DeVry Education Group
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| Public | |
| Traded as | : DV S&P 400 Component |
| Industry | Education |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | Downers Grove, Illinois, United States |
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Key people
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Lisa Wardell (President and CEO) |
| Revenue | $1,843.5 million (FY16) |
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Number of employees
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TBD (2016) |
| Website | devryeducationgroup.com |
DeVry Education Group is a United States corporation based in Downers Grove, Illinois, that operates several for-profit higher education institutions, including Advanced Academics, Becker Professional Education, Carrington College, Chamberlain College of Nursing, DeVry Brasil, DeVry University, American University of the Caribbean, and Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
DeVry Education Group is a successor to two separate entities: DeVry Institutes and the Keller-Taylor Corporation (d/b/a Keller Graduate School of Management). DeVry Technical Institute was acquired by the Bell & Howell company in 1966, and became part of its Education Group division. The school was renamed to DeVry Institute of Technology in 1968. In 1984, the education division was renamed DeVry, Inc. ("Old DeVry"), and became publicly traded on the .
The Keller-Taylor Corporation was formed in 1973 by Dennis Keller and Ronald Taylor. Keller-Taylor was the holding company of CBA Institute in Chicago, which later became Keller Graduate School of Management. In 1987 Keller-Taylor acquired the DeVry Institutes from Bell & Howell and merged with Keller Graduate School of Management. The holding company's name changed to DeVry, Inc.
In 1991, DeVry became the first publicly traded education provider with an initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Today, its stock is traded on the under the symbol DV (: DV).
In 1996 DeVry acquired Becker CPA Review, now Becker Professional Education. In 2002 DeVry Institute of Technology and Keller Graduate School of Management became DeVry University. The company diversified into healthcare in 2003 with the acquisition of and added Chamberlain College of Nursing (then Deaconess College of Nursing) in 2005.
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