Post University, Inc. history

In 1897, Harry C. Post acquired the school and renamed the school Waterbury Business College, where he became the college's first principal.

In 1965, the school moved to its current location on Country Club Road in Waterbury, Connecticut.

In 1970, the school opened its first off-campus site in Meriden, Connecticut.

In 1976, Post College became a four-year institution and began offering accelerated degree programs aimed at helping Vietnam veterans earn college degrees.

In 1980, the college began offering baccalaureate degrees, and a few years later acquired its athletic facilities to support men's and women's varsity sports.

In 1990, it affiliated with Teikyo University in Japan and was renamed Teikyo Post University.

Institutionally administered financial aid is available to distance learners. It first offered distance learning courses in 1997.

In fall 2003, there were 700 students enrolled in distance learning courses.

In 2004, Teikyo University transferred control of the university to a new board of directors, and the school was renamed Post University.

The first master’s degree was offered in 2006, and it became the largest provider of online education in Connecticut.

In 2007, Post offered Connecticut's first fully online Master of Business Administration degree program.

In 2012, the business school was renamed to Malcolm Baldrige School of Business, after former United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, Jr.

In 2021, Post University announced its intentions to acquire American Sentinel University, a for-profit college with 1400 undergraduate students and 1300 graduate students.