The mission of Brooks College is to be the institution of choice in fashion, design, and technology by providing market leading companies with knowledgeable, skilled, and degreed graduates. The college integrates rigorous general education courses which help develop critical thinking skills into its core, industry-focused programs.
Brooks College is a system of two for-profit colleges in Long Beach and Sunnyvale, California. They offer career college programs in a variety of areas. The school in Long Beach is best known for its fashion design and fashion marketing programs (and their ads on late-night television). These schools are owned by the Career Education Corporation and accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Brooks College was the subject of an unfavorable examination of for-profit trade schools in the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes. Three recent graduates who were in the top of their class were interviewed. They were unable to find jobs in the fields in which they were trained for and they blamed Brooks College for making misrepresentations to them regarding placement statistics among other things.
In June 2007, Career Education Corporation announced that it will close both campuses of Brooks college. The Sunnyvale campus is scheduled to close in March of 2008, while the Long Beach campus will continue until March of 2009. Shortly after this announcement, San Francisco's Academy of Art University announced that Brooks College students who enroll at the academy can transfer up to 66 units for BFA programs and up to 33 units for AA programs.
The property in Long Beach being leased by Brooks College was sold to the California State University, Long Beach Foundation for future use as CSULB student housing. Brooks College will remain at the location until its closure in March 2009.
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| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 16,461 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,138 | 60% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 517 | 1% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 750 | 4% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 5,117 | 86% | |
Any Aid: |
95% |
