About Triumph Higher Education Group

Triumph’s Mission Triumph Higher Education Group is a global education system dedicated to providing dynamic high quality learning experiences using superior technology to enhance students education.

Triumph Higher Education is a new education company, headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Triumph is building a professionally managed system of quality, affordable schools known for stimulating learning experiences, good outcomes, and good career opportunities for graduates. Jack Larson, the founder and former CEO and President of Career Education Corporation, is the founder and Executive Chairman of Triumph.The primary areas of academic focus at Triumph are culinary education and online education covering a variety of academic disciplines. These areas offer substantial opportunity for growth and address key educational needs of the nation and the world.

Currently, Triumph has two schools that specialize in culinary education. They are under the brand name of Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts and are located in Austin, Texas and Boulder, Colorado. Triumph also has an online culinary school under the brand name of Escoffier Online International Culinary Academy.

The Triumph system will expand by adding schools that require investment and innovation in order to prosper. Triumph will provide capital, expertise, technology, and leadership resources to the schools that join the Triumph system.

Triumph is managed by a team of professionals who have years of experience in cultivating and developing post-secondary institutions, both on-ground and online. From finance, compliance and marketing to technology, Triumph can build strength into a school so that it will rise to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.