Career Education Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides educational services primarily in the United States. The company operates schools, colleges, and universities that offer doctoral degree, master's degree, bachelor's degree, and associate degrees, as well as diploma and certificate programs in various career oriented disciplines. Its academic programs include career oriented disciplines, such as business studies, visual communications and design technologies, health education, information technology, and criminal justice and education in an online, classroom, or laboratory setting; and culinary art programs in the career-oriented disciplines of culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, and hotel and restaurant management primarily in a classroom, kitchen, or online setting. Career Education also offers health education academic programs complemented by programs in business studies and information technology in a classroom, laboratory, or online setting; and arts and design academic programs in the disciplines of fashion design, game design, graphic design, interior design, film and video production, and photography and visual communications in a classroom, laboratory, or online setting. The company provides education to approximately 116,000 students through approximately 90 campuses. It also operates in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Career Education Corporation was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.