Former names
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Husson College |
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Motto | Character & Humility |
Type | Private |
Established | 1898 |
President | Robert A. Clark, Ph.D. |
Provost | Lynne Coy-Ogan, Ed.D. |
Academic staff
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144 |
Students | ~3,500 |
Undergraduates | ~2,750 |
Postgraduates | ~750 |
Address |
One College Cir. Bangor, ME 04401, Bangor, with smaller campuses in Westbrook and Presque Isle , ME, 04401, U.S. |
Campus | suburban (208 acres) |
Subsidiaries | New England School of Communications (NESCom) |
Colors | Deep Green & Gold |
Sports | www.hussoneagles.com |
Nickname | Eagles |
Mascot | Baldwin Eagle |
Affiliations | NCAA DIII |
Website | www.husson.edu |
Husson University is a private university located in Bangor, Maine, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. It has a total enrollment of approximately 3,500 students, including 750 graduate students.
Husson University is the only university in Bangor, Maine. With campuses in Westbrook and Presque Isle, it has the largest physical footprint of any private university in the state.
Founded in 1898, Husson was originally named Shaw School of Business and was located on the second floor of a building in downtown Bangor. Enrollment was low until after World War II, when its reputation grew as a business school. In 1953 the Maine Legislature authorized the school, now known as Husson College, to grant Bachelor of Science degrees. It became a university in 2008.
Today the University has two colleges, and four independent schools: the College of Business, the College of Health and Education, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Graduate Studies, the College of Science and Humanities, and the New England School of Communications. The New England School of Communications, known by its abbreviation NESCom, was an independent school acquired by Husson in 1997, and was separately accredited and operated semi-autonomously with control over its own tuition, hiring, admissions, and graduation requirements until 2014.
Since 2000, undergraduate enrollment has increased 5-10% with each incoming class. In response, the University continues to add a significant number of new faculty to its ranks. Today, students graduate having trained both in the specialties of their chosen fields and in how those fields fit into a broader cultural context.
Husson is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NEASC), The International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE), and is approved by the Maine State Board of Education. The M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC).