DeVry Employment Statistics Were ‘Lies’

The fomer students of DeVry University have collectively sued the university for false employment statistics for graduates. The DeVry lawsuit is not the only legal proceeding against the DeVry University. Similarly, there is a payment agreement with the Federal Trade Commission and multiple states.

According to DeVry lawsuit claims, the student’s reason for selecting this university, at least partially, was a result of them seeing advertisements and promotions. The ads lavished praises on the college’s high employment rates after graduation. Apparently, the university has made false claims about graduate employment since at least 2008. DeVry lawsuit says that 90 percent of actively seeking employment graduates landed the jobs in their field of study during six months after graduation. Moreover, DeVry has made claims that University graduates had jobs with “significantly higher incomes than graduates of alternative colleges or universities.”

The alumni say DeVry’s claims are all lies. They state that DeVry graduates have as much luck to get a job as people who didn’t study at college or university. In their DeVry lawsuit, the former students argue that DeVry uses these false statistics to get students accepted. And it is is only in the interest of its own profits. The alumni note that DeVry gains profits from the tution paid by students attending the university. The students keep on claiming that DeVry’s enrollment model is vital to the university’s success. It involves high-pressure sales techniquess centered on the false statistics,

DeVry’s Business Model

According to DeVry lawsuit claims, the majority of university’s income comes from the federal aid programs. The fomer students say that this inducement encourages DeVry to have as many students as possible accepted to the university. So the students would take out loans, and make tuition payments.

The alumni stress, “DeVry’s business model is based on boosting its initial enrollment numbers, not its students’ long-tem success.”. DeVry benefitted greatly from its claims. It saw its enrollment numbers climb to nearly 70,000 during the years the ads ran. In the DeVry lawsuit, former students state that had they known that the school’s true employment statistics weren’t as high as described, most of them wouldn’t have attended the school or wouldn’t have paid the amount they did to attend.

The DeVry university has already faced claims over this issue. In 2016, the university settled claims with the Federal Trade Commission for $100 million. They agreed to stop advertising with the allegedly deceptive statistics. Additionally, they agreed to warn students on its website that the 90 percent employment rate was false.

The school settled with the New York and Massachusetts attorney generals. Furthermore, DeVry faced other lawsuits over making false claims to students in the interest of maximising profits. The DeVry Lawsuit is handled by Dennis Magana, Scott Swindell, and David Torosyan.