The school added liberal arts, fashion, and interior design during the next two decades.

In 1975, the school was acquired by Education Management Corporation (EDMC) and was renamed The Art Institute of Atlanta.

The college also shifted its focus to a creative applied arts curriculum.

Located at 6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road N.E., 100 Embassy Row, Atlanta, GA 30328 [3](the 5-story building was torn down around 2004.

[4] In 2017, EDMC, struggling financially, sold the Art Institute of Atlanta and 30 other Art Institute schools to Dream Center Education, a Los Angeles-based Pentecostal organization.