The owners of Virginia College have shut down all of its campuses nationwide, including the one in Jacksonville.
The Jacksonville campus is located on Beach Blvd.
Education Corporation of America (ECA) owns more than 75 campuses and enrolls at least 20,000 students.
Officials say there are more than 500 students and 100 staff members in Jacksonville that were enrolled or employed by Virginia College. They will soon be without a school or job.
A spokesperson with ECA delivered this statement:
After many years of training students for new careers, it is with a heavy heart that today we announce that Education Corporation of America (ECA) is closing all its career colleges effective with the completion of the current module or term for most students. We will work with students to ensure access to their transcripts so they can complete their studies at another school. We are proud of our thousands of graduates who have entered the workforce with skills they acquired at our schools along with our faculty and staff who have shown unwavering support for our students. This is not the outcome that we envisioned and is one that we recognize will have a dramatic effect on our students, employees, and many partners.
Students have been instructed to check ECAcolleges.com for information on how to request a transcript.