College Profile: Kaplan University

Kaplan University (KU) is an institute of higher learning that provides highly innovative undergraduate, graduate and continual education. Kaplan University programs promote student learning with the potential to launch, change and or improve careers in the increasingly diverse global community. The university focuses on overall education, student services and support, and applied scholarship in practical environments.

University Overview

Kaplan University forms part of the Kaplan Higher Education, a subsidiary of Kaplan. Inc, which is another subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. Kaplan offers a range for programs for schools, higher education, professional training and test preparation.

University Purpose

In its efforts to accomplish its mission, the university serves the following purposes:

• Offer educational programs that have been assessed and developed by faculty staff as well as members of professional, business and educational communities.

• Offer comprehensive and intensive instructions through on-campus and online delivery modes, which strengthen student educational achievement.

• Instill a sense of the value of learning by enhancing intellectual curiosity, critical and creative thinking, and culture and diversity awareness among its students.

• Provide and plan resources and facilities that respond to the different needs of students, staff and faculty.

• Help students develop professional attitudes, skills, strategies and values that will encourage in success in their careers and life after graduation.

Enrollment and Offerings

The university has numerous programs in the following degrees: associates, bachelors, masters, and certificates in the fields of business, information technology, arts, education and criminal justice, legal studies, nursing, health care and studies. The university has an enrollment of just over 42,000 students studying both on-site and online. Although the university is in Davenport, IA, the main administration building is in Fort Lauderdale, FL. In addition to the 11 campuses spread across Iowa, Maryland and Nebraska and four other University Learning Centers, KU also has several online support centers in Illinois and Florida. The university has about 3,600 administrators, professors and instructors.

Academics

KU has 10 academic schools, which are:

• General Education

• Business

• Graduate Education

• Information Technology

• Health Sciences

• Behavioral and Social Sciences

• Nursing

• Continuing Education

• Open College

• Law School

On January 2014, KU released the fourth annual 50 page academic report. The report covered the academic period spanning from start of the 2012 academic year which began in June and ended on June 30 the following year. The report included an overview of the university as well as metrics centered around educational experiences, employment outcomes, student learning, and graduate satisfaction ratings. The report also provided separate profiles of other individual schools within the system.

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