Brooks College is a system of two for-profit colleges in Long Beach and Sunnyvale, California. They offer career college programs in a variety of areas. The school in Long Beach is best known for its fashion design and fashion marketing programs (and their ads on late-night television). These schools are owned by the Career Education Corporation and accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. For-Profit Schools are educational institutions that are run by private, profit-seeking companies or organizations. ... Nickname: The International City (on flag), Friendly City (in Latin on citys seal), or the LBC Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles County Government - Mayor Bob Foster Area - City 65. ... Location of Sunnyvale within Santa Clara County, California. ... In Canada and the United States, a career college is a for-profit educational institution providing career-specific post-secondary, tertiary, and occasionally quaternary education. ... Fashion design is the applied art dedicated to the design of clothing and lifestyle accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time. ... Career Education Corporation NASDAQ: CECO, founded in 1994, is a postsecondary education provider with campus-based and online curriculum. ... The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. ...