// who absorbed whom

The succession ledger

33 of the registry’s institutions did not simply close — they were merged, absorbed, or acquired. This ledger groups them by the institution that received them. Entries whose succession is genuinely tangled carry no successor here; each case file’s Aftermath tells the full story.

Northeastern University2

AB-010 · 2024Marymount Manhattan College merged
AB-001 · 2022Mills College merged

Bay Path University1

AB-019 · 2024Cambridge College acquired

Belmont University1

AB-024 · 2020Watkins College of Art merged

Boston College1

AB-004 · 2020Pine Manor College acquired

Boston University1

AB-003 · 2018Wheelock College merged

Brevard Junior College1

AB-036 · 1963Carver Junior College absorbed

Central Florida Junior College1

AB-029 · 1966Hampton Junior College absorbed

Daytona Beach Junior College1

AB-034 · 1965Volusia County Junior College absorbed

DePaul University1

AB-026 · 2005Barat College absorbed

Delaware State University1

AB-009 · 2021Wesley College merged

Drexel University1

AB-021 · 2024Salus University merged

Emerson College1

AB-002 · 2020Marlboro College merged

Georgia Southern University1

AB-017 · 2026East Georgia State College merged

Goodwin University1

AB-011 · 2021University of Bridgeport absorbed

Gulf Coast Junior College1

AB-030 · 1966Rosenwald Junior College absorbed

Iona College1

AB-007 · 2021Concordia College acquired

Jessup University1

AB-022 · 2024Multnomah University merged

Lewis University1

AB-020 · 2024St. Augustine College merged

Montclair State University1

AB-006 · 2023Bloomfield College merged

North Florida Junior College1

AB-031 · 1966Suwannee River Junior College absorbed

Palm Beach Junior College1

AB-033 · 1965Roosevelt Junior College absorbed

Pensacola Junior College1

Rochester Institute of Technology1

AB-027 · 1982Eisenhower College absorbed

Roosevelt University1

Saint Joseph's University1

AB-008 · 2022University of the Sciences merged

Seattle University1

AB-018 · 2025Cornish College of the Arts merged

St. Johns River Junior College1

AB-035 · 1964Collier-Blocker Junior College absorbed

St. Petersburg Junior College1

AB-028 · 1967Gibbs Junior College absorbed

University of Memphis1

AB-025 · 2011Lambuth University acquired

Vanderbilt University1

AB-016 · 2027California College of the Arts acquired pending

Vermont State University1

AB-014 · 2023The Vermont State Colleges merged

Villanova University1

AB-005 · 2024Cabrini University acquired

Successor names are stated exactly as the dossiers document them. Campus buyers and teach-out partners are not successors and are not listed here.