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
*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
*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
*Chicago College of Performing Arts - absorbed Roosevelt University School of Music, 1954
*University of Cincinnati - absorbed Medical College of Ohio 1896; Cincinnati College of Pharmacy, 1954
*Clark Atlanta University - merger of Clark College and Atlanta University, 1988
*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 M

*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
*Hamilton College - absorbed Kirkland College, 1978
*University of Hartford - merger of Hartford Art School, Hartt College of Music, and Hillyer College, 1957
*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
*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 College in Maryland - absorbed Mount Saint Agnes College, 1971
*Loyola Marymount University - merger of Marymount Junior College and Loyola University, 1973
*Loyola University New Orleans - absorbed College of the Immaculate Conception, 1911; absorbed New Orleans College of Pharmacy, 1919
*Martin Luther College - merger of Dr. Martin Luther College and Northwestern College (Wisconsin), 1995
*University of Massachusetts Boston - absorbed Boston State College, 1982
*University of Massachusetts Lowell - merger of Lowell State College and Lowell Tech, 1975-76
*Mercer University - absorbed Tift College, 1986
*Miami University - absorbed Oxford College of Music and Art, 1928; absorbed Western College, 1974
*Millsaps College - absorbed Grenada College, 1950; absorbed Whitworth College, 1938
*Morningside College - absorbed Charles City College, 1914

N through Z

*National College - aquired Kentucky College of Business and absorbed Fugazzi College. [http://www.national-college.edu/about/heritage.htm History of National College]
*Northeastern University - absorbed Bouve College, 1964
*Nova Southeastern University - merger of Nova College and Shelton College, 1988
*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
*University of Portland - absorbed Multnomah College, 1969
*Rutgers University - absorbed University of Newark, 1947
*College of St. Catherine - absorbed St. Mary's Junior College, 1986
*University of San Diego - absorbed San Diego College for Women, 1972
*Southern Benedictine College - merger of Saint's Bernard College and Cullman College, 1976
*Southern Nazarene University - merger of Bethany-Peniel College (later Bethany Nazarene College) with Bethany-Central Holiness College (1929), Arkansas Holiness College (1931), Bresee 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. [ [http://www.trenholmtech.cc.al.us/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=3&MMN_position=3:3 History of Trenholm Tech] ]
*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 and Jefferson College, 1865
*University of West Los Angeles - absorbed the San Fernando Valley College of Law in 2002
*Xavier University (Cincinnati) - absorbed Edgecliff College in 1980

ee 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