Attended Miami International University of Art & Design? 
The Federal Findings Are Hard to Ignore

Did you enroll at Miami International University of Art & Design believing the school would help you turn your creative education into a successful career?

If you borrowed federal student loans based on promises about job placement, graduate salaries, employer connections, career services, or the value of your education, the history surrounding Miami International University and The Art Institutes deserves your attention.

This is more than a collection of former-student complaints.

The Department of Education Approved 6.1 Billion Dollars in Art Institutes Loan Relief

In May 2024, the U.S. Department of Education approved more than 6.1 billion dollars in automatic federal student loan relief for nearly 317,000 borrowers who enrolled at any Art Institute campus from January 1, 2004 through October 16, 2017.

The Department found that The Art Institutes and Education Management Corporation, or EDMC, made pervasive and substantial misrepresentations to prospective students concerning post-graduation employment rates, salaries, and career services.

Investigators found evidence that The Art Institutes advertised that more than 80 percent of graduates obtained employment in their field within 6 months, while the Department concluded that the actual in-field rate could have been no higher than 57 percent. The Department also found problems with advertised graduate salaries and representations concerning employer relationships and career assistance.

That matters enormously for former Miami International University of Art & Design students.

Miami International University was part of the Art Institutes system operated by EDMC during the relevant period. Federal oversight records also identify it among the Art Institutes institutions formerly owned by EDMC.

Were you told your degree would open doors that never opened?

If representations about employment, salary potential, employer connections, or career assistance influenced your decision to enroll or borrow, those representations may be important when evaluating your federal student-loan relief options.

EDMC Faced a 95.5 Million Dollar Federal Settlement

The problems were not limited to the 2024 Department of Education findings.

In 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a 95.5 million dollar settlement with Education Management Corporation, the company that operated The Art Institutes.

Federal allegations included that EDMC operated a high-pressure recruiting system and improperly compensated admissions personnel based on student enrollments. The resolution also covered a multistate consumer-fraud investigation into alleged deceptive and misleading recruiting practices. The settlement resolved allegations and did not constitute a judicial determination of liability.

The Florida Attorney General's related consent judgment is especially relevant to Miami students because Miami International University of Art & Design, Inc. was specifically named as a defendant and identified as an EDMC subsidiary. The judgment addressed Florida's concerns regarding EDMC's recruitment and enrollment practices and imposed extensive requirements involving recruiting, program costs, job-placement disclosures, transferability, debt information, and student disclosures.

The multistate resolution also required cancellation of approximately 102.8 million dollars in qualifying institutional debt owed by former EDMC students.

Miami International University Is Listed in Sweet v. Cardona Exhibit C

There is another important piece of the school's Borrower Defense history.

Miami International University of Art & Design appears by name in Exhibit C of the Sweet v. Cardona Settlement Agreement under EDMC/Dream Center.

Exhibit C inclusion does not by itself prove every former student's individual allegations or automatically create eligibility for someone who was not covered by the settlement. But it is significant historical context for borrowers researching the school's Borrower Defense record.

What Should Former Miami International University Students Do?

If you attended during the Department's January 1, 2004 through October 16, 2017 Art Institutes discharge period, first determine whether your applicable federal loans have already received the automatic relief announced by the Department.

If your loans remain, your enrollment falls outside that period, or you believe you experienced additional school misconduct, your individual circumstances may deserve further review.

Think back to what Miami International University representatives told you before you enrolled:

• Were employment statistics presented to you? 
• Were you promised strong career services or employer connections? 
• Were salary expectations emphasized? 
• Did those statements influence your decision to take out federal loans? 
• Did reality turn out very differently?

Those details can matter.

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Your School's History May Be More Important Than You Realize

Miami International University of Art & Design was connected to a school system that became the subject of federal findings, whistleblower litigation, a major Justice Department settlement, multistate consumer-protection enforcement, billions of dollars in federal student-loan discharges, and the Sweet v. Cardona settlement.

If the promises that convinced you to enroll did not match what you actually received, do not assume your student-loan situation is hopeless.

Review the evidence. Review your enrollment history. Find out which Department of Education relief options may apply to you.

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