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Post University was founded in 1890 as Post College. The school offered training in typing, bookkeeping, business writing, and other courses. In 1897, Harry C. Post acquired the school and renamed the school Waterbury Business College, where he became the college's first principal. The school again changed its name in 1931 to Post College, where it would keep its namesake until 1990.
In 1965, the school moved to its current location on Country Club Road in Waterbury, Connecticut. Harold B. Leever was named chair of the board of trustees. The Leever Student Center is named in his honor. The school expanded again by adding the Traurig Library in honor of Rose Traurig. In 1970, the school opened its first off-campus site in Meriden, Connecticut.
In 1976, Post College became a four-year institution and began offering accelerated degree programs aimed at helping Vietnam veterans earn college degrees. In 1980, the college began offering baccalaureate degrees, and a few years later acquired its athletic facilities to support men's and women's varsity sports.
In the 1990s, the school became affiliated with Teikyo University and changed its name to Teikyo Post University. The school began offering distance learning programs in 1997.
Post University is a private, for-profit school; since 2004, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Post Education, Inc.
In 2004, the school changed to a new board of trustees and became Post University. The school expanded its liberal arts programs and graduate-level courses. In 2007, Post offered Connecticut's first fully online Master of Business Administration degree program. In 2012, the business school was renamed to Malcolm Baldrige School of Business, after former United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, Jr.
In 2015, John L. Hopkins was appointed as the CEO of the university.
In 2021, Post University acquired American Sentinel University, a for-profit college with 1400 undergraduate students and 1300 graduate students. The school became American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Post University.
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In December 2024, Post University was acquired by Universidad Andrés Bello, a private university based in Santiago, Chile. Despite the change in ownership, Post University retained its name, leadership, and campus operations. University officials stated that the acquisition aimed to enhance access to global academic resources while maintaining the institution's local focus in Waterbury.
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