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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.
Albany State University absorbed
Darton State College , 2016
Alderson Broaddus University – merger of Alderson Academy and Broaddus Institute , 1932
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
University of Arizona – acquired Ashford University, 2021
University of Arkansas – acquired
Grantham University
Azusa Pacific College – absorbed Arlington College, 1968
Azusa Pacific College – merger of Azusa College and Los Angeles Pacific College, 1965
Aurora University – absorbed
George Williams College (Chicago) , 2000
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
Boston College absorbed Pine Manor College, 2020
Boston University – merger of Boston University School of Education and Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, 2017
Brevard College – merger of Brevard Institute, Weaverville College, and Rutherford College, 1934
Brown University – merged with Pembroke College, 1971
University of California, Berkeley – merger of the College of California and the Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College, 1853
Carnegie Mellon University – formed by the merger of
Carnegie Institute of Technology and the
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Carson-Newman University – merger of Carson College and Newman College for Women, 1889
Case Western Reserve University – merger of Case Tech and Western Reserve, 1967
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
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - merger of
Mansfield University ,
Bloomsburg University , and
Lock Haven University , 2022
Cornell University – absorbed New York Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1942
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Daniel Webster College – acquired by
ITT Educational Services Inc. in 2009
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
Delaware State University acquired Wesley College, 2021
University of Denver – absorbed
Colorado Women's College , 1982
DePaul University – absorbed
Barat College , 2001
University of Detroit Mercy – merger of University of Detroit and Mercy College, 1990
Dillard University – merger of
Straight University and New Orleans University, 1934
Emerson College – absorbed
Marlboro College , 2020
Erskine College – absorbed
Due West Female College , 1927
Fordham University – absorbed
Marymount College , 2002
Gannon University – absorbed Villa Marie College, 1989
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George Washington University – absorbed Mount Vernon College for Women, 1999; absorbed Benjamin Franklin University, 1987; absorbed National University, 1954
Georgia Health Sciences University (formerly the Medical College of Georgia) merged with Augusta State University, 2012, to form Georgia Regents University (later renamed
Augusta University )
Georgia Southern University – absorbed
Armstrong State University , 2018
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
Harvard University – signed merger with Radcliffe College in 1977; completed merger in 1999
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
Hope International University – merged with
Nebraska Christian College , 2016
University of Houston–Downtown – assets were acquired from
South Texas Junior College , 1974
Houghton College – absorbed United Wesleyan College, 1989
University of Illinois at Chicago – absorbed the
John Marshall Law School , 2019
Illinois Institute of Technology – merger of Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute, 1940; absorbed Institute of Design, 1949; absorbed
Chicago-Kent College of Law , 1969; absorbed Midwest College of Engineering, 1986
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis – merger of Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law , Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indiana University Herron School of Art, Indiana University Indianapolis Extension, and Purdue University Indianapolis Extension, 1969
Johnson University – absorbed
Florida Christian College , 2013
Kansas State University – absorbed Kansas College of Technology, 1991
Kennesaw State University - absorbed
Southern Polytechnic State University , 2015
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.
LeMoyne-Owen College -merger of LeMoyne College and S. A. Owen Junior College in 1968
Luther College – absorbed Decorah College for Women, 1936
Long Island University – absorbed
Brooklyn College of Pharmacy , 1976
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
Macon State College and Middle Georgia College merger to form Middle Georgia State College, 2013 (now
Middle Georgia State University )
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
University of Memphis – acquired
Lambuth University campus, 2011
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 , 1936; absorbed Whitworth College, 1938
Morningside College – absorbed Charles City College, 1914
Montclair State University – absorbed
Bloomfield College , 2023
National College – acquired Kentucky College of Business and absorbed Fugazzi College.
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National Louis University – acquired the assets of
Kendall College , 2018
University of Nevada, Reno merged with
Sierra Nevada University , 2022
University of New England – merged with Westbrook College, 1996.
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
Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1898; acquired
New York College of Dentistry in 1925; acquired
Polytechnic University in 2008, merged in 2014
Northeastern University – absorbed Bouve College in 1964
Northeastern University – acquired
Mills College in 2022
North Central College acquired Shimer College, June 1, 2017
North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College merge, to form the
University of North Georgia , 2012
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 Western University - formed by the merger of
California University of Pennsylvania ,
Clarion University of Pennsylvania , and
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania , 2022
Pennsylvania State University – absorbed
Dickinson School of Law , 2000
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas – absorbed the Rice Belt Technical Institute, 1996
Piedmont International University – absorbed
Tennessee Temple University in 2015, Southeastern Bible College (Birmingham, Alabama) in 2017, and
John Wesley University in 2018
Polytechnic University – absorbed NYU School of Engineering and Science, 1973
University of Portland – absorbed
Multnomah College , 1969
Purdue University – acquired
Kaplan University , 2017
Purdue University Northwest – consolidation of Purdue Calumet and Purdue North Central, 2016
Radford University - absorbed
Jefferson College of Health Sciences , 2019
Regis University – absorbed Loretto Heights College, 1988
Rich Mountain Community College – formed by the merger of Rich Mountain Vocational-Technical School and the off-campus program of
Henderson State University , 1983
Roosevelt University – acquired
Robert Morris University Illinois campuses, 2020
Rutgers University – absorbed
University of Newark , 1947
College of St. Catherine – absorbed St. Mary's Junior College, 1986
Saint Joseph's merger with
University of the Sciences , 2021
University of San Diego – absorbed San Diego College for Women, 1972
Shimer College acquired by North Central College, June 1, 2017
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)
Southern New Hampshire University absorbed
Notre Dame College , 2002; absorbed
Daniel Webster College , 2017
St. John's University (New York City) College of Business – absorbed the
College of Insurance – 2001
South Georgia College and Waycross College merger to form
South Georgia State College , 2012
Southwestern University – merger of
Rutersville College , Wesleyan College, McKenzie College, and
Soule University , 1873
College of Staten Island – merger of Staten Island Community College (SICC) and Richmond College, 1976
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
Tufts University – absorbed
School of the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston, 2016
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley – consolidation of
The University of Texas–Pan American and
The University of Texas at Brownsville , 2015
Thomas Jefferson University – merged with Philadelphia University, 2017
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.
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Trinity University (Texas) – absorbed University of San Antonio, 1942
Union College (Kentucky) – absorbed Sue Bennett College, 1997
Union Theological Seminary (New York) – absorbed
Episcopal Divinity School , 2017
Vanderbilt University – absorbed
Peabody College , 1979
Virginia Commonwealth University – merger of Richmond Professional Institute and Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Tech – absorbed
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute , 2018.
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 State University (then Wayne 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
Willamette University – absorbed
Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2021
Xavier University (Cincinnati) – absorbed
Edgecliff College in 1980