Wow. They took their money and closed in the middle of the semester by surprise. How sleezy.

@izziestevens5835

9 ай бұрын

That’s how FOR PROFIT institutions work. That’s why when I hear PIMA and College of Healthcare Professions, Chamberlain etc. it’s nothing but sketchy to me. They’re not non profit or more established private universities like A&M or Rice.

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

Anyone who attended AI within the past decade or so should have all their loans forgiven. They forgave loans for ITT Tech students going all the way back to 2005, and that school shut down back in 2016.

@MsInteresting

9 ай бұрын

​@@christiangonzales7429True. I do hope something like this occurs for us AI students stuck in unfair loan debt.

I went to school there starting in 2011 right after they moved to this building and I must say that I enjoyed my time there. It was like being in a small town where everyone knew each other. The sense of family at this school was STRONG. Everyone was always willing to help each and look out for each other, and the friendship was strong as well. BUT, the main problems of this school were the fact that the enrollment department was always overpromising what type of future students had. Secondly, many of the classes had professors who never lectured and only held class to have students work on final projects during the entire time. I've heard stories of students who taught the classes themselves based on what they already knew! And as for myself, I graduated in 2014 and had a few low paying jobs related to graphic design that barely paid anything! I ended up starting my own web/graphic design business at the end of 2016 and still own it to this day, it's called Creativity Design Group. RIP Art Institute of Houston, I hate see you go but your own faults are the reason why you bit the dust!

I remember going to the open house last week 😂 what a scam

Im 6moths from graduating and now they shut down Sept 30th while classes end today.They could have gave us more of a heads up so we could at least transfer seamlessly..They just left us all hanging with no regard or explanation Ive been crying sense yesterday...Smh.

@SunShine-lq7yt

9 ай бұрын

And who knows if the next school will even accept the credits...I've sacrificed a lot of time to attend here and they just drop this bomb.Know telling how long they've been on the verge of shutting down while they acted like nothing was happening and still enrolling students.May they get what they deserve

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

There needs to be a law requiring employers to let their employees know in advance when they are getting ready to shut down. The same also goes for schools that are packed with students! Secondly, such a law needs to require employers to make sure all remaining funds pay out all their employees first before making any other expenses, such as paying off debts!

Rip to the students. I always hear bad things about these schools so hopefully other students know what to watch out for.

why don't you come to community colleges like HCC or Lone Star College to study? or the University of Houston? never believe and trust the institute.

@god563616

9 ай бұрын

They don't have the same programs at HCC AND Lone star. I started at U of H and it's not a Art school so the teaching is different. I graduated from the Art institute with a Bachelor's of photography and digital media degree and everything I learned there I have been able to use in my photography career.

@ab.9765

9 ай бұрын

your comment is the reason why not community college

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

I went to both HCC and this school. HCC truly was a waste of time and I regretted even going there. I went to HCC briefly from 2018-2020 and was at the Art Institute of Houston from 2011-2014.

@ChargerBullet

2 ай бұрын

It's astounding how people replying are still defending for-profit schools like Art Institute, even immediately after watching this news segment.

Not gonna lie, it was a honor going from an addict/alcoholic for 20yrs to a class for homeless veterans. Who would have thought a year later, sobriety I’d have a 3.26 GPA & 66 credits out of a bachelor’s degree. It was a honor and privilege 🫡 Ty Chefs for saving my life 💯 San Antonio Campus

I was applying here in finishing my financial aid and something told me just stop

My daughter was planning to go here when she graduates in a month. Wow

@channelmar15

14 сағат бұрын

With for-profits, you lose!

They’ve had a bad rep they closed down the California campuses over a decade ago

I am currently enrolled in school and before i started i prayed over which school i should go to. Art Institute or... My answer was not Art Institue. Im so glad im not going there and I'm truly sorry for the students left with no warning and no plan!!! 😢

... They are nothing like they had been in the early/mid 80s when I attended and graduated... Back then they were strictly a two year finishing program, for which you had to get all the required classes and prerequisites (including art history) taken already at a regular college or university... In addition to the tuition and all the educational credentials, you also needed some kind of portfolio that featured your own artwork, and a letter of introduction from someone you knew (either a professor in school or someone you worked with) whom specialized in the particular art related field you were seeking... If you did not have _ALL_ those requirements, you weren't getting through the Ai doors until you did - No exceptions! That's how it once _always_ used to be done ever since the first Ai opened in Pittsburgh in the late 60s... I have no idea when they changed those requirements and practices to what led to their eventual demise... RIP Ai...

@god563616

9 ай бұрын

I graduated in 2011 and I've had a great photography career

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

@@god563616I started there in 2011 and graduated in 2014 with a web design degree. The jobs I had following were rather poor, so I started my own company and still own it to this day.

All of them are closing!!! Unbelievable

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

I was a student there from 2011-2014 and it's a bit weird hearing this news, but not surprising. They have been facing a lot of scrutiny for overpromising to students how great their futures would be if they got degrees there, but in reality they were taking out thousands of dollars in student loans only to end up working at Walmart because they never got good jobs in their fields!

@apexone5502

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I came across this news about the Art Institute of Houston closing story while looking up news about the Art Institute of Atlanta closing. I was thinking just the Atlanta location was affected prior to seeing this.

Where in the same boat I just don’t know where to go now. I wasted my whole high school year just for this.

Hi all, alumni from the Miami location, Miami international university of art and design. That school was originally, international fine arts college. They almost went bankrupt until Ai bought them out. I can tell you all what happened, simple case of just not enough students enrolled because no one goes to school anymore plus you can learn all they can teach you through KZread. I know for some of you having that piece of paper showing you pursued something well unfortunately in the real world it’s all about who you meet and who you can show your talent to. I went for film and have tried and not been able to get any full time work. Some of my colleagues did. Want the truth. This is a blessing in disguise, it was bound to happen because, I went to visit my school once driving by it and it was just dead and when I asked where was everybody they told me, “No one wants to go to school anymore.”. Personally, I don’t blame them.

A shame. I feel for the students the most.

Oh my gosh this is devasting!! I am a Art institute of Houston Alumni. I have a Bachelor's degree in Photography and Digital Media. The school is more than great. It really brought my photography to another level. I won 2 scholarships for my photography which lowered my student loans dramatically and before graduating the recruitment counselor already landed me a job doing corporate photography and I also became a full time photo editor. I've had a great photography career and I owe it all to my photography professors and the photography chair. I pray for the students. That breaks my heart so much and I feel for the staff as well. Lord guide the students in the right direction and continue to help make their dreams come true in Jesus name Amen.😢🙏🙏

This is ALL OF THEM 👀 oh my lord im so shocked. Im from the Atlanta area and that school was very much part of the city. Im so glad i got my art program somewhere else. Im so sorry for the student and this gets fixed for them

I attended from 2004 to 2007. It's a scam.

It’s a different world now. I wanted to go to AI back in days (early 00s) , but nowadays with SO many people doing art/music/media pursuits in a internet/streaming world, it doesn’t make much sense to go to these type schools. 😢

@woiowoiow190

21 күн бұрын

That's not art, just trash tv. Just because everyone else is doing it doesn't make it good.

I hope there is a reasonable option for these students. Good luck.

I graduated in '98 and although I understand many people had a negative experience with this school, it was very good to me. I got along with the students and professors there and most importantly, they helped me find my first job immediately after graduation. I have a very successful career and have more than made over 10 times my tuition. I have sense went and got my undergrad and grad from UH, but AI will always be the most special and useful. I am very saddened that AI closed. I'm pissed that it screwed over this last generation of students.

NICE BUILDING WONDER WHAT IT WILL BECOME NEXT ????

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

I'm a former student and the building is part of a hospital property. Chances are the hospital will repurpose it for medical offices, which was its original intent. The first hospital that was there shut down in 2008, which was three years before AI moved in, but the building was there and was originally going to be doctors' offices for that hospital. The current hospital that is there now will most likely do the same.

I graduated from there... now, what happens to the 100k degree's accreditation? There are SO MANY like me...

@radiusx89

9 ай бұрын

if you got it before the school is closed it should still be accredited.

It a for profit, very similar to ITT Tech. No surprise. Check their finances.

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

At one point, the Art Institutes and ITT Tech were cousins. Providence Equity once held stakes in EDMC, the Art Institutes' old parent company and in ITT Tech's parent company.

I’m amazed some Ai schools are/were still open. I thought most of them had shut down yrs ago

Borrowers defense

I Knew it was coming …😢

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

Knew it was coming since 2015, which is when the trouble started brewing for them.

I know people who graduated from here after highschool and it didn't help them get any jobs in the arts. Always thought it was sketchy. Private colleges should reimburse their customers from the loss of courses and degree. 🇺🇸❤️☺️

Priscilla what you doing on here 😂😂😂

I went there two years ago and I’m glad these people stole over 20k from me

Oh damn, This is ITT all over again

Everyone needs to celebrate a 'graduation'!

I thought the school learned from other closed schools.

That’s what happens when you go to a For profit school. Should’ve gone to a community college like lone star

@god563616

9 ай бұрын

I graduated from the art institute of Houston and have a great photography career. It's not for profit. Remember the staff who are great have to close shop too. It's horrible at all ends.

@christiangonzales7429

9 ай бұрын

I went to both this school and HCC. I didn't learn anything at HCC, I wasted my time going there.

Glad I dodged this bullet back in the day

These things are profit and you can't transfer credits

DAMN SHAME.

My loan was forgiven yeee boiiii

@HerreraShortFilms

2 ай бұрын

How did you find out?

@user-wl4df3yq5r

2 ай бұрын

@@HerreraShortFilms they released a new story just Google it type in Google "art institute loan forgiveness" if you attended through 2004 through 2017 I believe it is automatically forgiving you don't have to apply for anything. It will be automatic.

ha, what a waste of time!

Not gonna Iie wanted to go to this school when I finish i high school but dang I guess not everything lasts forever. I’ll learn how to animate and model 3D characters on my own I guess.

And now we all getting those loans forgiven for getting scammed😂😂😂

Whoever writes your captions, tell me something. How in the world are "students" suddenly closed? How were they opened to begin with? Ignorance is overwhelming, pride is lost; ppl don't even care if they can spell anymore.

Industries are dying

Graphic design is an over saturated market, best to get a trade!

Join the military. Great educational benefits.