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Bryant University is a private university, located in Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S., that grants the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and master's degrees in business, taxation and accounting. Until August 2004, it was known as Bryant College.Bryant comprises the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business,and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the AACSB International.

Bryant University was founded in 1863 as a branch of Bryant and Stratton, a national school which originally taught bookkeeping and methods of business communication and was named after founders, John Collins Bryant and Henry Beadman Bryant.In 1916, the Rhode Island branch was sold and merged with the Rhode Island Commercial School.Bryant became non-profit in 1949 and offered its first master's program in 1969.[5] Bryant was originally located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, but in 1971 moved to its current campus in Smithfield, ...