Education Management Corporation Schools Recognized by Military Advanced Education and Victory Media for Best Practices in Military and Veteran Education

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Education Management Corporation today announced that Military Advanced Education and Victory Media have selected schools from all four of the organization's education systems for best practices in military and veteran education.

Argosy University, Brown Mackie College system of schools, South University and 19 of The Art Institutes schools were each designated as a 2015 Military Friendly® School by Victory Media, publishers of G.I. Jobs®, Military Spouse, and Vetrepreneur® media channels, as being among the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools doing the most to embrace America's service members and veterans as students. The list was compiled through comprehensive research conducted with more than 10,000 schools nationwide via a data driven survey. The survey weighting, methodology, and resulting schools list is independently certified by the accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP.

Criteria for the 2015 Military Friendly® School designation include efforts to recruit and retain military and veteran students, results in recruiting military and veteran students and academic accreditations. Schools on the list also offer additional benefits to student veterans. They appear on the 2015 list of Military Friendly Schools for the publication: http://www.militaryfriendly.com/.

All of EDMC's schools in the United States were honored by Military Advanced Education (MAE) as Top Schools in its 2015 MAE Guide to Colleges & Universities. The guide presents results of a questionnaire of the military-friendly policies enacted at nearly 600 institutions to arm students with information about schools that go out of their way to give back to our men and women in uniform. This year, institutions were evaluated on their military culture, financial aid for veterans, flexibility, on-campus support and online support services. They appear on the 2015 MAE Guide to Colleges & Universities: http://www.kmimediagroup.com.

"Education Management Corporation and its education systems are committed to meeting the educational needs of those who have served and who continue to serve our nation," said Barbara O'Reilly, director of military and veteran affairs for EDMC. "Our institutions are uniquely suited to serve the needs of members of our nation's military. The broad array of programs we offer provide active duty service members, reservists, veterans, military spouses and families the quality, flexibility and convenience they seek through courses both on campus and online."

O'Reilly previously served as the Director, Women Veteran and Employment Programs, with the Minnesota Dept. of Veterans Affairs. She is a veteran of both the United States Army, serving both enlisted and an officer, as well as the Minnesota Army National Guard.  Her military awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and two Meritorious Service Medals. 

To learn more about how Education Management Corporation supports the education needs of military and veteran students, visit http://www.edmc.edu/About/military/default.aspx.

About Education Management Corporation
Education Management Corporation (www.edmc.edu), with approximately 119,500 students of the three-month period ended March 31, 2014, is among the largest providers of post-secondary education in North America, based on student enrollment and revenue, with a total of 110 locations in 32 U.S. states and Canada. The company offers academic programs to students through campus-based and online instruction, or through a combination of both. The company is committed to offering quality academic programs and strives to improve the learning experience for its students. Its educational institutions offer students the opportunity to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees and certain specialized non-degree diplomas in a broad range of disciplines, including media arts, health sciences, design, psychology and behavioral sciences, culinary, business, fashion, legal, education and information technology.

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