History
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 Bachelors of Science degrees. It became a university in 2008.
Today the University has two colleges, and three independent schools: the College of Business, the College of Health and Education, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Graduate Studies, and the School of Science and Humanities. In 1997, Husson acquired the New England School of Communications, which is separately accredited and operates semi-autonomously with control over its own tuition, hiring, admissions, and graduation requirements.
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.
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