Cleary College

Cleary University

The Cleary University Crest
Former names	Cleary Business College (1891) The Cleary School of Penmanship (1883)
Type	Private
Established	1883
Endowment	US $813,882
President	Jayson Boyers
Academic staff	~
Administrative staff	~
Students	852 (Spring 2009)
Undergraduates	697
Postgraduates	116
Other students	39
Location	Genoa Twp, MI, U.S.
Campus	Multiple Campuses
Alt. Campus	Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.
Colors	Red & Blue:
Mascot	Clancy The Cougar
Affiliations	Higher Learning Commission, NCA
Website	http://www.Cleary.edu

Cleary University is a Michigan-based business university with two campuses; the Washtenaw Campus is located in Ann Arbor and the Livingston Campus is located in Genoa Charter Township, near Howell. Both campus offer certificate, BBA, and MBA programs.

Founded in 1883, by Patrick Roger Cleary as the "Cleary School of Penmanship", it was incorporated in 1891 as "Cleary Business College". In 1933, the Cleary family turned the physical assets of the college over to a Board of Trustees, establishing Cleary College as an independent non-profit institution. In 1938 Patrick Roger Cleary retired and his son, Owen Cleary, became president. The college moved to the 2170 Washtenaw Avenue site in 1960. A branch college was opened in Livingston County in 1979. By 1982, the combined campuses served over one thousand students. " In 2002, Cleary introduced a graduate program and changed its name to Cleary University.

The Cleary College building at 2170 Washtenaw Ave, designed by Ypsilanti architect R. S. Gerganoff was awarded a Michigan Historical Marker (site S0553) in 1983. It was torn down in 2000.

In 2015 Bridge magazine named Cleary #2 out of all michigan colleges for "Best Bang for Your Buck"

in 2015 The Street ranked Cleary 11th in the country for small schools that "cost the least but reap the most earnings"

The Livingston Campus of Cleary University is in Genoa Charter Township, Michigan, in Howell.

The LLoyd & Mabel Johnson Center for Business & Community Excellence is the focus of the Livingston Campus. The Johnson Center is equipped to serve as the University's conference center. It is divided into 8 classrooms, an internet café, commercial kitchen, and a few offices.

The Chrysler Building was Cleary's first building on the Livingston Campus. It is home to a majority of classes on the Livingston campus, on campus recording studio, the student run campus store, student cafeteria "Clancy's cafe" and the home of the Arthur Secunda art museum which houses the largest collection of works by American artist Arthur Secunda