| Apollos University | |
| Native Name: | Apollos University |
| Motto: | The Gateway to Your Future |
| Mascot: | Goldy the Bison |
| President: | Scott Eidson |
| Provost: | Robin Westerik |
| Country: | United States |
| Coor: | 47.5049°N -111.297°W |
| Colors: | Red, Blue and Gold |
Apollos University is a private for-profit online university headquartered in Great Falls, Montana.[1] It is accredited by the Distance Education Accreditation Commission (DEAC).[2]
The university was founded in August 2004 as a non-profit university.[3] However, it closed the non-profit corporation and reopened as a for-profit corporation in May, 2005.[4] The new corporation was named Apollos University of California with a "doing business as" name of Apollos University. Formerly headquartered in Huntington Beach, California,[5] Apollos University moved to Great Falls, Montana, on September 30, 2016.[6] and is incorporated and approved as a private institution by the State of Montana.
Apollos University received its approval from the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education (BPPVE)[7] in July 2005 and enrolled its first student in September 2005. The university held its first graduation ceremony in July 2007.[8] Apollos applied for accreditation in 2010 and received accreditation status in January 2012 from Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) which is now known as the Distance Education Accreditation Commission (DEAC).[9] In 2020, DEAC renewed Apollos University's accreditation.[10]
Apollos University is an approved as a private institution by the State of Montana[11] and is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission(DEAC).[12]