Fast Facts

• Embry-Riddle Worldwide traces its beginnings to early 1970, when Dr. Wilbur A. Middleton, a soon-to-retire U.S. Army officer at Fort Rucker, Ala., approached Embry-Riddle president Jack Hunt with the concept of awarding college credit to Army aviators for their military technical training.
• The Executive Vice President of Embry-Riddle Worldwide is Martin A. Smith. The Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer is John R. Watret, Ph.D.
• Embry-Riddle Worldwide has grown to more than 170 locations with 90,000 enrollments and over 27,000 students through Summer 2008.
• Since 1995, more than 14,000 military personnel have earned degrees from Embry-Riddle Worldwide.
• In Fiscal Year 2008, Embry-Riddle Worldwide had revenue of $70 million.
• Embry-Riddle Worldwide students choose online or onsite classes based on their unique requirements. Classroom students can elect to supplement their degrees with online courses and deployed military students can shift from classroom to 100% online course delivery. Enrollment in online courses increased 33% from Fiscal Year 2005 to Fiscal Year 2007.
• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is a network of more than 170 worldwide locations in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, with a virtual presence via online learning covering every continent on the globe. The Worldwide Headquarters is located in Daytona Beach, Fla.