Claremont Graduate University (formerly The Claremont Graduate School) was founded in 1925 in the city of Claremont, California, as the only academic institution in North America to devote itself entirely to graduate study. It is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Claremont is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, USA, about 45 kilometers (30 miles) east of downtown Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. ... The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. ...
Claremont Graduate University is also a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium. The Claremont Colleges are a consortium of seven schools of higher education located in Claremont, California. ...
The Claremont Colleges is a consortium of five undergraduate colleges and two graduate institutions and a central organization that provides services shared by all students, faculty, and staff.
The eight institutions support and strengthen each other to become more than the sum of their parts, and all but one are located on adjacent campuses.
Students at The Claremont Colleges enjoy the individualized academic attention of a small college and the resources of a major university.
The Claremont Consortium was officially born on October 14, 1925, when Robert J. Bernard, the assistant to President Blaisdell at Pomona College, filed in Sacramento the articles of incorporation for The Claremont Colleges.
Cooperation among colleges appears to be the wave of the future in higher education, and Claremont is already on the crest of the wave.
ClaremontGraduate University awards master's and doctoral degrees through five academic centers - in the humanities, social sciences, psychology, math, botany, fine arts, education, information science, management, and executive management.