The University Of Phoenix

The university was established in 1976 in the Phoenix metropolitan area. John sperling was the founder of this university. In 1989 the university introduced its online course.Apollo Education Group is the parent company of this University. The University of Phoenix is the largest private university in the United States. It possesses more than 17,000 instructors and 240,000 students, out of which approximately half are registered in its highly advanced online educational courses. Phoenix had more than 100,000 students within the first five years of going public.From 2010 until 2012 enrollment decreased, said to be from increase of competition and negative press.
It has got 170 physical campuses spread over the US, Mexico, Puerto Rico. Since 1976, more than 171,600 working professional individuals get achieved their degree from University of Phoenix.
The university provides degree courses with the aid of 7 colleges and 2 schools. Among them known as the School of Advanced Studies, School of Business, College of Criminal Justice and Security, College of Education, College of Humanities, College of Information Systems and Technology, College of Natural Sciences, College of Nursing, and the College of Social Sciences. Apart from its traditionally prescribed education courses, the university includes continuing education courses for teachers and practitioners, professional development courses for development companies, and specialized courses of study for military services personnel.