FB-017 · 2026 pending
Experimental liberal-arts college · Massachusetts
Hampshire College — The College That Survived 2019 Could Not Outrun Its Bonds
Bond debt + enrollment decline · Closed
2026
SG-016 · 2026 pending
Catholic nursing college · Massachusetts
Labouré College of Healthcare — A 134-Year Nursing School Folds Its Programs into a Neighbor
enrollment + finances · Closed
SG-017 · 2026
Catholic college · Massachusetts
Anna Maria College — Eighty Years in Paxton, Closed by an Audit’s “Substantial Doubt”
enrollment cliff + finances · Closed
2025
SG-024 · 2025
Nazarene college · Massachusetts
Eastern Nazarene College — A century in Quincy ended by the cliff, its campus sold to the city
finances + failed rescue · Closed
2024
AB-019 · 2024
Adult-serving college · Massachusetts
Cambridge College — The Adult-Learner Pioneer That Sold Itself to Survive in 2024
enrollment decline + finances · Acquired
2021
FB-030 · 2021
Private college · Massachusetts
Becker College — A Game-Design Pioneer the Pandemic Pushed Over the Edge
Finances + COVID · Closed
2020
AB-004 · 2020
Liberal-arts college · Massachusetts
Pine Manor College — The Finishing School Turned Lifeline, Acquired in 2020
acquisition (Boston College) · Acquired
2019
FB-003 · 2019
Career-focused college · Massachusetts
Newbury College — A Career College That Lost 86 Percent of Its Students
Enrollment cliff · Closed
2018
FB-001 · 2018
Liberal-arts college · Massachusetts
Mount Ida College — A 119-Year-Old College That Closed With Six Weeks’ Notice
Debt + enrollment · Closed
SG-005 · 2018
Seventh-day Adventist college · Massachusetts
Atlantic Union College — A 136-Year Adventist College That Closed Twice
lost accreditation · Closed
AB-003 · 2018
Education college · Massachusetts
Wheelock College — The Kindergarten College Folded Into a Research University in 2018
merger (Boston University) · Merged
2015
SG-041 · 2015
Catholic career college · Massachusetts
Marian Court College — A Tiny Catholic Commuter School in a President’s Summer Home, Closed by the Math
enrollment + tuition dependence · Closed
2000
FB-037 · 2000
Liberal-arts college · Massachusetts
Bradford College — A 197-Year-Old College Borrowed for Dorms That Never Filled
Debt + enrollment · Closed