| Type | Private online for-profit university subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Active | 1937–2018 |
Parent institution | Kaplan Higher Education Corporation, Graham Holdings Company |
| President | Betty Vandenbosch |
Academic staff | Nearly 3,600 |
| Students | 30,000 online and campus-based students[1] |
| Location | , Iowa , United States (with main administrative building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) |
| Campus | 14 campuses in Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, and Wisconsin and 1 Kaplan University Learning Center in Maryland[2] |
| Website | KaplanUniversity.edu |
 | |
Kaplan University (KU) was a private online for-profit university owned by Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. It was predominantly a distance learning institution, maintaining 14 ground locations across the United States. The university was named in honor of Stanley H. Kaplan,[3] who founded Kaplan Test Prep.[4] It was regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, one of seven major accrediting bodies in the U.S.,[5] but some programs did not have the field-specific accreditation needed for graduates to obtain certification.[6]
In 2017, Graham sold Kaplan University to Purdue University for $1, with the aim of changing it into a nonprofit online institution now known as Purdue University Global.[7][8][9] The acquisition, announced in April 2017, was completed in March 2018.[10]
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- ^ Purdue University (March 5, 2018). "Purdue University receives HLC approval for Purdue Global". Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "Kaplan Closes Transaction with Purdue for the Assets of Kaplan University" (Press release). 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.