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SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 2, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Nasdaq:COCO) management will be attending the Wunderlich Securities Education Investor Conference in Boston, MA. Trace Urdan will host a Q&A session with Jack Massimino, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. ET.

To access a live webcast of the session, please visit http://www.wsw.com/webcast/sgnl6/coco/. The webcast will be archived on that website for 90 days.

About Corinthian Colleges, Inc.

Corinthian is one of the largest post-secondary education companies in North America. Our mission is to change students’ lives. We offer diploma and degree programs that prepare students for careers in demand or for advancement in their chosen fields. Our program areas include health care, business, criminal justice, transportation technology and maintenance, construction trades and information technology. We have 123 Everest, Heald and WyoTech campuses, and also offer a variety of degrees online. For more information, go to www.cci.edu.

The Corinthian Colleges, Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=8848

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