Brown Mackie College – Akron in Akron, Ohio, is a member of the Brown Mackie College system of schools, a collection of private, for-profit educational institutions for career preparation in the business, legal, health sciences, information technology, and creative fields. The Brown Mackie College system of schools has 22 locations throughout the United States, and has a total enrollment of 9,078 students (as of fall 2006). The Brown Mackie College schools are owned by Education Management Corporation, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Brown Mackie College schools provide bachelor’s degree, associate’s degree, diploma, and certificate programs. Educational accreditation of the Brown Mackie College schools’ programs varies among schools. Brown Mackie College – Akron is a branch of Brown Mackie College - Cincinnati. Founded as the American Education Center’s (AEC) Southern Ohio College, Brown Mackie College – Cincinnati has a long history of offering career education and training, going back to its establishment as a traditional business college in 1927. In 1980, the college added a branch campus in Akron, Ohio, which would later become Brown Mackie College – Akron.