At the time of its closure, the college had campuses in twelve cities, in addition to its online program.

At that time Heald moved the school into a new building at Van Ness and Post where it remained until August 1983, when the Engineering College Division was closed, and the Heald Technical Division was relocated to a new facility at Yerba Buena West.

In 2007, the then non-profit institution was acquired by a private investor group and turned into a for-profit college.

[8] In 2015, due to findings by the Department of Education of misrepresented job placement rates in certain programs at Corinthian Colleges, including Heald, after July 2010,[9] the department made students of these programs eligible to have their debts cancelled if they submitted an attestation form.

Corinthian was assessed a fine of $30 million, and shut down all its campuses, including Heald, on April 27, 2015.