I am not familiar with these schools. Were they diploma mills taking in federal dollars?
I hate it for the students.
And here's a specific test: If you're thinking of going to a for-profit school anyway, call up your state university (even if you're not planning to go there). Ask them if they accept the for-profit school's credits.
That will tell you a lot about the reputation of the for-profit school.
These for-profit schools offer very little that cannot be found at your local community colleges. Furthermore, the community colleges are cheaper, often much cheaper.
And community college courses are respected. Their credits will very often transfer.
I really bothers me to see young people sign up at for-protit schools for medical assisting, computer programming, etc. Their local community college offers much better programs.