| Bryant & Stratton College | |
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| Established | 1854 |
| Type | Proprietary |
| President | John Staschak |
| Chairman | Bryant H. Prentice III[1] |
| Students | approx. 13,803 |
| Undergraduates | 13,803 |
| Location | Buffalo, New York, USA |
| Campus | Buffalo (main campus). There are 18 additional locations in New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Virginia. There is also an Online Education Division. |
| Colors | blue and white |
| Mascot | Bobcats |
| Affiliations | Association of Proprietary Colleges |
| Website | http://www.bryantstratton.edu |
Bryant & Stratton College is a for-profit college with campuses in New York, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. Founded in 1854, the college offers two-year programs at all campuses and four-year programs at select campuses. This school began as a business institute, but now is an accredited degree-granting college.[2] Influenced by nineteenth century educator Platt Spencer, the school became well-known, and notable early graduates of the school include John D. Rockefeller [3] and Henry Ford.[4]
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John Collins Bryant, Henry Beadman Bryant, and Henry Dwight Stratton were early graduates of Folsom Business College in Cleveland, Ohio, which they later purchased from the owner of the school, Ezekiel G. Folsom, who founded his school in 1848. Folsom was a former student of Platt Rogers Spencer who developed a standardized style of writing useful in business transactions before the invention of the typewriter. Platt Spencer also played a role in the formation of Bryant & Stratton College serving as a partner and teacher at the school which originally focused on bookkeeping and standardized penmanship. Bryant & Stratton College was organized in 1854 to provide practical workplace education, and was formerly known as Bryant and Stratton Business Institute.
In addition to purchasing the Cleveland school, Bryant and Stratton established a number of business schools that operated under the name of Bryant & Stratton & Co's chain of International Commercial Colleges in most major US cities.[5] By 1864 as many as 50 schools existed. Tuition was $40 for an entire program of study.[6]
Several other institutions trace their roots to Bryant & Stratton, including Bryant University.[7] and Chancellor University.[8] Chancellor University is the original Cleveland school, Folsom Business School, which was sold several times and later renamed Spencarian College, then Dyke College, later David N. Myers College and now Chancellor University.[9]
Bryant & Stratton College locations [10]
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