AB-017 · 2026
Public state college · Georgia
East Georgia State College — A Half-Century Access College Folded Into Georgia Southern
state-system consolidation · Merged
2026
2025
AB-018 · 2025
Art & design college · Washington
Cornish College of the Arts — A 111-Year Seattle Art School Donates Itself to Survive
enrollment decline + debt · Merged
2024
AB-010 · 2024
Liberal-arts college · New York
Marymount Manhattan College — The Upper East Side Arts College That Became Northeastern’s 14th Campus
merger (Northeastern) · Merged
AB-020 · 2024
Hispanic-serving college · Illinois
St. Augustine College — The Midwest’s First Bilingual College, Merged Into Lewis in 2024
enrollment decline · Merged
AB-021 · 2024
Health-sciences university · Pennsylvania
Salus University — A Century-Old Optometry School That Merged Into Drexel in 2024
scale + strategic merger · Merged
AB-022 · 2024
Christian university · Oregon
Multnomah University — The Bible School That Gave Away Everything and Got Closed Anyway
enrollment + finances · Merged
2023
AB-006 · 2023
Liberal-arts college · New Jersey
Bloomfield College — The Minority-Serving College a State Saved by Absorbing It
merger (Montclair State) · Merged
AB-014 · 2023
Public state system · Vermont
The Vermont State Colleges — Five Campuses, One Name, and a Library Revolt
state-system consolidation (budget + enrollment) · Merged
2022
AB-001 · 2022
Women's college · California
Mills College — The Women’s College That Saved Itself in 1990 and Was Absorbed in 2022
merger (Northeastern) · Merged
AB-008 · 2022
Health-sciences university · Pennsylvania
University of the Sciences — The Nation’s First Pharmacy College, Absorbed Into Its Jesuit Neighbor
merger (Saint Joseph's) · Merged
AB-012 · 2022
Public university system · Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s PASSHE Universities — Six Historic Teacher Colleges Folded Into Two
state-system consolidation (enrollment + budget) · Merged
2021
AB-009 · 2021
Liberal-arts college · Delaware
Wesley College — The Private College an HBCU Bought to Save
merger (Delaware State) · Merged
2020
AB-002 · 2020
Liberal-arts college · Vermont
Marlboro College — The Self-Governing College That Gave Itself Away in 2020
merger (Emerson) · Merged
AB-023 · 2020
Career-focused university · Illinois
Robert Morris University Illinois — The Career College That Walked 256 Steps Into Its Rival
enrollment decline · Merged
AB-024 · 2020
Art & design college · Tennessee
Watkins College of Art — A Free-Lecture Trust From 1885, Folded Into Belmont in 2020
enrollment + finances · Merged
2018
AB-003 · 2018
Education college · Massachusetts
Wheelock College — The Kindergarten College Folded Into a Research University in 2018
merger (Boston University) · Merged
AB-013 · 2018
Public university system · Georgia
The University System of Georgia — A Decade of Merging Colleges Out of Existence
state-system consolidation · Merged