| Status | Closed (2021) |
|---|---|
| Facts checked | October 2026 |
CollegeAmerica has closed
CollegeAmerica, one of four colleges owned by the Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE), closed in 2021. After CEHE’s schools were placed on accreditation probation, CEHE closed its campuses, and by early August 2021 all of them were shut. CollegeAmerica had campuses in Phoenix and Flagstaff, Arizona, and in Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins, Colorado.
If you were a student
- Transcripts and records: ACCSC, CEHE’s former accreditor, has published guidance for former CEHE students.
- Automatic federal loan discharge: the U.S. Department of Education found that CEHE misrepresented salaries, job placement and the affordability of its EduPlan loans, and approved an automatic discharge of federal student loans for everyone who enrolled at a CEHE school (Independence University, CollegeAmerica, Stevens-Henager College or California College San Diego) between 1 January 2006 and 1 August 2021. No application is needed.
- Federal student loans: if you were enrolled when the school closed, or left shortly before it closed, you may qualify for a closed school discharge of your federal loans. Students who finished their program or transferred credits to a comparable program elsewhere usually do not qualify.
Looking for a similar program?
Compare schools that are open and enrolling on our state pages: Arizona, Colorado.
Sources
Center for Excellence in Higher Education (Wikipedia) · ACCSC guidance for CEHE students · U.S. Department of Education: CEHE group discharge