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Founded in 1808, Mount St. Mary`s University (MSMU) is the nation`s second oldest Catholic university — offering a rigorous educational experience rooted in the liberal arts with campuses in Emmitsburg and Frederick, Maryland. TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE The Mount`s main campus in Emmitsburg is home to more than 40 academic programs, Division I athletics, and an award-winning student life program. GRADUATE AND ADULT UNDERGRADUATE The Frederick Campus – located within an hour of both Washington, D.C. and Baltimore – offers graduate degree, graduate certificate, and undergraduate degree programs for working adults. Most classes are accelerated, offered in the evenings one night a week for 8-week sessions.
At St. Mike`s, we put great thought and care into what our students learn, and how they learn it. Whether you`re studying the environment, the global economy, new media, psychology, biochemistry, world religions or accounting, you`ll be taught by expert faculty who will mentor you, illuminate your career and life paths, nurture your talents and challenge you to explore your values. Choose from more than 30 majors; each is grounded in a meaningful liberal studies curriculum. That means you`re going to learn about our world, past, present and future. You`ll study things you`ll need four years from now, and things you`ll recall 20 years from now. You`ll critically examine issues, solve abstract and concrete problems, and think for yourself, while keeping others in mind. A Saint Michael`s education is a four-year experience that will change the way you see and care for the world.
The University of Akron, is the region`s most influential public research university, contributing to the resurgence of the local economy, providing a workforce highly trained in diverse disciplines, and known for an innovative approach to higher education. With nearly 26,000 students and more than 300 associate, bachelor`s, master`s, doctorate and law degree programs, UA offers career-focused and experiential learning that defines the polytechnic approach to education. UA brings together diverse disciplines in ways that provide students with life-long skills, internships and co-ops, opportunities for academic research, study abroad, on-campus student employment and service projects designed for diverse groups of learners, including full-time, part-time and online students, veterans, and adults returning to the classroom.
Since 1856, Niagara University has been recognized for providing an academic setting that nourishes the mind, body, heart and soul. Founded in the Catholic and Vincentian tradition, the university`s holistic, one-on-one approach to education makes a difference in the lives of its students, and they go on to make a difference in the lives of others. Whether it`s preparing income taxes for the elderly, tutoring inner city elementary school students or conducting breast cancer research with professors, Niagara students strive to assist those less fortunate. Those types of real-world learning opportunities help Niagara alumni translate their “small-school” education into top jobs within their chosen career fields, working for companies from Beijing to Broadway. In fact, according to a recent survey, 96 percent of NU graduates reported being employed or enrolled in graduate school within one year of graduation. Niagara`s reputation for academic excellence is annually praised in several prominent national publications. Just this year, U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Colleges of Distinction ranked NU among the top schools in the Northeast.
The Contra Costa Community College District is a community college district that encompasses three community colleges in Contra Costa County, California - Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College. The headquarters is in the George R. Gordon Education Center in Martinez, California.