Career Education Corporation Reports Results for Third Quarter 2008

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Nov 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Career Education Corporation (CECO:
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CECO 14.88, -0.48, -3.1%) today reported total revenue of $405.6 million and a net loss of ($0.1) million, or $0.00 per diluted share, during the third quarter of 2008 compared to total revenue of $427.2 million and net income of $15.6 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, during the third quarter of 2007.
Included in the results for the third quarter of 2008 are the following significant items:
-- $15.7 million pre-tax, or ($0.12) per share in charges, related to the company's ongoing effort to optimize its real estate footprint, representing $10.9 million pre-tax, or ($0.08) per share of cash lease exit expenses and $4.8 million pretax, or ($0.04) per share in noncash asset impairment charges,
-- $2.0 million pre-tax, or ($0.01) per share, in trade name noncash impairment charges related to brand consolidation actions, and
-- $3.2 million, or $0.04 per share, in tax benefit related to the sale of a foreign subsidiary.
"I am encouraged that despite external challenges, our financial results remain in line with our expectations," said Gary E. McCullough, president and chief executive officer. "Our Health Education and International segments maintained their strong performance in the third quarter and continue to execute well. Additionally, online starts within the University segment grew over nine percent in the quarter. Through the first nine months of the year, the Culinary Arts segment has taken the necessary steps to adjust its operations and student financing capabilities to the new lending environment. These actions provide a blueprint for the Art & Design segment as it seeks to address similar challenges. While we still have work to do, we continue to make solid progress in positioning the company for the long-term."
Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
-- Total revenue was $405.6 million during the third quarter of 2008, a 5.0 percent decrease from $427.2 million during the third quarter of 2007.
-- Operating loss was ($8.8) million during the third quarter of 2008, a decrease from $18.9 million of operating income during the third quarter of 2007. Operating margin percentage was (2.2%) percent during the third quarter of 2008, a 6.6 percentage point decrease relative to an operating profit margin percentage of 4.4 percent during the third quarter of 2007.
-- Loss from continuing operations was ($0.0) million, or $0.00 per diluted share, during the third quarter of 2008, compared to income from continuing operations of $16.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, during the third quarter of 2007.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
-- Total revenue was $1.279 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, relative to $1.308 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2007.
-- Operating income declined to $28.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, from $64.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Operating margin percentage decreased to 2.2 percent during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, from 4.9 percent during the nine months ended September 30, 2007.
-- Included in the results from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 are the following significant items:

Pre-Tax Expense Diluted Earnings per
(In Millions) Share Impact
Income (Loss)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
Lease Exit Charges $10.9 ($0.08 )
Severance/Stay Bonuses $13.3 ($0.09 )
Asset Impairment Charges $9.1 ($0.07 )
Tax Benefit - $0.04
TOTAL $33.3 ($0.20 )
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007
Legal Settlements $13.1 ($0.09 )
Severance $1.7 ($0.01 )
TOTAL $14.8 ($0.10 )


-- Income from continuing operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, was $31.8 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, relative to $52.4 million, or $0.55 per diluted share, during the nine months ended September 30, 2007.
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS AND FINANCIAL POSITION
Cash Flows
-- Net cash flow provided by operating activities was $158.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared to net cash flow provided by operating activities of $193.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2007. The decrease in operating cash flows in 2008 was due to lower net income as compared to the prior year as well as payments related to legal matters accrued for in the previous year.
-- Capital expenditures decreased to $39.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, from $44.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2007. Capital expenditures represented 3.1 percent of total revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
Financial Position
-- As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, cash and cash equivalents and investments totaled $509.0 million and $390.0 million, respectively.
-- Days sales outstanding (DSO) were 14 days as of September 30, 2008, consistent with DSO of 14 days as of December 31, 2007.
POPULATION AND NEW STUDENT START DATA
Student Population
Total student population by reportable segment as of October 31, 2008 and 2007, were as follows:

As of October 31, % Change
2008 2007 2008 vs. 2007
STUDENT POPULATION
Art & Design 14,000 14,700 (5 %)
Culinary Arts 10,300 12,100 (15 %)
Health Education 17,200 14,600 18 %
International 9,700 8,600 13 %
University 44,800 42,300 6 %
Subtotal 96,000 92,300 4 %
Transitional Schools 2,700 8,200 (67 %)
Total Student Population 98,700 100,500 (2 %)
ONLINE POPULATION
Art & Design 800 300 N/M
University 34,400 31,900 8 %
Total Online Population 35,200 32,200 9 %


New Student Starts
New student starts by reportable segment during the third quarter of 2008 and 2007, were as follows:

For the three months ended % Change
September 30,
2008 2007 2008 vs. 2007
NEW STUDENT STARTS
Art & Design 3,080 3,490 (12 %)
Culinary Arts (1) 4,710 4,480 5 %
Health Education 5,600 4,740 18 %
International 4,070 3,380 21 %
University 14,130 13,120 8 %
Subtotal 31,590 29,210 8 %
Transitional Schools 10 2,000 N/M
Total New Student Starts 31,600 31,210 1 %
ONLINE STARTS
Art & Design 320 190 68 %
University 11,480 10,520 9 %
Total Online Starts 11,800 10,710 10 %


(1) Culinary Arts new student starts comparability was impacted by an additional start period in the third quarter of 2008, which resulted in approximately 1,100 additional student starts in the quarter as compared to the third quarter 2007. Accordingly, in the fourth quarter 2008, Culinary will have one less start period than the fourth quarter of 2007.
CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
Career Education Corporation will host a conference call on November 6, 2008 at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time). Interested parties can access the live webcast of the conference call at www.careered.com.
Participants can also listen to the conference call by dialing 866-362-4666 (domestic) or 617-597-5313 (international) and citing code 65468933. Please log-in or dial-in at least 10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure a connection. An archived version of the webcast will be accessible for 90 days at www.careered.com. A replay of the call will also be available for seven days by calling 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and citing code 45600050.
About Career Education Corporation
The colleges, schools, and universities that are part of the Career Education Corporation (CEC) family offer high quality education to a diverse population of approximately 90,000 students across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines. The more than 75 campuses that serve these students are located throughout the U.S. and in France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and offer doctoral, master's, bachelor's, and associate degrees and diploma and certificate programs. Approximately one-third of its students attend the web-based virtual campuses of American InterContinental University Online and Colorado Technical University Online.
CEC is an industry leader whose gold-standard brands are recognized globally. Those brands include, among others, the Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America; Harrington College of Design; Brooks Institute; International Academy of Design & Technology; American InterContinental University; Colorado Technical University and Sanford-Brown Institutes and Colleges. Through its schools, CEC is committed to providing quality education, enabling students to graduate and pursue rewarding careers.
For more information, see the company's website at www.careered.com. The company's website includes a detailed listing of individual campus locations and web links to its more than 75 colleges, schools, and universities.
Except for the historical and present factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release, including statements identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "expect," "intend," "project," "will," and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements are based on information currently available to us and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual growth, results of operations, performance and business prospects, and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update such factors or to publicly announce the results of any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events, developments, or changed circumstances or for any other reason. These risks and uncertainties, the outcome of which could materially and adversely affect our financial condition and operations, include, but are not limited to, the following: the adverse impact and potential impacts on the availability of Title IV and private student loans for our students of (1) the willingness or ability of private lenders to make private student loans in the current U.S. credit markets, (2) new student lending related reporting and disclosure obligations on institutions that participate in Title IV federal student financial aid programs under The Higher Education Opportunity Act ("HEOA"), signed into law on August 14, 2008, in the first full reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and (3) pending regulations under HEOA and Congress' willingness or ability to maintain or increase funding for Title IV programs; potential higher bad debt expense or reduced revenue associated with requiring students to pay more of their educational expenses while in school or with directly making student loans to our students; increased competition; the effectiveness of our regulatory compliance efforts; impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets as we continue to redefine the company and manage our brands and marketing to improve effectiveness and reduce costs; charges and expenses associated with exiting excess facility space, centralizing various functional areas, such as human resources and financial aid, and continuing to align the SBUs and corporate staff to remove layers, overlaps and redundancies; the impact on our revenues and profitability of our discontinued operations segment; our ability to comply with accrediting agency requirements or obtain accrediting agency approvals; costs and impacts of legal and administrative proceedings and investigations, governmental regulations, and class action and other lawsuits; costs and difficulties related to the integration of acquired businesses; our ability to manage and continue growth; and other factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and from time to time in our quarterly and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)
For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
% of % of
2008 Revenue 2007 (1) Revenue
REVENUE:
Tuition and registration fees $ 385,849 95.1 % $ 401,939 94.1 %
Other 19,784 4.9 % 25,266 5.9 %
Total revenue 405,633 100.0 % 427,205 100.0 %
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Educational services and facilities 170,055 41.9 % 162,636 38.1 %
General and administrative 218,454 53.9 % 227,186 53.2 %
Depreciation and amortization 19,034 4.7 % 18,500 4.3 %
Goodwill and asset impairment 6,843 1.7 % - 0.0 %
Total operating expenses 414,386 102.2 % 408,322 95.6 %
Operating (loss) income (8,753 ) -2.2 % 18,883 4.4 %
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest income 2,875 0.7 % 4,152 1.0 %
Interest expense (211 ) -0.1 % (342 ) -0.1 %
Share of affiliate earnings - 0.0 % 209 0.0 %
Miscellaneous (expense) income (220 ) -0.1 % 65 0.0 %
Total other income, net 2,444 0.6 % 4,084 1.0 %
Pretax (loss) income from continuing operations (6,309 ) -1.6 % 22,967 5.4 %
(Benefit) provision for income taxes (6,263 ) -1.5 % 6,755 1.6 %
(Loss) income from continuing operations (46 ) 0.0 % 16,212 3.8 %
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (101 ) $ (651 )
NET (LOSS) INCOME $ (147 ) $ 15,561
NET (LOSS) INCOME PER SHARE - DILUTED
(Loss) income from continuing operations $ (0.00 ) $ 0.18
Loss from discontinued operations (0.00 ) (0.01 )
Net (loss) income $ (0.00 ) $ 0.17
DILUTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING 89,675 93,455


(1) Prior period financial results have been reclassified to account for
the teach-out of our schools previously reported as held for sale,
the change in our reportable business segments during the first
quarter of 2008 and to present Brooks College - Sunnyvale, CA and
IADT Toronto as discontinued operations. For further information
regarding our reclassification of reportable segments, please refer
to our Form 8-K filings dated March 28, 2008 and April 11, 2008.


CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
September 30, December 31,
2008 2007 (1)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 224,908 $ 223,334
Investments 284,046 166,618
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments 508,954 389,952
Receivables:
Students, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $35,393 and 54,981 59,584
$35,507
as of September 30, 2008, and December 31, 2007, respectively
Other, net 7,969 9,052
Prepaid expenses 44,691 50,025
Inventories 11,850 15,400
Deferred income tax assets 19,403 19,418
Other current assets 10,120 16,456
Assets of discontinued operations 628 23,554
Total current assets 658,596 583,441
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
Property and equipment, net 302,955 337,073
Goodwill 377,288 379,507
Intangible assets, net 40,851 44,395
Other assets, net 20,074 22,050
TOTAL ASSETS $ 1,399,764 $ 1,366,466
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations $ 9,683 $ 11,843
Accounts payable 39,726 27,826
Accrued expenses:
Payroll and related benefits 56,435 34,305
Income taxes 5,822 19,556
Other 76,784 102,058
Deferred tuition revenue 175,581 159,482
Liabilities of discontinued operations 2,590 8,282
Total current liabilities 366,621 363,352
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current 1,984 2,179
maturities
Deferred rent obligations 99,051 98,115
Deferred income tax liabilities 412 624
Other 13,085 4,473
Total long-term liabilities 114,532 105,391
SHARE-BASED AWARDS SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION 6,191 11,615
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Preferred stock - -
Common stock 933 930
Additional paid-in capital 220,833 207,294
Accumulated other comprehensive income 8,777 16,304
Retained earnings 770,955 736,603
Cost of shares in treasury (89,078 ) (75,023 )
Total stockholders' equity 912,420 886,108
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 1,399,764 $ 1,366,466


(1) Prior period financial results have been reclassified to account for
the teach-out of our schools previously reported as held for sale,
the change in our reportable business segments during the first
quarter of 2008 and to present Brooks College - Sunnyvale, CA and
IADT Toronto as discontinued operations. For further information
regarding our reclassification of reportable segments, please refer
to our Form 8-K filings dated March 28, 2008 and April 11, 2008.


CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
% of % of
2008 Revenue 2007 (1) Revenue
REVENUE:
Tuition and registration fees $ 1,224,581 95.7 % $ 1,245,274 95.2 %
Other 54,371 4.3 % 62,960 4.8 %
Total revenue 1,278,952 100.0 % 1,308,234 100.0 %
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Educational services and facilities 502,617 39.3 % 479,885 36.7 %
General and administrative 680,007 53.2 % 708,147 54.1 %
Depreciation and amortization 58,630 4.6 % 56,043 4.3 %
Goodwill and asset impairment 9,070 0.7 % - 0.0 %
Total operating expenses 1,250,324 97.8 % 1,244,075 95.1 %
Operating income 28,628 2.2 % 64,159 4.9 %
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest income 9,327 0.7 % 12,787 1.0 %
Interest expense (703 ) -0.1 % (877 ) -0.1 %
Share of affiliate earnings 4,665 0.4 % 2,870 0.2 %
Miscellaneous (expense) income (496 ) 0.0 % 784 0.1 %
Total other income, net 12,793 1.0 % 15,564 1.2 %
Pretax income from continuing operations 41,421 3.2 % 79,723 6.1 %
Provision for income taxes 9,655 0.8 % 27,329 2.1 %
Income from continuing operations 31,766 2.5 % 52,394 4.0 %
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax (2,838 ) (1,670 )
NET INCOME $ 28,928 $ 50,724
NET INCOME PER SHARE - DILUTED
Income from continuing operations $ 0.35 $ 0.55
Loss from discontinued operations (0.03 ) (0.02 )
Net income $ 0.32 $ 0.53
DILUTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING 90,144 95,055


(1) Prior period financial results have been reclassified to account for
the teach-out of our schools previously reported as held for sale,
the change in our reportable business segments during the first
quarter of 2008 and to present Brooks College - Sunnyvale, CA and
IADT Toronto as discontinued operations. For further information
regarding our reclassification of reportable segments, please refer
to our Form 8-K filings dated March 28, 2008 and April 11, 2008.


CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2008 2007
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS:
Net income $ 28,928 $ 50,724
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Goodwill and asset impairment 13,600 -
Depreciation and amortization expense 60,070 57,744
Bad debt expense 33,350 32,055
Compensation expense related to share-based awards 10,017 11,700
Gain on sale of business (1,555 ) -
Loss (gain) on disposition of property and equipment 573 (220 )
Share of affiliate earnings, net of cash received 939 (927 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities 13,022 42,164
Net cash provided by operating activities 158,944 193,240
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Business acquisitions, net of acquired cash - (30,324 )
Acquisition transaction costs - (1,553 )
Purchases of property and equipment (39,874 ) (44,085 )
Purchases of available-for-sale investments (470,324 ) (504,180 )
Sales of available-for-sale investments 352,896 522,789
Other 944 (196 )
Net cash used in investing activities (156,358 ) (57,549 )
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of treasury stock (14,055 ) (149,241 )
Issuance of common stock 3,089 14,730
Tax benefit associated with stock option exercises 433 2,868
Payments on revolving loans (1,492 ) -
Payments of capital lease obligations and other long-term debt (479 ) (1,385 )
Net cash used in financing activities (12,504 ) (133,028 )
EFFECT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND (2,815 ) 7,993
CASH EQUIVALENTS:
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (12,733 ) 10,656
Add: Cash balance of discontinued operations at beginning of the 14,371 8,530
period
Less: Cash balance of discontinued operations at end of the period 64 13,059
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of the period 223,334 181,286
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of the period $ 224,908 $ 187,413


CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION
SELECTED SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In thousands)
For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
2008 2007 (1)
REVENUE:
University $ 172,856 $ 166,322
Culinary Arts 85,961 98,472
Health Education 58,071 51,916
Arts & Design 61,766 68,450
International 12,595 10,891
Transitional Schools 14,385 31,151
Corporate and other (1 ) 3
$ 405,633 $ 427,205
SEGMENT OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME:
University $ 27,341 $ 16,899
Culinary Arts (2) (10,423 ) 15,566
Health Education 3,289 2,578
Arts & Design 3,832 8,281
International (5,240 ) (3,054 )
Transitional Schools (3) (10,646 ) (8,879 )
Corporate and other (16,906 ) (12,508 )
$ (8,753 ) $ 18,883
SEGMENT OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME PERCENTAGE:
University 15.8 % 10.2 %
Culinary Arts -12.1 % 15.8 %
Health Education 5.7 % 5.0 %
Arts & Design 6.2 % 12.1 %
International -41.6 % -28.0 %
Transitional Schools -74.0 % -28.5 %


(1) Prior period financial results have been reclassified to account for
the teach-out of our schools previously reported as held for sale,
the change in our reportable business segments during the first
quarter of 2008 and to present Brooks - Sunnyvale, CA and IADT
Toronto as discontinued operations. For further information
regarding our reclassification of reportable segments, please refer
to our Form 8-K filings dated March 28, 2008 and April 11, 2008.
(2) Culinary Arts 2008 operating loss includes pretax charges in the
quarter of $18.5 million. Pretax charges related to the following:
$9.7 million in lease exit charges related to two facilities, $4.8
million asset impairment due to the exit of a facility, and $4.0
million expense associated with an increase in legal reserves.
(3) Transitional Schools 2008 operating loss includes charges in the
quarter of $1.1 million for unused space.


CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION
SELECTED SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In thousands)
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2008 2007 (1)
REVENUE:
University $ 525,365 $ 530,746
Culinary Arts 251,026 271,743
Health Education 171,120 152,369
Arts & Design 196,214 202,328
International 71,872 49,322
Transitional Schools 63,347 101,587
Corporate and other 8 139
$ 1,278,952 $ 1,308,234
SEGMENT OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME:
University $ 79,806 $ 75,903
Culinary Arts (2) (5,317 ) 34,121
Health Education 12,191 9,062
Arts & Design 19,002 18,557
International 10,754 3,577
Transitional Schools (3) (36,926 ) (37,619 )
Corporate and other (50,882 ) (39,442 )
$ 28,628 $ 64,159
SEGMENT OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME PERCENTAGE:
University 15.2 % 14.3 %
Culinary Arts -2.1 % 12.6 %
Health Education 7.1 % 5.9 %
Arts & Design 9.7 % 9.2 %
International 15.0 % 7.3 %
Transitional Schools -58.3 % -37.0 %


(1) Prior period financial results have been reclassified to account for
the teach-out of our schools previously reported as held for sale,
the change in our reportable business segments during the first
quarter of 2008 and to present Brooks - Sunnyvale, CA and IADT
Toronto as discontinued operations. For further information
regarding our reclassification of reportable segments, please refer
to our Form 8-K filings dated March 28, 2008 and April 11, 2008.
(2) Culinary Arts 2008 operating loss includes pretax charges of $18.5
million. Pretax charges related to the following: $9.7 million in
lease exit charges related to two facilities, $4.8 million asset
impairment due to the exit of a facility, and $4.0 million expense
associated with an increase in legal reserves.
(3) Transitional Schools 2008 operating loss includes charges totaling
$12.7 million. Charges of $9.5 million in severance and stay
bonuses, asset impairment of $2.1 million related to a school being
taught out, and charges of $1.1 million for unused space.


CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION
SELECTED SEGMENT START-UP INFORMATION
(In thousands)
For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
2008 2007 (1) 2008 2007 (1)
REVENUE:
Culinary Arts (2) $ 4,694 $ 391 $ 10,400 $ 391
Health Education (3) - - - -
$ 4,694 $ 391 $ 10,400 $ 391
SEGMENT OPERATING (LOSS) INCOME:
Culinary Arts (2) $ (2,408 ) $ (2,025 ) $ (7,353 ) $ (4,531 )
Health Education (3) (229 ) - (596 ) -
$ (2,637 ) $ (2,025 ) $ (7,949 ) $ (4,531 )


(1) Prior period financial results have been reclassified to account for
the teach-out of our schools previously reported as held for sale
and the change in our reportable business segments during the first
quarter of 2008. For further information regarding our
reclassification of reportable segments, please refer to our Form
8-K filings dated March 28, 2008 and April 11, 2008.
(2) For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007,
Culinary Arts start-up campuses include LCB, Boston, MA, Dallas, TX
and St. Louis, MO and Kitchen Academy Seattle, WA.
(3) For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, Health
Education start-up campuses include SBI San Antonio, TX.


CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION
SELECTED UNIVERSITY SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In thousands)
For the Three Months Ended For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
2008 2007 (1) 2008 2007 (1)
UNIVERSITY REVENUE:
AIU
Online $ 77,767 $ 73,122 $ 229,343 $ 245,606
Onground 16,787 18,880 57,918 66,467
CTU
Online 58,925 55,701 175,584 156,861
Onground 12,543 11,700 39,249 37,085
Briarcliffe 6,834 6,919 23,271 24,727
University $ 172,856 $ 166,322 $ 525,365 $ 530,746
UNIVERSITY SEGMENT OPERATING INCOME (LOSS):
AIU
Online $ 21,545 $ 14,716 $ 52,042 $ 64,609
Onground (5,374 ) (7,508 ) (11,654 ) (13,129 )
CTU
Online 12,659 11,298 41,041 26,738
Onground (1,025 ) (632 ) (959 ) (927 )
Briarcliffe (464 ) (975 ) (664 ) (1,388 )
University $ 27,341 $ 16,899 $ 79,806 $ 75,903
UNIVERSITY SEGMENT OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) PERCENTAGE:
AIU
Online 27.7 % 20.1 % 22.7 % 26.3 %
Onground -32.0 % -39.8 % -20.1 % -19.8 %
CTU
Online 21.5 % 20.3 % 23.4 % 17.0 %
Onground -8.2 % -5.4 % -2.4 % -2.5 %
Briarcliffe -6.8 % -14.1 % -2.9 % -5.6 %
University 15.8 % 10.2 % 15.2 % 14.3 %
Student Population as of
October 31,
2008 2007
AIU
Online 16,100 15,600
Onground 3,800 4,100
CTU
Online 18,300 16,300
Onground 4,800 4,300
Briarcliffe 1,800 2,000
University 44,800 42,300
Student Starts for the
three months ended
September
30,
2008 2007
AIU
Online 5,200 4,830
Onground 930 880
CTU
Online 6,280 5,690
Onground 1,020 900
Briarcliffe 700 820
University 14,130 13,120


(1) Prior period financial results have been reclassified to account for
the teach-out of our schools previously reported as held for sale
and the change in our reportable business segments during the first
quarter of 2008. For further information regarding our
reclassification of reportable segments, please refer to our Form
8-K filings dated March 28, 2008 and April 11, 2008.


SOURCE: Career Education Corporation

Career Education Corporation
Investors:
John Springer, 847/585-3899
www.careered.com
or
Media:
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