The Sanford Brown College in Saint Peters, Missouri, is a for-profit school that grants specialized associate degrees designed to be completed within a year. In January 2008, the school received approval to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. This program allows registered nurses with a diploma or associate degree to earn a Bachelor of Science degree. Sanford-Brown College was founded in 1866 by Rufus C. Crampton, a professor at Illinois College, to meet the demands of post-Civil War America. Originally known as Jacksonville Business College, the College was joined with Illinois College in 1868. Mr. Crampton and Professor George W. Brown served as principals. In 1878, Mr. Brown purchased the College from Illinois College and started a chain of modern business colleges bearing his name. By 1911, Mr. Brown had opened 29 Brown’s Business Schools across the United States. In 1920, Mr. W.S. Sanford, a teacher and principal at one of the schools, purchased one of the St. Louis schools and renamed the facility the Sanford-Brown Business College. In 1944, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Gassaway and Mr.