DeVry University

DeVry University Highlights

• More than 90 North American locations and an online university with more than 55,000 students
• 90% of DeVry's undergraduates active in the job market since 1975 found career-related positions within six months after receiving their DeVry degree
• DeVry University provides millions of dollars in scholarships to its students
• Accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association

About DeVry University

DeVry University is one of the largest higher education systems of its type in North America. Founded in 1931, DeVry University provides career-based undergraduate and graduate programs in technology, business, and management. The programs are developed with input from business employers to best align the skills learned by graduates with the needs of the job market.

DeVry University Academic Programs

Devry University many career-oriented programs include associate, bachelor, and master degrees in the following areas:

• Technology – Designed to help get students started and advance in their technology-driven careers in such fields as biomedical engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, electronics engineering, communication networks, and information technology.
• Business – Career focused business administration degrees are designed to help graduates meet the challenges of the global marketplaces as they pursue careers across industries and fields such as accounting, information systems, health services, hospitality, operations, sales, marketing, security, and entrepreneurship. DeVry's business programs emphasize the application of information technology knowledge and skills to solving real-world business problems.
• Management – Graduate business degrees, including an MBA, are available via DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management.

As part of DeVry's efforts to ensure high and consistent quality in all their programs and locations, DeVry's curriculum experts determine the course objectives, materials, and textbooks that instructors work from. The experts are continually updating all of this with the goal of keeping courses up-to-date.

Learning Options at DeVry University

DeVry has structured its programs in multiple ways to accommodate the busy schedules of its students. These include:

• Flexible paces and times – Students can earn degrees part-time, full-time, nights, days, weekends, onsite or online. They can take a course in 8 weeks or over a 15 week semester. They might, for instance, work year-round to earn a four year degree in three years.
• Multiple locations – With many metropolitan locations in the U.S. and Canada students might take one class in the city and another in the suburbs. Students moving across country can pick up their program at the nearest campus.
• Multiple offerings – Many classes are offered at more than one time during an academic period.

Faculty

Instructors are typically practitioners in their fields. For instance teachers in DeVry's Keller Graduate School of Management have at least five years of practical real-world experience and are knowledgeable on relevant job market trends. Classes are small, maximizing interactions with instructors. DeVry's faculty members take a practical perspective in their teaching with an emphasis on the expertise, skills, and strategies that employers consider important.

Student Life

DeVry students come from varied backgrounds. They include those right out of high school, transfer students, working adults, military students, and international students.

DeVry University's support services assist all these students in all parts of their program. Undergraduates have a variety of social and educational programs that they can tap into. Onsite campuses regularly bring leading professionals into classrooms to speak with students. Faculty members are involved in guiding student chapters of professional associations and work with students on co-curricular activities.

DeVry considers career services an integral element of the services it provides to its students. DeVry's career services brings a large staff of experts throughout their university system to the assistance of the student body. These experts work with students as they assess career choices, create resumes, interview, and identify companies and jobs to pursue. The staff also works with local and national hiring companies to find job prospects and set up interviews, which are often held on DeVry University campuses. DeVry University has built a national job database just for the use of its student community.

Examples of major U.S. employers of DeVry graduates include Abbott Laboratories, Accenture, Boeing, Discover, Federal Express, GE Healthcare, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Schlumberger, Siemens, and UPS.

Admissions and Financial Aid

Admission requirements vary at DeVry University according to the program. All require a student to be at least 17 years of age and have a high school diploma or equivalent. Other considerations for being accepted include prior post-secondary work, grades, SAT or ACT test scores, or DeVry administered placement examinations.

Financial Assistance is available to those who qualify. DeVry University works with its students to assist them in identifying options. Scholarships are an important source for students - for example DeVry provides millions of dollars every year. Tens of thousands of outside scholarships are available that take into account criteria such as student needs, educational achievements, and interests. Other financing options that DeVry can help students to pursue include grants, loans, part-time jobs, extended payment plans, and employer reimbursements. Over 85% of DeVry students take advantage of some form of financial assistance.