDL Learning Center, Saint Paul's School of Nursing, Georgia Driving Academy, and the Denver School of Nursing.[3]
1984-2004 (Origins)
The Baltimore-based company was first incorporated in 1984 as The Marco Group, Inc. and changed its name to Education Affiliates Inc. in 2004.[4]
2005-2013 (Growth)
In November 2004, JLL Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, paid $52 million for Baltimore-based Marco Group, which owned 10 vocational schools. In 2005, the Baltimore Business Journal reported on the "buying spree" that Education Affiliates was engaging in, with the financial support of JLL. Corinthian Colleges and Career Education Corporation were its larger competitors.[5]
2013-present (Downsizing)
Since 2013, EA has faced declining enrollments and has closed some of its Fortis brand campuses.
Leadership
Duncan M. Anderson is the CEO and co-founder of Education Affiliates. Stephen J. Budosh is the chief financial officer.[6]
Locations (and student enrollment)
All-State Career School
- Baltimore, MD (561 students)
- Essington, PA-Allied Health Campus (355 students)
- Lester, PA (306 students)
- Pittsburgh, PA (189 students)
- Kearneysville, WV (not reported)
- Wheeling, WV (not reported)
The schools are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges.[8]
Denver College of Nursing
- Denver, CO (796 students) [9]
Denver College of Nursing is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The school has program accreditation from Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc.[10]
DriveCo CDL Learning Center
- Gary, IN (not reported)
Fortis College
- Dothan, AL (165 students)
- Foley, AL (87 students)
- Mobile, AL (375 students)
- Montgomery, AL (311 students)
- Cutler Bay, FL (388 students)
- Orange Park, FL (489 students)
- Smyrna, GA (678 students)
- Indianapolis, IN (416 students)
- Baton Rouge, LA (408 students)
- Landover, MD (712 students)
- Centerville, OH (559 students)
- Cincinnati, OH (587 students)
- Columbus, OH (1,042 students)
- Cuyahoga Falls, OH (575 students)
- Columbia, SC (569 students)
- Houston, TX (394 students)
- Salt Lake City, UT (539 students)
- Norfolk, VA (454 students)
- Richmond, VA (507 students)
Fortis Institute
- Birmingham, AL (551 students)
- Pensacola, FL (705 students)
- Port St. Lucie, FL (474 students)
- Towson, MD (558 students)
- Lawrenceville, NJ (314 students)
- Wayne, NJ (521 students)
- Forty Fort, PA (182 students)
- Scranton, PA (279 students)
- Cookeville, TN (302 students)
- Nashville, TN (475 students)
- Houston, TX (390 students)
Georgia Driving Academy
- Conyers, GA (not reported)
St. Paul’s School of Nursing
- Queens, NY (550 students) [13]
- Staten Island, NY