Type For-profit President George A. Burnett Total enrollment 10,209 (2010) | Established 1996 Phone +1 888-327-2877 Colors Blue, Burnt Orange | |
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Northcentral University is a virtual, for-profit university established in 1996. It is a Doctoral Research University with its corporate headquarters in San Diego, California. It is currently owned by Rockbridge Growth Equity, LLC and Falcon Investments, LLC.
Contents
- History
- Accreditation
- Academics
- Committee on National Security Systems CNSS Course Certification
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute
- Rankings
- Solvency
- References
Northcentral offers bachelor's, master's (MA, MBA, and MEd), specialist (EdS), and doctoral (PhD, PhDOL, DBA, and EdD) degrees in Business and Technology Management, Education, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Psychology.
History
Northcentral University was founded in 1996 by Dr. Donald Hecht. In 1978 Hecht had established California Southern University, formerly known as Southern California University for Professional Studies (SCUPS).
In 2003 the University received regional accreditation from The Higher Learning Commission.
In 2007 the headquarters was established in Prescott, Arizona. In that same year, the school received ACBSP accreditation.
On October 8, 2008, Northcentral announced the university was being purchased by Rockbridge Growth Equity, LLC.
Accreditation
Northcentral is regionally accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC).
Northcentral's business school is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
Northcentral's master's and PhD programs in Marriage & Family Therapy are accredited by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, through their accrediting body COAMFTE and required by most US states for licensing in the field. The MFT program was the first distance education program to gain AAMFT accreditation.
Academics
Northcentral consists of three schools:
Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) Course Certification
Northcentral is one of the higher education institutions to have some of its individual courses certified by the CNSS. According to the National Security Agency's Central Security Service website, "The goal of the Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation (IACE) Program is to expand the use of national standards in information assurance education and training throughout the nation. IACE systematically assesses the degree to which courseware from commercial, government, and academic sources maps to the national standards set by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS)." Accordingly, Northcentral's courses have been certified as meeting "the minimum standards for the duties and responsibilities of Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals, NSTISSI 4011."
FEMA Emergency Management Institute
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the United States Department of Homeland Security includes Northcentral's Business Administration PhD, Homeland Security Specialization in its list of "Colleges, Universities and Institutions Offering Emergency Management Courses."
Rankings
Solvency
In 2011 the US Department of Education determined Northcentral was one of 75 US institutions failing its 2009-2010 financial responsibility test (a measure of the institution's financial solvency), and would be required to post a letter of credit in order for students to receive federal financial aid. Northcentral also failed its 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 financial responsibility tests, scoring zero for 2010-2011 on a scale of -1 to 3, lower than the 0.2 it earned the prior term; 0.2 for 2011-2012; and 0.2 again for 2012-2013. In 2015 the US Department of Education placed Northcentral on "HCM-Cash Monitoring 1" status because of its financial issues.