The big winners in Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett’s $200,000 settlement with Lehigh Valley College last week were the state and the school’s parent company, Career Education Corp.

Students who had turned to Corbett for help after accusing the Center Valley school of steering them toward high interest loans got nothing. The attorney general’s office said What the heck did you do to get $200,000?, Lewis asked rhetorically of Corbett. ‘‘You’ve done nothing to help the students,’‘ said the 24-year-old Allentown resident. Career Education, a Chicago area company with about 80 for-profit schools nationwide and annual revenue of $1.7 billion, was able to shield itself from legal jeopardy by agreeing to what financial analysts equate to a slap on the wrist.