Founded in the city of Seattle in 1973 as City College, the name of the institution was changed to City University in 1982. It is a private not-for-profit institution of higher education. The University awards degrees and certificates at the undergraduate and graduate levels in several academic fields and offers a continuing education program. The university also conducts a Distance Education program. The graduate and undergraduate programs are spanned across the School of Management , Gordon Albright School of Education and Division of Arts and Sciences.