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If you’re looking for a technology-infused undergraduate or graduate college degree program, consider DeVry University. We offer personalized attention, hands-on learning opportunities and year-round enrollment every 8 weeks with processing for new or transfer I-20 and degree completion programs. At DeVry, you can earn your degree from an accredited university, a recognized credential to present to employers and other institutions of higher learning.

• At DeVry University, international students pay the same tuition rate as in-state students.
• International students may qualify for the DeVry Opportunity Grant, which is an award you can take advantage of to offset college expenses early on, and an opportunity for us to welcome you as you start your DeVry experience.
• DeVry University (/dəˈvraɪ/) is an American for-profit college. The school was founded in 1931, by Herman A. DeVry (inventor of the first portable motion picture projector and early government training film producer), as DeForest Training School, and officially became DeVry University in 2002.[2]
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• The university is a division of Adtalem Global Education [3] that is also the parent organization for many other for-profit education institutions.[4] Formerly known as DeVry Education Group, Adtalem is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, and Lisa Wardell is the company's CEO.[5] DeVry University is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.[6]
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• In December 2017, Adtalem announced that it was selling DeVry University to Cogswell Education, a division of Palm Ventures.[7]. As of October 2017, DeVry had a total enrollment of 19,287[7]
• DeVry was founded in 1931 as the DeForest Training School in Chicago, Illinois.[2] School founder Herman A. DeVry, who had previously invented a motion picture projector and produced educational and training films, named the school after his friend Lee de Forest.[2] De Forest Training School originally taught projector and radio repair, but later expanded to include other electronic equipment such as televisions.[2] The school was renamed DeVry Technical Institute in 1953 and gained accreditation to confer associate degrees in electronics in 1957.[2]
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• Bell & Howell completed its acquisition of DeVry Technical Institute in 1967. A year later, the company acquired the Ohio Institute of Technology and DeVry was renamed DeVry Institute of Technology,[2][8] which was accredited to confer bachelor's degrees in electronics in 1969.[2]
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• Keller Graduate School of Management
• Dennis Keller and Ronald Taylor met one another in the early 1970s when the two were teachers at DeVry.[2] Keller and Taylor learned the economics of for-profit education while at DeVry and, in 1973, the two founded the Keller Graduate School of Management with $150,000 in loans from friends and family.[9] The school was originally conceived as a day school that granted certificates.[9] The Keller School later became an evening program offering MBAs, focused on working adults by 1976.[9] The school was fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools in 1977, the first for-profit school to be accredited by the body.[9]
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• DeVry first received full accreditation in 1981.[9] The Keller Graduate School of Management acquired DeVry from Bell & Howell in 1987.[10] The leveraged buyout was worth $147.4 million.[9][10] The two schools were combined as DeVry Inc. with Keller acting as chairman and CEO and Taylor president and COO.[2]
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• DeVry Education Group
• DeVry Inc. successfully completed its initial public offering in June 1991.[11] In 1995, its stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.[12]
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• The university acquired Becker CPA Review, a firm that prepared students for the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination, in 1996.[13] DeVry acquired Ross University, a medical and veterinary school based in the Caribbean, for $310 million in 2003.[14] The university moved into the nursing field in 2005 with the acquisition of Deaconess College of Nursing, a St. Louis, Missouri-based nursing college that conferred both associate's and bachelor's degrees in nursing.[2][15] Deaconess College of Nursing was later renamed Chamberlain College of Nursing.[2]
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• DeVry Inc. entered Brazil with its 2009 acquisition of Faculdade Nordeste (FANOR), Ruy Barbosa and ÁREA 1, which are universities located in the Northeast of Brazil.[4] In 2012, the university acquired Faculdade Boa Viagem and Faculdade do Vale do Ipojuca.[4] DeVry acquired a sixth Brazilian university, Faculdade Differencial Integral, in 2013.[4] DeVry Inc. was renamed DeVry Education Group later that year.[16] DeVry Education Group changed its name to AdTalem Global Education in May 2017[17] and announced in December 2017 that they would hand off DeVry University and Keller Graduate School to Cogswell Education, LLC, for no up-front cost, pending regulatory and accreditor approval.[18]
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• Locations
• DeVry University has approximately 55 locations across 18 states in the United States.[19]
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• In April 2015, DeVry University announced the closing of 14 campuses around the United States by 2016 as part of a larger restructuring strategy. Students affected by the campus closings were eligible for discounted tuition to attend online or other campus locations for the remainder of their degree program.[20]
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• Academics
• DeVry University's academic offerings are organized into five colleges: The College of Business & Management, which includes Keller Graduate School of Management; The College of Engineering & Information Sciences; The College of Health Sciences; The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, which includes the School of Education; and The College of Media Arts & Technology.[4] The colleges offer a range of associate's, bachelor's and master's degree programs.[21] DeVry University also offers graduate certificates.[22]
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• DeVry operates on a uniform academic calendar for both undergraduate and graduate degree programs.[4] The university's academic calendar consists of six eight-week sessions.[4] Most degree programs are offered at both the associate's and bachelor's level. In addition, the institution offers various certificate programs in specific subfields such as information technology.
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• The Keller Graduate School of Management offers the following master's degree programs:[23]
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• Business Administration (MBA)
• Accounting (MSAC)
• Accounting & Financial Management (MAFM)
• Human Resources Management (MHRM)
• Information Systems Management (MISM)
• Network & Communications Management (MNCM)
• Project Management (MPM)
• Public Administration (MPA)
• Courses and programs are also offered online.[24] DeVry has offered graduate classes online since 1998 and undergraduate classes since 2001.[4]
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• DeVry is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.[25] Engineering technology programs are accredited on campus-by-campus.