Kaplan

Subdivisions

Kaplan Test Preparation & Admissions is the largest subdivision of Kaplan, and sells test preparation designed to help students earn higher scores on standardized tests. Kaplan offers both individual tutoring and highly standardized classes to prepare students for all sorts of standardized tests, particularly college admissions tests like the SAT and ACT as well as graduate school tests like the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, and GRE.

Courses are taught in a uniform, modular manner throughout the entire country. A student enrolled in a course can take each lesson anywhere a class is being taught, and classes can also be taken online or by viewing recorded videos. Kaplan courses are typically taught at special Kaplan centers, although they are frequently offered in more convenient locations such as schools and community centers.

Kaplan Professional offers professional education for licensing, certification, and training purposes. Areas of education include real estate, financial services, architecture, and others.

Kaplan Higher Education is a group of institutions that offer fixed-facility and online certificate and degree programs in fields such as criminal justice, healthcare, business, information technology and legal studies. Each of the individual schools in the division is separately accredited by one of several national or regional accrediting agencies approved by the U.S. Department of Education. The unit includes the fixed-facility colleges that were formerly part of Quest Education as well as online post-secondary and career schools(Kaplan University).

SCORE! is a United States provider of customized education services for children in grades Kindergarden to 10. The SCORE! program is conducted through specialized SCORE! education centers nationwide.

History

Kaplan was founded by Stanley Kaplan, who started the business by tutoring the SATs to students in his basement. In 2000, Kaplan acquired Quest Education, adding their fixed-facility colleges to Kaplan Higher Education's array of institutions.

Competitors

Kaplan has a number of competitors in each of its various subdivisions:

The Princeton Review is Kaplan's biggest competitor in the test preparation and K-12 education markets. Princeton Review offers many of the same offerings as Kaplan -- SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, and State Standards preparation in a similar classroom format.
Princeton Review Homepage

Peterson's is another primary competitor in the test preparation market and is backed by content provider and publisher Thompson's.
Peterson's Homepage

PrepMe is one of a new breed of test preparation service providers that work exclusively online.
PrepMe Hompeage

The University of Phoenix provides adult education offerings with degree and certification programs both in class and online.
University of Phoenix Online Homepage

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