Franklin University

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Student Center, with Franklin's landmark giant mortarboard.

Franklin University is a private university in downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States, North America. In addition to a main campus downtown, Franklin offers programs at three suburban campuses in Dublin, Ohio, Delaware, Ohio, and Westerville, Ohio. Franklin University also offers degree programs via their online classes.

[edit] History

In 1902, Franklin was founded by the YMCA as the School of Commerce.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2008, Franklin offered 18 undergraduate majors and three Graduate Programs, and has nearly 10,000 students enrolled annually, including over 600 international students from over 80 different countries. Additionally, more than 230 community colleges across the U.S. have partnered with Franklin University to offer their graduates the last two years of their bachelor’s degrees online.^{[citation needed]}

Franklin was chosen by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the first 15 colleges to participate in a pilot program allowing unlimited distance education, and the United States Army chose Franklin University as one of the original 29 institutions it selected to participate in the delivery of online education to eligible enlisted soldiers via GoArmyEd.^{[citation needed]}