Excelsior College

Excelsior College

Seal of Excelsior College
Former names	Regents College
Motto	Ever Upward
Type	Private, Non-profit
Established	1971
President	James N. Baldwin
Provost	Mary Beth Hanner
Students	36,500
Undergraduates	35,100
Postgraduates	1,400
Location	Albany, New York, USA
Campus	Urban
Philosophy	What you know is more important than where or how you learned it.
Colors	Purple, Gold
Website	www.excelsior.edu

Excelsior College is a private, non-profit college, located at 7 Columbia Circle in Albany, New York, offering degrees at the undergraduate and graduate level. The college comprises five schools: the School of Business and Technology, the School of Health Sciences, the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Nursing, and the School of Public Service.

Excelsior College was founded in 1971 by the New York State Board of Regents as its external degree program, known as The Regents External Degree Program (REX). The initial development of the program was funded by major grants from the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. Known as Regents College from 1984 until 1998, it operated as a program of the Board of Regents (which also served as its board of trustees). In April 1998, the Board of Regents granted the school an absolute charter to operate as a private, nonprofit, independent institution. On January 1, 2001, Regents College, required to change its name under the terms of the separation, became Excelsior College (Excelsior means "ever upward" in Latin; it is also the motto of New York).

Excelsior College has more than 36,000 students enrolled in a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Excelsior College is regionally accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Its nursing programs are accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (ACEN), formerly known as the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The School of Nursing has twice been designated a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing. Its baccalaureate degree programs in electrical engineering technology and nuclear engineering technology are accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.The bachelor's degree programs in accounting (NYS CPA Track) and business are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). The Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program has been accepted into full membership by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP).