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Hamilton College (Iowa)

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Type
  
For-Profit

Colors
  
Blue and White

Website
  
www.hamiltonia.edu

Campus
  
Office building

Nickname
  
Huskies

Color
  
Blue and White

Hamilton College (Iowa)

Location
  
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Notable alumni
  
Leo Elthon, Scott Hiley, Patrick G. McDougal

Similar
  
Vennard College, Kaplan University‑Cedar Rapids C, Faust Institute of Cosmetology, American College of Hairstylin, Capri College

Hamilton College was the DBA name of the Iowa College Acquisition Corporation, a company that owns and operates independent for-profit colleges. Hamilton College had seven campuses in Iowa and Nebraska. Iowa College Acquisition Corporation is owned and operated by Kaplan Higher Education, a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company.

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Hamilton College was originally established by Ward Hamilton in Mason City, Iowa, in 1900 as a business school. This makes it the oldest continuously operating college in the state of Iowa specializing in business education. In 1980, Hamilton opened a campus in Cedar Rapids. A third campus was established in Des Moines in 1988.

In 1998, Hamilton College was purchased by Quest Education Corporation, which was acquired in 2000 by Kaplan, Inc. and renamed Kaplan Higher Education Corporation. Shortly thereafter the Nebraska College of Business and the Lincoln School of Commerce, also owned by Quest, were renamed Hamilton College-Omaha and Hamilton College-Lincoln respectively. Hamilton College continued to expand, adding campuses in Cedar Falls in 2000 and Council Bluffs in 2004.

In November 2007, Hamilton College officially changed its name to Kaplan University.

Academics

Hamilton College granted degrees in the following: Bachelor's Degrees:

  • Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
  • Bachelor of Science in Management
  • Accounting Concentration
  • Business Administration Concentration
  • Criminal Justice Administration Concentration
  • Management of Information Systems Concentration
  • Associate of Applied Science Degrees:

  • Accounting Specialist
  • Business Administration
  • Business Management Concentration
  • Office Management Concentration
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Criminal Justice
  • Medical Assistant
  • Diplomas:

  • Accounting Technician
  • Computer Systems Technician
  • Practical Nursing
  • Athletics

    Hamilton students occasionally participated in recreational (bar-league) softball and volleyball. At the Lincoln campus there was a basketball team named the Hamilton Aliens.

    References

    Hamilton College (Iowa) Wikipedia