Master in Information Systems, University of Phoenix

About University

University of Phoenix is a private university founded in 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona, originally to serve working adult learners through flexible, career-focused degree programs. It enrolls approximately 80,000-100,000 students, primarily online, and has been continuously institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) since 1978, alongside programmatic accreditation in nursing, social work, counseling, business, and health administration. Ownership of the university has been in transition in recent years -- a proposed non-profit affiliation with the University of Idaho was announced, and the university's private equity owners (Apollo Global Management and The Vistria Group) also explored an IPO -- so its current ownership structure should be verified before publishing, as this affects how the institution should be described.