History

The history of cooperative education could and will fill an entire book but here are some fast facts about co-op at the University of Cincinnati

• Founded at the University of Cincinnati by Dean Herman Schneider in 1906

• First Co-op Class had 27 students in 13 companies

• Second year over 400 inquiries from prospective students

• First Co-op Program in Business in 1919

• First Mandatory Co-op Program in the USA in 1920 in College of Engineering

• First Women Admitted to Co-op in 1920

• UC Co-op program split into 3 colleges in 1946

• Currently UC has approximately 4,000 students co-oping annually

• Nationwide there are approximately 600 co-op programs with 241,000 students participating

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