American National University
American National University, formerly National Business College, is a private for-profit university with multiple campuses in the United States, including Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky.
History
The university was founded in 1886 as a business school in Roanoke, Virginia. It later expanded to a national business school and developed multiple campuses.
Academics
The university offers master's degrees, bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, diploma programs, certificate programs and professional training and certifications. It is institutionally accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission.
Campuses
American National University has campuses in Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky.
Fraud allegations
American National University was one of 153 institutions included in a program of student-loan cancellation resulting from alleged fraud. The class-action suit was brought by a group of more than 200,000 student borrowers assisted by the Project on Predatory Student Lending, part of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School. A settlement was approved in August 2022, stating "substantial misconduct by the listed schools, whether credibly alleged or in some instances proven." American National University challenged the settlement. The Supreme Court rejected the challenge in April 2023.