List of university and college mergers in the United States

This is a list of mergers of universities and/or colleges in the United States with the name of the surviving institution, predecessors, and effective date.

A through D

• Alliant International University - merger of California School of Professional Psychology and United States International University, 2001
• American Sentinel University - merger of American College of Computer & Information Sciences and American Graduate School of Management
• Argosy University - merger of American Schools of Professional Psychology, the University of Sarasota and the Medical Institute of Minnesota, 2001
• Azusa Pacific College - absorbed Arlington College, 1968
• Azusa Pacific College - merger of Azusa College and Los Angeles Pacific College, 1965
• University of Baltimore - absorbed Eastern College, 1970
• Benedictine College - merger of Mount Saint Scholastica College and St. Benedict's College - 1971
• Big Sandy Community and Technical College - merger of Prestonsburg Community College and Mayo Technical College.
• Birmingham–Southern College - merger of Southern University (Alabama) and Birmingham College in 1918.
• Boston University School of Medicine - absorbed Boston Female Medical School, 1874
• Brevard College - merger of Brevard Institute, Weaverville College, and Rutherford College, 1934
• University of California, Berkeley - merger of the College of California and the Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College, 1853
• Carson-Newman College - merger of Carson College and Newman College for Women, 1889
• Case Western Reserve University - merger of Case Tech and Western Reserve, 1971–72
• The Catholic University of America - absorbed Columbus University, 1954
• Central Nazarene College - absorbed Nazarene Bible Institute (1911)
• Chicago College of Performing Arts - absorbed Roosevelt University School of Music, 1954
• University of Cincinnati - absorbed Medical College of Ohio 1896; Cincinnati Law School, absorbed 1896; Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, 1954; Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, absorbed in 1962.
• Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - formed by merger of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and the College of Music of Cincinnati in 1955.
• Cincinnati Law School absorbed Cincinnati College in the late 1830s.
• Clark Atlanta University - merger of Clark College and Atlanta University, 1988
• Cleveland State University - absorbed Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969
• Carnegie Mellon University - formed by the merger of Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
• Davenport University - merger of Davenport College, Detroit College of Business, and Great Lakes College, 2000.
• University of Delaware - merger of Newark College and Women's College of Delaware, 1921
• DePaul University - absorbed Barat College, 2001
• University of Denver - absorbed Colorado Women's College, 1982
• University of Detroit Mercy - merger of University of Detroit and Mercy College, 1990
• Dillard University - merger of Straight University and New Orleans University, 1934

E through K

• Erskine College - absorbed Due West Female College, 1927
• Fordham University - absorbed Marymount College, 2002
• Gannon University - absorbed Villa Marie College, 1989
• The George Washington University - absorbed Mount Vernon College for Women, 1999; absorbed Benjamin Franklin University, 1987; absorbed National University, 1954
• Gordon College (Massachusetts) - absorbed Barrington College (1985)
• Hamilton College - absorbed Kirkland College, 1978
• Hannibal-LaGrange College (now Hannibal-LaGrange University) - merger of LaGrange College and Hannibal College, 1928
• University of Hartford - merger of Hartford Art School, Hartt College of Music, and Hillyer College, 1957
• Hendrix College - absorbed Henderson-Brown College, 1929; absorbed Galloway Women's College, 1933
• University of Houston–Downtown - assets were acquired from South Texas Junior College, 1974
• Houghton College - absorbed United Wesleyan College, 1989
• Illinois Institute of Technology - absorbed Midwest College of Engineering, 1991
• Kansas State University - absorbed Kansas College of Technology, 1991

L-M

• University of Kentucky - absorbed the Louisville College of Pharmacy in 1947.
• University of La Verne - absorbed San Fernando Valley College of Law, 1983
• Lawson State Community College - absorbed Bessemer State Technical College, 2005.
• Luther College - absorbed Decorah College for Women, 1936
• Loyola University Chicago -- absorbed Mundelein College, Chicago, 1991
• Loyola Marymount University - merger of Marymount College and Loyola University, 1973
• Loyola University Maryland - absorbed Mount Saint Agnes College, 1971
• Loyola University New Orleans - absorbed College of the Immaculate Conception, 1911; absorbed New Orleans College of Pharmacy, 1919
• Mannes College of Music - absorbed Chatham Square Music School
• Martin Luther College - merger of Dr. Martin Luther College and Northwestern College (Wisconsin), 1995
• University of Maryland, Baltimore - absorbed Baltimore College, 1830
• University of Massachusetts Boston – absorbed Boston State College, 1982
• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – merger of Bradford Durfee College of Technology and New Bedford Institute of Technology, 1964; absorbed Southern New England School of Law, 2010
• University of Massachusetts Lowell – merger of Lowell State College and Lowell Technological Institute, 1975–76
• Mercer University - absorbed Tift College, 1986
• Miami University - absorbed Oxford College of Music and Art, 1928; absorbed Western College, 1974
• Middlebury College - affiliated then acquired the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), now a graduate school, 2010
• Millsaps College - absorbed Grenada College, 1950; absorbed Whitworth College, 1938
• Morningside College - absorbed Charles City College, 1914

N through R

• National College - acquired Kentucky College of Business and absorbed Fugazzi College.^[1]
• The New School (then the New School for Social Research) - absorbed Parsons School of Design in 1970; absorbed Mannes College of Music in 1989.
• New York University - acquired New York College of Dentistry in 1925; acquired Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1999; acquired Polytechnic University, 2008
• Northeastern University - absorbed Bouve College, 1964
• Nova Southeastern University - merger of Nova University and Southeastern University of the Health Sciences, 1994
• Pace University - absorbed Briarcliff College, 1977; merged with College of White Plains (formerly Good Counsel College), 1975
• Pennsylvania State University - absorbed Dickinson School of Law, 2000
• Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas - absorbed the Rice Belt Technical Institute, 1996
• University of Portland - absorbed Multnomah College, 1969
• Rich Mountain Community College - formed by the merger of Rich Mountain Vocational-Technical School and the off-campus program of Henderson State University, 1983
• Rutgers University - absorbed University of Newark, 1947

S through Z

• College of St. Catherine - absorbed St. Mary's Junior College, 1986
• University of San Diego - absorbed San Diego College for Women, 1972
• South Arkansas Community College - merger of Southern Arkansas University, El Dorado Branch and Oil Belt Technical College, 1992
• Southern Benedictine College - merger of Saint's Bernard College and Cullman College, 1976
• Southern Nazarene University - absorbed Peniel College (1920), Central Nazarene College (1929), Arkansas Holiness College (1931), Bresee Theological College (1940)
• St. John's University (New York City) College of Business - absorbed the College of Insurance - 2001
• Southwestern University - merger of Rutersville College, Wesleyan College, McKenzie College, and Soule University, 1873
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - merger of the University of Chattanooga, University of Tennessee, and Chattanooga City College, 1969
• Tennessee State University - absorbed University of Tennessee at Nashville, 1979
• University of Toledo - merger with Medical University of Ohio, 2006
• Transylvania University
  • Merged with Kentucky University, 1865, adopting the latter school's name (Transylvania name restored in 1908)
  • Absorbed Hamilton College (Kentucky), 1903
• Trenholm State Technical College - Formed by a merger between H. Councill Treholm State Technical College and John M. Patterson State Technical College, 2002/2003.^[2]
• Trinity University (Texas) - absorbed University of San Antonio, 1942
• Union College (Kentucky) – absorbed Sue Bennett College, 1997
• Vanderbilt University - absorbed Peabody College, 1979
• Virginia Commonwealth University - merger of Richmond Professional Institute and Medical College of Virginia
• Virginia Union University - absorbed Hartshorn Memorial College, 1932
• Washington & Jefferson College - merger of Washington College in Washington, Pennsylvania and Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, 1865
• Wayne University (now Wayne State University) - formed by the merger of Detroit City College, Detroit Teachers College and Detroit Medical College.
• University of West Los Angeles - absorbed the San Fernando Valley College of Law in 2002
• Xavier University (Cincinnati) - absorbed Edgecliff College in 1980

See also

• List of American institutions of higher education
• List of colloquial names for universities and colleges in the United States
• List of university and college name changes in the United States
• List of university and college nickname changes in the United States

References

1. ^ http://www.national-college.edu/about/heritage.htm History of National College
2. ^ History of Trenholm Tech