Established in 1976, the University of Phoenix is the oldest and arguably the most successful online university. While going online has propelled the University to the popularity that it enjoys today, it still retains its brick and mortar roots. Describing a University of Phoenix campus is a bit of a misnomer, because there is no single campus.
The University operates on three educational platforms, ground, FlexNet, and Online. Students studying through the ground or FlexNet mode take a number of their classes at one of the many University of Phoenix classrooms located throughout the US and even the world.
As the largest private university, Phoenix has 170 brick and mortar campuses located throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. While over half of the schools 230,000 strong student body studies purely online, over 100,000 attend at least some of their classes at the brick and mortar campuses.
These campuses are in many cities located in industrial parks. While this image doesnt conjure up the grassy quads many envision when they think of the college life, their location is normally based on population density and accessibility. As...