Strayer University

Strayer University 



In the year 1892, Dr. Siebert Irving Strayer thought to open  a college and founded Strayer's Business College in Baltimore located at  Maryland . Strayer started  the college with the objective to provide knowledge of business  to  the former farm workers that  includes typing , shorthand  and accounting. During the  1st  decade of  its operations, involvement  at the school suddenly increased,  tantalizing  students from other states, and in the year 1904 Strayer opened one of its  branch of school at the capital of the country.

After the passage of the Revenue Act in the year  1913 , demand for trained accountants grew  and World War I increased the need of government clerks having office skills as enrolment further expanded . During the year 1930's, Washington D.C.'s board of education provided the college authority  to grant respective  degrees in accountancy .Strayer Junior College was founded by  the school  in the year 1959, when it got   the right to grant two-year degrees. In the year 1969, the college got the approval  to  four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees and was named  as Strayer College.

Strayer University is a commercial  institution for higher education  in the United States. The university provides  on-line learning programs to about 40,000 students. The university offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in subjects like accounting and such as accounting,education, business administration, criminal justice,  health services administration,public administration ,  and information technology  and also specializes   working adults in degree programs .  In the year 1892, It was founded as Strayer's Business College and before being approved  as university  in the year 1998  it became Strayer College . Middle States Commission of  Higher Education  recognized the Strayer University .

The university gives special attention to working adult students on providing higher education  and its campus locations and class schedules   are made  easily available for this group. The university offers  courses which are  based on practical and business, including courses in information technology  and  business  administration .

To study at Strayer University for undergraduate degree programs, student must have  a high school diploma or its equivalent.But for graduate degrees programs other than the Executive MBA, students   must have   a bachelor's degree from a recognized  college. Graduate applicant  must meet at least one of the mentioned criteria:  undergraduate must have a 2.75 grade point average during  senior   and   junior years of the degree;   Graduate must have a minimum score of 450 in Management Admission Test. For the Executive MBA program,students must have   a minimum grade point average of 3.0   from an recognized  university, completion of an admission application   and  five years of management experience  .