History, Affiliations and Rankings
DeVry University was founded by Herman A DeVry in the year 1931 in Naperville, Illinois, USA. It was primarily established in Chicago as the DeForest Training School. Devery university is one of the highly ranked private higher education institutions in the USA. It is owned by Cogswell Education LLC. After over years of transformation, in the year 2002, this forest training school officially got university status. DeVry University is certified by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation and the US Dept. of Education. University is also associated with the Global Accreditation Center, Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs and Higher Learning Commission. For the year 2022, Devry University has secured the #119-157 position in the regional university ranking.
Infrastructure, Campuses and Courses
DeVry University is a multi-campus university, without any central location. Currently, DeVry university has a total of 45 campuses spread across 17 states namely Arizona, Georgia, New Jersey, Texas, California, Illinois, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Nevada, Colorado, Tennessee, Florida, Washington D.C. Metro Area in the USA. Devry University has five academic schools that offer degree programs undergraduate, post-graduate, associate degree and certificate programs. University offers an array of Associate, Graduate and undergraduate programs in the streams like business and Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Science and Technology, Media and Liberal Arts, and Healthcare.
Accomplishments and Alumni
DeVry University is recognized as USA one of the best online academic institution. Its online courses are ranked top by Newsweek. DeVry University is proud to be accredited by a top accreditor i.e., the Higher Learning Commission. DeVry University assisted students by awarding more than 57$ million for financial assistance to students through tuition fee savings, scholarships and university grants. Sean David Wiley (Politician), Adeline Maria Gray (Five-Time World Champion Wrestler), Wendell Gilliard (Politician), Steve Cartwright (Computer and Video Game Designer), and Catherine Ablema Afeku (Politician) are some of the notable alumni of DeVry University.
Student Diversity and Visiting Companies
The campus of DeVry University is ethnically diverse with a large no. of student body of approximately 18000 studying on its different campuses. Out of which, 13000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and 4000+ are enrolled in post-graduate courses. The student-faculty ratio is 14:1 at DeVry University, USA. Amazon, Wells Fargo, Comcast, IBM, Microsoft, Google, World Wide Technology, Amazon Web Services, Cisco, JP Morgan Chase & Co, and Verizon are some companies that visit DeVry University campus for recruitment purposes.