Davenport University is a not for profit institution headquartered at Grand Rapids, Michigan. With its multiple campuses throughout Michigan and online, Davenport prepares students for successful careers with undergraduate and graduate degrees in business, technology, health and urban education. Davenport aspires to be renowned as a quality institution of higher education that understands the market better than any other institution. Its vision and commitment to quality give students a competitive advantage to “Get Where the World is Going.”
Davenport University is among the oldest institutions of higher education in the state of Michigan. It was founded on January 25, 1866, in Grand Rapids, when the Union Officer Conrad Swinsburg took lessons for a class of 16. This small business school grew out to be Michigan's largest public university. The university became a non-profit institution in 1954. The bachelor's program of the university was introduced in 1980 and the master's program in 1990. The university celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2016 and is striving towards the 2020 goal.
Davenport has a student population of 6,746 and a student-faculty ratio of 15:1. White American students are the biggest part of the student base with 66% and the female population is 56%.
DU offers a variety of hands-on, career-centred degree programs in the areas of business, technology, health professions, arts and sciences, and urban education. The university offers more than 50 bachelors and masters degree programs.
The university also offers online programs in Associate, Masters and Bachelors level along with a few certificate programs. University majors include Accounting, Business Management, Computer Science, Health Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Law and Nursing.
Davenport University Accreditation
The university is recognized and is nationally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).