Bay Path University

rapidly in its first few decades. In 1920, Bay Path bought the Clawson-Hamilton Business School of Brattleboro, Vermont, and renamed it the Brattleboro Business Institute. The same year, the competitor Griffin Business School was also purchased and integrated into Bay Path. Bay Path was one of the largest and most successful business schools in the highly competitive Northeast at the time, with a peak enrollment of 1,200 students. But the institution struggled during the Great Depression and World War II and by 1944 was nearly bankrupt.
In 1945, the college moved to Longmeadow, Massachusetts, was renamed Bay Path Secretarial School, and became a women's-only college. Four years later, the institution became Bay Path Junior College. In 1988, Bay Path became a four-year degree-granting institution, and its name was changed to Bay Path College.
In 1999, Bay Path established an accelerated program for women to earn their bachelor's degree through a Saturday-only program. In 2000, Bay Path began offering Master of …