The Institute for Higher Learning is known as the nation’s premier standardized test preparation service. Founded in 1995 by Mayssoun Bydon, a University of Michigan Law School graduate, the Institute has undergone rapid growth and currently features the best qualified one-on-one tutors in the country. The Institute’s students have averaged in the 90th percentile on national standardized tests, with many scoring as high as the 99th percentile. Indeed, the Institute for Higher Learning has the highest percentile placement in the country and offers the absolute best and most extensive preparatory programs in the nation.

The Institute is located in the heart of the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus. In 2007, the Institute expanded and now has a temporary office on Wall Street in New York City.