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Purdue University
Purdue University is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school was founded in 1869 under a land-grant act, a program that allowed states to sell public land in order to raise funds for the development of agriculture…
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Quinnipiac University Online
Located in Connecticut, Quinnipiac University was founded in 1929 by politician and business professor Samuel W. Tator. The founding of the university was in response to Northeastern University’s abandonment of its program at New Haven due to the debilitating effects…
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Sacred Heart University
Recognizing the need to provide the town of Fairfield in Connecticut with quality education that is affordable, Walter W. Curtis, the Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, established Sacred Heart University in 1963. A Roman Catholic university with a suburban…
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Saint Francis University
In 1847, the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular -- who adhere to the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi -- founded Saint Francis University in the Philadelphia borough of Loretto. Classified as a private four-year Catholic liberal arts…
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Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Joseph's College of Main is a Catholic college located along Lake Sebago in Standish, Maine. The college has a Graduate and Professional Studies Division, which offers online programs through which approximately…
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Saint Joseph’s University
Saint Joseph’s University is a private Roman Catholic university founded in 1851 by the all-male Jesuit order known as the Society of Jesus, whose origins date back to the 1500’s. Originally known as Saint Joseph’s College it became Saint Joseph’s…
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Kansas State University
Kansas State University is a public, land-grant university founded in 1966. Kansas State has campuses in the cities of Manhattan, Olathe and Salina, Kansas. The main campus encompasses 664 acres in the northeast Kansas city of Manhattan. The university serves…
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Saint Peter’s University
Established in 1972 by the Society of Jesus, Jersey City’s Saint Peter’s University did not have the smoothest of starts. It took six years to get its first handful of students, and it was closed down for 12 years after…
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Spring Arbor University
Free Methodist Church leader Edward Payson Hart was the main force behind the founding of Spring Arbor University in 1873 for children. Named after the unincorporated community in Michigan where it is located, the institution eventually became a four-year institution…
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Southern New Hampshire University
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a private university that was founded in 1932 by H.A.B. Shapiro and is presently located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The main campus occupies 300 acres, on the bank of the Merrimack River, in Manchester,…
