Brooks College

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title: "Brooks College" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-private-universities-and-colleges-in-california", "universities-and-colleges-in-los-angeles-county,-california", "universities-and-colleges-in-santa-clara-county,-california", "education-in-long-beach,-california", "education-in-sunnyvale,-california", "educational-institutions-disestablished-in-2008"] description: "For-profit college in California, US" topic_path: "society/education" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_College" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary For-profit college in California, US ::

Brooks College was a for-profit college in Long Beach and Sunnyvale, California. Brooks College closed in 2008 after 35 years.

History

Brooks College had two campuses owned by Career Education Corporation: in Long Beach, California, and in Sunnyvale, California.

Brooks College was founded in 1964 as Collegiate Inn to provide student housing to California State University, Long Beach. It reorganized as Brooks College for Women in 1971. In 1974, the name changed to simply Brooks College.

In 2007, Career Education Corporation announced that it would close Brooks College, and began attempting to sell Brooks College because of accreditation problems and "scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Education".

The Sunnyvale operation closed in June 2008; the Long Beach campus closed in December 2008. A 2009 exposé by CBS News reporter Steve Croft said Brooks College was "facing allegations that it deceived investors, the federal government, and students, who say they've been taught a very expensive lesson".

The property in Long Beach that was leased by Brooks College was sold to the California State University, Long Beach Foundation for use as CSULB student housing.

References

References

1. (August 17, 2007). "Brooks to Shutter Campuses in Long Beach, Sunnyvale". California Apparel News.
2. (2004). "Evaluation Report for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges".
3. (2007-09-27). "Career Education Corp. Will Close 3 Colleges It Has Tried to Sell".
4. "Brooks College Sunnyvale".
5. (2008-12-31). "End of the year is the end of the line for Brooks College".
6. (August 14, 2007). "CSULB to buy Brooks College site". The Orange County Register.
7. Leung, Rebecca. (February 11, 2009). "For-Profit College: Costly Lesson".
8. (2007-08-14). "CSULB buying Brooks campus".
9. (August 16, 2007). "CSULB buys Brooks College campus for $11.1 million". California State University, Long Beach.

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