{ "meta": { "dataset": "defunctU registry of closed American colleges and universities", "version": "1", "records": 175, "generated": "2026-07-23", "license": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "site": "https://defunctu.com/", "documentation": "https://defunctu.com/data/" }, "records": [ { "id": "FB-016", "name": "Penn State's Seven Commonwealth Campuses", "slug": "penn-states-seven-commonwealth-campuses", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/penn-states-seven-commonwealth-campuses/", "closure_year": 2027, "founded": "1903", "closed": "2027", "city": "", "state": "PA", "location": "Pennsylvania (seven campuses)", "control": "public", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 1, "pending_expected": "2027-05", "peak_enrollment": 3000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~3,000 (combined, 2025)", "affiliation": "Public state-related land-grant", "campus_today": "Seven campuses winding down toward spring 2027 closure", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-016", "name": "California College of the Arts", "slug": "california-college-of-the-arts", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/california-college-of-the-arts/", "closure_year": 2027, "founded": "1907", "closed": "2027", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "acquired", "era": "2020s", "pending": 1, "pending_expected": "2027-06", "peak_enrollment": 1800, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,800 (2019)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit art & design college", "campus_today": "Operating through teach-out; 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no campus remains", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-005", "name": "Cabrini University", "slug": "cabrini-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/cabrini-university/", "closure_year": 2024, "founded": "1957", "closed": "2024", "city": "Radnor", "state": "PA", "location": "Radnor, PA", "control": "religious", "cause": "merger", "fate": "acquired", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2360, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,360 (2016–17)", "affiliation": "Catholic (Sacred Heart Missionary Sisters)", "campus_today": "Villanova University Cabrini Campus, reopening fall 2026 after renovations", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Villanova University" }, { "id": "AB-010", "name": "Marymount Manhattan College", "slug": "marymount-manhattan-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/marymount-manhattan-college/", "closure_year": 2024, "founded": "1936", "closed": "2024", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "location": "New York, NY", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,000 (2017)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Becoming Northeastern University – New York City; merger finalizing summer 2026", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Northeastern University" }, { "id": "AB-019", "name": "Cambridge College", "slug": "cambridge-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/cambridge-college/", "closure_year": 2024, "founded": "1971", "closed": "2024", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "location": "Boston, MA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "acquired", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 13000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~13,000 (mid-2000s)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit, adult-serving", "campus_today": "Operates as Cambridge College within Bay Path University, Charlestown", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Bay Path University" }, { "id": "AB-020", "name": "St. Augustine College", "slug": "st-augustine-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/st-augustine-college/", "closure_year": 2024, "founded": "1980", "closed": "2024", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "location": "Chicago, IL", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1700, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,700 (c. 2010)", "affiliation": "Episcopal-founded, Hispanic-serving", "campus_today": "Open as St. Augustine College at Lewis University, Uptown Chicago", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Lewis University" }, { "id": "AB-021", "name": "Salus University", "slug": "salus-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/salus-university/", "closure_year": 2024, "founded": "1919", "closed": "2024", "city": "Elkins Park", "state": "PA", "location": "Elkins Park, PA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1200, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,200 (2020s)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit, health-sciences", "campus_today": "Open as Drexel University Elkins Park Campus", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Drexel University" }, { "id": "AB-022", "name": "Multnomah University", "slug": "multnomah-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/multnomah-university/", "closure_year": 2024, "founded": "1936", "closed": "2024", "city": "Portland", "state": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "control": "religious", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 900, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~900–1,000 (2010s)", "affiliation": "Non-denominational Christian university", "campus_today": "For sale; partly used by Volunteers of America Oregon treatment program", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "Jessup University" }, { "id": "FB-010", "name": "Cazenovia College", "slug": "cazenovia-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/cazenovia-college/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1824", "closed": "2023", "city": "Cazenovia", "state": "NY", "location": "Cazenovia, NY", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1042, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,042 (2016)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit (Methodist-rooted)", "campus_today": "Sold to local investor group 9Fresh for mixed-use redevelopment", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-028", "name": "Medaille University", "slug": "medaille-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/medaille-university/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1875", "closed": "2023", "city": "Buffalo", "state": "NY", "location": "Buffalo, NY", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2390, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,390 (2013)", "affiliation": "Independent; Sisters of St. Joseph origins", "campus_today": "Buffalo Academy of Science charter school occupies the Agassiz Circle campus", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-009", "name": "Cardinal Stritch University", "slug": "cardinal-stritch-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/cardinal-stritch-university/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1937", "closed": "2023", "city": "Fox Point", "state": "WI", "location": "Fox Point, WI", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 5000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~5,000+ (2011)", "affiliation": "Catholic (Sisters of St. Francis)", "campus_today": "Sold to Ramirez Family Foundation for a K-12 school", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-010", "name": "Iowa Wesleyan University", "slug": "iowa-wesleyan-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/iowa-wesleyan-university/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1842", "closed": "2023", "city": "Mount Pleasant", "state": "IA", "location": "Mount Pleasant, IA", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 600, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~600 full-time at closure (historic peaks higher)", "affiliation": "United Methodist", "campus_today": "Central campus sold to the Mount Pleasant school district", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-012", "name": "Holy Names University", "slug": "holy-names-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/holy-names-university/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1868", "closed": "2023", "city": "Oakland", "state": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 943, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~943 (fall 2022)", "affiliation": "Catholic (Holy Names Sisters)", "campus_today": "Owned by BH Properties; slated for 165 single-family homes", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-030", "name": "Presentation College", "slug": "presentation-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/presentation-college/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1951", "closed": "2023", "city": "Aberdeen", "state": "SD", "location": "Aberdeen, SD", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 821, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~821 (fall 2016)", "affiliation": "Presentation Sisters (Catholic)", "campus_today": "City of Aberdeen purchasing buildings (dome, Strode Center) for community and educational use", "campus_bucket": "civic-park", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-031", "name": "Alliance University", "slug": "alliance-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/alliance-university/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1882", "closed": "2023", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "location": "New York, NY", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,000+ (over its history; 683 admitted for the fall it never opened)", "affiliation": "Christian & Missionary Alliance (evangelical)", "campus_today": "Battery Park office condos revert to securitized lender; Nyack campus a yeshiva", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-032", "name": "Finlandia University", "slug": "finlandia-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/finlandia-university/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1896", "closed": "2023", "city": "Hancock", "state": "MI", "location": "Hancock, MI", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 650, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~650 (c. 2000)", "affiliation": "Evangelical Lutheran Church in America", "campus_today": "Old Main sold to a developer; heritage center now run by Finlandia Foundation National", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-003", "name": "The Art Institutes", "slug": "the-art-institutes", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/the-art-institutes/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1921", "closed": "2023", "city": "", "state": "", "location": "USA", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 80000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~80,000 (2012, ~50 campuses)", "affiliation": "For-profit (EDMC, then Dream Center)", "campus_today": "Campuses sold or repurposed", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-006", "name": "Bloomfield College", "slug": "bloomfield-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/bloomfield-college/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1868", "closed": "2023", "city": "Bloomfield", "state": "NJ", "location": "Bloomfield, NJ", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,000 (2016)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit (Presbyterian heritage)", "campus_today": "Open as Bloomfield College of Montclair State University", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Montclair State University" }, { "id": "AB-014", "name": "The Vermont State Colleges", "slug": "the-vermont-state-colleges", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/the-vermont-state-colleges/", "closure_year": 2023, "founded": "1787", "closed": "2023", "city": "", "state": "VT", "location": "Vermont", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 12000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~12,000 (system, mid-2010s)", "affiliation": "Public (state system)", "campus_today": "Five campuses operate as Vermont State University", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Vermont State University" }, { "id": "FB-012", "name": "Lincoln College", "slug": "lincoln-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/lincoln-college/", "closure_year": 2022, "founded": "1865", "closed": "2022", "city": "Lincoln", "state": "IL", "location": "Lincoln, IL", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1330, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,330 (mid-2000s)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Vacant; 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company dissolved in Chapter 7 bankruptcy", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-001", "name": "Mills College", "slug": "mills-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mills-college/", "closure_year": 2022, "founded": "1852", "closed": "2022", "city": "Oakland", "state": "CA", "location": "Oakland, CA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,500", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Open as Mills College at Northeastern University's Oakland campus", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Northeastern University" }, { "id": "AB-008", "name": "University of the Sciences", "slug": "university-of-the-sciences", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/university-of-the-sciences/", "closure_year": 2022, "founded": "1821", "closed": "2022", "city": "Philadelphia", "state": "PA", "location": "Philadelphia, PA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2800, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,800 (mid-2010s)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Saint Joseph's University's University City campus", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Saint Joseph's University" }, { "id": "AB-012", "name": "Pennsylvania's PASSHE Universities", "slug": "pennsylvanias-passhe-universities", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/pennsylvanias-passhe-universities/", "closure_year": 2022, "founded": "1839", "closed": "2022", "city": "", "state": "PA", "location": "Pennsylvania", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 88700, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~88,700 system-wide (fall 2021)", "affiliation": "Public (state-owned)", "campus_today": "All six campuses operate under PennWest and Commonwealth universities", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-030", "name": "Becker College", "slug": "becker-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/becker-college/", "closure_year": 2021, "founded": "1887", "closed": "2021", "city": "Worcester", "state": "MA", "location": "Worcester, MA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1892, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,892 (2016)", "affiliation": "Independent; nonsectarian (roots to 1784/1887)", "campus_today": "Worcester State, Clark, and WPI occupy the former Becker buildings", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-033", "name": "Ohio Valley University", "slug": "ohio-valley-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/ohio-valley-university/", "closure_year": 2021, "founded": "1958", "closed": "2021", "city": "Vienna", "state": "WV", "location": "Vienna, WV", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 643, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~643 (fall 2008)", "affiliation": "Churches of Christ", "campus_today": "225-acre campus owned by West Virginia University at Parkersburg", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-034", "name": "Judson College", "slug": "judson-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/judson-college/", "closure_year": 2021, "founded": "1838", "closed": "2021", "city": "Marion", "state": "AL", "location": "Marion, AL", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 250, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~250 (fall 2019); ~145 at closing", "affiliation": "Alabama Baptist; women's college", "campus_today": "Sold 2026; leased to logistics firm as Atlas Complex", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-020", "name": "Independence University", "slug": "independence-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/independence-university/", "closure_year": 2021, "founded": "1978", "closed": "2021", "city": "Salt Lake City", "state": "UT", "location": "Salt Lake City, UT", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": "", "peak_enrollment_raw": "online career chain (CEHE)", "affiliation": "CEHE 'nonprofit' (ex-for-profit chain)", "campus_today": "Former leased administrative offices; online school left no traditional campus", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-007", "name": "Concordia College", "slug": "concordia-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/concordia-college/", "closure_year": 2021, "founded": "1881", "closed": "2021", "city": "Bronxville", "state": "NY", "location": "Bronxville, NY", "control": "religious", "cause": "merger", "fate": "acquired", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1300, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,300 (2019–20)", "affiliation": "Lutheran (LCMS)", "campus_today": "Home of the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Nursing and Health Sciences", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Iona College" }, { "id": "AB-009", "name": "Wesley College", "slug": "wesley-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/wesley-college/", "closure_year": 2021, "founded": "1873", "closed": "2021", "city": "Dover", "state": "DE", "location": "Dover, DE", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,000 (2010s)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit (United Methodist heritage)", "campus_today": "Part of Delaware State University's downtown Dover campus", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Delaware State University" }, { "id": "AB-011", "name": "University of Bridgeport", "slug": "university-of-bridgeport", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/university-of-bridgeport/", "closure_year": 2021, "founded": "1927", "closed": "2021", "city": "Bridgeport", "state": "CT", "location": "Bridgeport, CT", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 9100, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~9,100 (1969)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Operates as University of Bridgeport, a subsidiary of Goodwin University", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Goodwin University" }, { "id": "FB-008", "name": "MacMurray College", "slug": "macmurray-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/macmurray-college/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1846", "closed": "2020", "city": "Jacksonville", "state": "IL", "location": "Jacksonville, IL", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,500", "affiliation": "Private non-profit (Methodist heritage)", "campus_today": "Auctioned in parcels to a church and private buyers", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-031", "name": "Memphis College of Art", "slug": "memphis-college-of-art", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/memphis-college-of-art/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1936", "closed": "2020", "city": "Memphis", "state": "TN", "location": "Memphis, TN", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 450, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~450", "affiliation": "Independent (nonsectarian) art college", "campus_today": "Rust Hall in Overton Park becoming the Metal Museum's future home", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-001", "name": "Concordia University Portland", "slug": "concordia-university-portland", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/concordia-university-portland/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1905", "closed": "2020", "city": "Portland", "state": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 5000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~5,000+ (incl. online; ~7,400 in 2014)", "affiliation": "Lutheran (LCMS)", "campus_today": "University of Oregon's Portland campus, home of the Ballmer Institute", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-008", "name": "Holy Family College", "slug": "holy-family-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/holy-family-college/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1885", "closed": "2020", "city": "Manitowoc", "state": "WI", "location": "Manitowoc, WI", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 900, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~900 (1960s–70s era); ~360 at closure (spring 2020)", "affiliation": "Catholic (Franciscan Sisters)", "campus_today": "Campus buildings demolished in 2022", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-014", "name": "Urbana University", "slug": "urbana-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/urbana-university/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1850", "closed": "2020", "city": "Urbana", "state": "OH", "location": "Urbana, OH", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1800, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,800 (annual, latter years)", "affiliation": "Swedenborgian (New Church)", "campus_today": "Owned by sports-academy investors; vacant amid fire-code litigation", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-035", "name": "Nebraska Christian College", "slug": "nebraska-christian-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/nebraska-christian-college/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1944", "closed": "2020", "city": "Papillion", "state": "NE", "location": "Papillion, NE", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 140, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~140 (post-2016 merger); 85 at closing", "affiliation": "Christian Churches/Churches of Christ (Restoration)", "campus_today": "Closed branch campus; institution name retired", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-002", "name": "Marlboro College", "slug": "marlboro-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/marlboro-college/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1946", "closed": "2020", "city": "Marlboro", "state": "VT", "location": "Marlboro, VT", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 350, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~350 (2004)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Home of the Marlboro Music Festival since 2021", "campus_bucket": "civic-park", "successor": "Emerson College" }, { "id": "AB-004", "name": "Pine Manor College", "slug": "pine-manor-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/pine-manor-college/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1911", "closed": "2020", "city": "Brookline", "state": "MA", "location": "Brookline, MA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "acquired", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 600, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~600 (1980s, est.)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Boston College's; hosts BC programs for first-generation, low-income students", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Boston College" }, { "id": "AB-023", "name": "Robert Morris University Illinois", "slug": "robert-morris-university-illinois", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/robert-morris-university-illinois/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1913", "closed": "2020", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "location": "Chicago, IL", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 6100, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~6,100 (2008)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit (career-focused)", "campus_today": "Vacant landmark State Street building heading to auction and redevelopment", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "Roosevelt University" }, { "id": "AB-024", "name": "Watkins College of Art", "slug": "watkins-college-of-art", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/watkins-college-of-art/", "closure_year": 2020, "founded": "1885", "closed": "2020", "city": "Nashville", "state": "TN", "location": "Nashville, TN", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2020s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 304, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~304 (2014)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit art & design college", "campus_today": "Sold for $22.5M; now The Chartwell at Watkins apartment development", "campus_bucket": "housing", "successor": "Belmont University" }, { "id": "FB-002", "name": "Green Mountain College", "slug": "green-mountain-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/green-mountain-college/", "closure_year": 2019, "founded": "1834", "closed": "2019", "city": "Poultney", "state": "VT", "location": "Poultney, VT", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 800, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~800 (c. 2009)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit (Methodist-founded)", "campus_today": "Owner Raj Bhakta abandoning stalled plans; campus offered for donation or sale", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-003", "name": "Newbury College", "slug": "newbury-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/newbury-college/", "closure_year": 2019, "founded": "1962", "closed": "2019", "city": "Brookline", "state": "MA", "location": "Brookline, MA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 5384, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~5,384 (1996)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Sold to Welltower; luxury senior-living community on Fisher Hill", "campus_bucket": "housing", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-004", "name": "Southern Vermont College", "slug": "southern-vermont-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/southern-vermont-college/", "closure_year": 2019, "founded": "1926", "closed": "2019", "city": "Bennington", "state": "VT", "location": "Bennington, VT", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~500 (2012)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Slated to become 'The Orchards' luxury resort, restoring the Everett Mansion", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-005", "name": "The College of New Rochelle", "slug": "the-college-of-new-rochelle", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/the-college-of-new-rochelle/", "closure_year": 2019, "founded": "1904", "closed": "2019", "city": "New Rochelle", "state": "NY", "location": "New Rochelle, NY", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 4000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~4,000 (2010s)", "affiliation": "Catholic (Ursuline), later secular", "campus_today": "Owned by New York Masons; redevelopment stalled, largely vacant", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-032", "name": "Oregon College of Art and Craft", "slug": "oregon-college-of-art-and-craft", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/oregon-college-of-art-and-craft/", "closure_year": 2019, "founded": "1907", "closed": "2019", "city": "Portland", "state": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 150, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~150–200", "affiliation": "Independent (nonsectarian) art & craft college", "campus_today": "Barnes Road campus sold to neighboring Catlin Gabel School for an expanded middle school", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-015", "name": "Marygrove College", "slug": "marygrove-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/marygrove-college/", "closure_year": 2019, "founded": "1927", "closed": "2019", "city": "Detroit", "state": "MI", "location": "Detroit, MI", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1850, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,850 (2013)", "affiliation": "Catholic (IHM Sisters)", "campus_today": "Marygrove Conservancy's P-20 cradle-to-career education campus", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-036", "name": "Cincinnati Christian University", "slug": "cincinnati-christian-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/cincinnati-christian-university/", "closure_year": 2019, "founded": "1924", "closed": "2019", "city": "Cincinnati", "state": "OH", "location": "Cincinnati, OH", "control": "religious", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 898, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~898 (1994); ~500 at closing", "affiliation": "Christian Churches/Churches of Christ (Restoration)", "campus_today": "Vacant former campus on Glenway Avenue, East Price Hill", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-005", "name": "Argosy University", "slug": "argosy-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/argosy-university/", "closure_year": 2019, "founded": "2001", "closed": "2019", "city": "", "state": "", "location": "USA", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 17600, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~17,600", "affiliation": "For-profit (EDMC, then Dream Center)", "campus_today": "Campuses scattered and sold off in receivership", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-001", "name": "Mount Ida College", "slug": "mount-ida-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mount-ida-college/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1899", "closed": "2018", "city": "Newton", "state": "MA", "location": "Newton, MA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,500", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "UMass Amherst's Mount Ida Campus in Newton", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-002", "name": "Concordia College Alabama", "slug": "concordia-college-alabama", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/concordia-college-alabama/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1922", "closed": "2018", "city": "Selma", "state": "AL", "location": "Selma, AL", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 650, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~650 (1960s)", "affiliation": "Lutheran (LCMS)", "campus_today": "Sold to a Korean ministry planning a mission retreat center", "campus_bucket": "religious", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-005", "name": "Atlantic Union College", "slug": "atlantic-union-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/atlantic-union-college/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1882", "closed": "2018", "city": "South Lancaster", "state": "MA", "location": "South Lancaster, MA", "control": "religious", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 700, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~700", "affiliation": "Seventh-day Adventist", "campus_today": "Sold piecemeal; core campus vacant and awaiting a buyer", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-006", "name": "Marylhurst University", "slug": "marylhurst-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/marylhurst-university/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1893", "closed": "2018", "city": "Marylhurst", "state": "OR", "location": "Marylhurst, OR", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,000 (Great Recession)", "affiliation": "Catholic (Holy Names Sisters)", "campus_today": "Sisters retain campus; Mercy Greenbrae affordable housing opened 2024", "campus_bucket": "housing", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-037", "name": "Grace University", "slug": "grace-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/grace-university/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1943", "closed": "2018", "city": "Omaha", "state": "NE", "location": "Omaha, NE", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~500 (mid-2010s; 481 in 2013)", "affiliation": "Evangelical; Mennonite founding roots", "campus_today": "Pine Elementary School, Omaha Public Schools", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-006", "name": "Virginia College", "slug": "virginia-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/virginia-college/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1983", "closed": "2018", "city": "Birmingham", "state": "AL", "location": "Birmingham, AL", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 20000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~20,000 (2018)", "affiliation": "For-profit (Education Corporation of America)", "campus_today": "Leased campuses returned; brands retired", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-015", "name": "Vatterott College", "slug": "vatterott-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/vatterott-college/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1969", "closed": "2018", "city": "St. Louis", "state": "MO", "location": "St. Louis, MO", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2300, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,300 (at Dec. 2018 closure, 15 campuses)", "affiliation": "For-profit (TA Associates)", "campus_today": "Company liquidated; no single campus remains", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-003", "name": "Wheelock College", "slug": "wheelock-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/wheelock-college/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1888", "closed": "2018", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "location": "Boston, MA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,000 (2000s)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Boston University's Fenway Campus, retaining the Wheelock Family Theatre", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Boston University" }, { "id": "AB-013", "name": "The University System of Georgia", "slug": "the-university-system-of-georgia", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/the-university-system-of-georgia/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1903", "closed": "2018", "city": "", "state": "GA", "location": "Georgia", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "merged", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 21000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~21,000 (Georgia Perimeter, peak)", "affiliation": "Public (state-owned)", "campus_today": "Campuses continue as parts of nine consolidated universities", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-015", "name": "The University of Wisconsin Colleges", "slug": "the-university-of-wisconsin-colleges", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/the-university-of-wisconsin-colleges/", "closure_year": 2018, "founded": "1971", "closed": "2018", "city": "", "state": "WI", "location": "Wisconsin", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 14000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~14,000 (2010)", "affiliation": "Public (state system)", "campus_today": "Branch campuses of seven UW universities; several have since closed", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-003", "name": "Saint Joseph's College", "slug": "saint-josephs-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/saint-josephs-college/", "closure_year": 2017, "founded": "1889", "closed": "2017", "city": "Rensselaer", "state": "IN", "location": "Rensselaer, IN", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,500 (1960s)", "affiliation": "Catholic (Precious Blood Missionaries)", "campus_today": "Hosts certificate and trades programs through partner institutions", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-038", "name": "St. Gregory's University", "slug": "st-gregorys-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/st-gregorys-university/", "closure_year": 2017, "founded": "1875", "closed": "2017", "city": "Shawnee", "state": "OK", "location": "Shawnee, OK", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 750, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~750 (early 2000s)", "affiliation": "Roman Catholic (Benedictine)", "campus_today": "Returned to St. Gregory's Abbey (Benedictines) via 2024 land swap", "campus_bucket": "religious", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-021", "name": "Charlotte School of Law", "slug": "charlotte-school-of-law", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/charlotte-school-of-law/", "closure_year": 2017, "founded": "2006", "closed": "2017", "city": "Charlotte", "state": "NC", "location": "Charlotte, NC", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,500 (2013)", "affiliation": "For-profit (InfiLaw / Sterling Partners)", "campus_today": "Building is Charlotte Plaza office tower; 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667 in 2011", "affiliation": "Roman Catholic (Dominican Sisters of Peace)", "campus_today": "Crown Recovery Center, an addiction-treatment campus", "campus_bucket": "civic-park", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-002", "name": "ITT Technical Institute", "slug": "itt-technical-institute", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/itt-technical-institute/", "closure_year": 2016, "founded": "1969", "closed": "2016", "city": "Carmel", "state": "IN", "location": "Carmel, IN", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 40000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~40,000 (2016, ~130 campuses)", "affiliation": "For-profit (ITT Educational Services)", "campus_today": "Former campuses repurposed or demolished", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-004", "name": "Westwood College", "slug": "westwood-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/westwood-college/", "closure_year": 2016, "founded": "1953", "closed": "2016", "city": "Denver", "state": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": "", "peak_enrollment_raw": "~15 campuses, 5 states (2000s)", "affiliation": "For-profit (Alta Colleges)", "campus_today": "Campuses repurposed into other uses", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-007", "name": "Globe University", "slug": "globe-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/globe-university/", "closure_year": 2016, "founded": "1885", "closed": "2016", "city": "", "state": "MN", "location": "Minnesota", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 10000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~10,000 (2009)", "affiliation": "For-profit (Myhre family)", "campus_today": "Campuses across three states closed and sold", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-008", "name": "Marinello Schools of Beauty", "slug": "marinello-schools-of-beauty", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/marinello-schools-of-beauty/", "closure_year": 2016, "founded": "1905", "closed": "2016", "city": "", "state": "", "location": "USA", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 4300, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~4,300 (2016, 56 campuses)", "affiliation": "For-profit (B&H Education)", "campus_today": "Leased storefront campuses returned; 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183 FTE)", "affiliation": "Catholic; Sisters of Mercy", "campus_today": "White Court estate redeveloped into age-restricted seaside condominiums", "campus_bucket": "housing", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-001", "name": "Corinthian Colleges", "slug": "corinthian-colleges", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/corinthian-colleges/", "closure_year": 2015, "founded": "1995", "closed": "2015", "city": "Santa Ana", "state": "CA", "location": "Santa Ana, CA", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 110000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~110,000 (2010, ~105 campuses)", "affiliation": "For-profit (publicly traded)", "campus_today": "Campuses gone or absorbed; many sold to ECMC's Zenith", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-033", "name": "Lebanon College", "slug": "lebanon-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/lebanon-college/", "closure_year": 2014, "founded": "1956", "closed": "2014", "city": "Lebanon", "state": "NH", "location": "Lebanon, NH", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 322, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~322", "affiliation": "Private nonprofit, independent", "campus_today": "River Valley Community College Lebanon campus", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-042", "name": "Virginia Intermont College", "slug": "virginia-intermont-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/virginia-intermont-college/", "closure_year": 2014, "founded": "1884", "closed": "2014", "city": "Bristol", "state": "VA", "location": "Bristol, VA", "control": "religious", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1123, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,123 (2004)", "affiliation": "Baptist-heritage liberal-arts college", "campus_today": "Hilltop campus sold, abandoned, four oldest buildings destroyed by 2024 fire", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-043", "name": "Mid-Continent University", "slug": "mid-continent-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mid-continent-university/", "closure_year": 2014, "founded": "1949", "closed": "2014", "city": "Mayfield", "state": "KY", "location": "Mayfield, KY", "control": "religious", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2223, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,223 (fall 2010)", "affiliation": "Southern Baptist university", "campus_today": "Mayfield campus left behind in 2014 bankruptcy", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-044", "name": "Victory University", "slug": "victory-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/victory-university/", "closure_year": 2014, "founded": "1941", "closed": "2014", "city": "Memphis", "state": "TN", "location": "Memphis, TN", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1970, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,970", "affiliation": "Nondenominational Christian, for-profit at closing", "campus_today": "Memphis campus closed and vacated in 2014", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-022", "name": "Anamarc College", "slug": "anamarc-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/anamarc-college/", "closure_year": 2014, "founded": "2000", "closed": "2014", "city": "El Paso", "state": "TX", "location": "El Paso, TX", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 700, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~700 across three campuses (early 2010s)", "affiliation": "Family-owned for-profit career college", "campus_today": "Former campuses passed out of educational use", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-023", "name": "Anthem College", "slug": "anthem-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/anthem-college/", "closure_year": 2014, "founded": "1970", "closed": "2014", "city": "Phoenix", "state": "AZ", "location": "Phoenix, AZ", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 21969, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~21,969 (fall 2006); ~10,000 at closure", "affiliation": "For-profit chain (Anthem Education Group)", "campus_today": "Phoenix building sold 2015, now privately owned office property", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-004", "name": "Saint Paul's College", "slug": "saint-pauls-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/saint-pauls-college/", "closure_year": 2013, "founded": "1888", "closed": "2013", "city": "Lawrenceville", "state": "VA", "location": "Lawrenceville, VA", "control": "religious", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,000", "affiliation": "Episcopal", "campus_today": "Vacant and decaying, owned by a Chinese investment group", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-034", "name": "Chester College of New England", "slug": "chester-college-of-new-england", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/chester-college-of-new-england/", "closure_year": 2012, "founded": "1965", "closed": "2012", "city": "Chester", "state": "NH", "location": "Chester, NH", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 150, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~150", "affiliation": "Private nonprofit arts college", "campus_today": "Busche Academy boarding and day school", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-045", "name": "Lon Morris College", "slug": "lon-morris-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/lon-morris-college/", "closure_year": 2012, "founded": "1854", "closed": "2012", "city": "Jacksonville", "state": "TX", "location": "Jacksonville, TX", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,000+ (fall 2009)", "affiliation": "United Methodist (Texas Annual Conference)", "campus_today": "Repurposed; auctioned to a school district and an office-supply company", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-046", "name": "Bethany University", "slug": "bethany-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/bethany-university/", "closure_year": 2011, "founded": "1919", "closed": "2011", "city": "Scotts Valley", "state": "CA", "location": "Scotts Valley, CA", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 534, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~534 (mid-2000s); ~400 in 2010–11", "affiliation": "Assemblies of God (Pentecostal)", "campus_today": "1440 Multiversity, a secular health-and-wellness retreat and education center", "campus_bucket": "civic-park", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-025", "name": "Lambuth University", "slug": "lambuth-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/lambuth-university/", "closure_year": 2011, "founded": "1843", "closed": "2011", "city": "Jackson", "state": "TN", "location": "Jackson, TN", "control": "religious", "cause": "merger", "fate": "acquired", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1227, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,227 (1995)", "affiliation": "United Methodist (Memphis Conference)", "campus_today": "University of Memphis Lambuth Campus, a public branch in Jackson", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "University of Memphis" }, { "id": "SG-047", "name": "Dana College", "slug": "dana-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/dana-college/", "closure_year": 2010, "founded": "1884", "closed": "2010", "city": "Blair", "state": "NE", "location": "Blair, NE", "control": "religious", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 600, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~600 (2010, at closing)", "affiliation": "Evangelical Lutheran Church in America", "campus_today": "Dana Village, apartments for young adults aging out of foster care", "campus_bucket": "housing", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-013", "name": "Trump University", "slug": "trump-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/trump-university/", "closure_year": 2010, "founded": "2005", "closed": "2010", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "location": "New York, NY", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2010s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 7000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~7,000 paying customers (2005–2010)", "affiliation": "For-profit (D. Trump, 93% owner)", "campus_today": "No campus ever existed; seminar business only", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-048", "name": "Cascade College", "slug": "cascade-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/cascade-college/", "closure_year": 2009, "founded": "1994", "closed": "2009", "city": "Portland", "state": "OR", "location": "Portland, OR", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 300, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~300 (2008)", "affiliation": "Churches of Christ; Oklahoma Christian branch", "campus_today": "Owned by Columbia Christian Schools; Warner Pacific used continuing-ed space", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-024", "name": "McIntosh College", "slug": "mcintosh-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mcintosh-college/", "closure_year": 2009, "founded": "1896", "closed": "2009", "city": "Dover", "state": "NH", "location": "Dover, NH", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,000 (peak); 224 at closure", "affiliation": "For-profit; NEASC-accredited", "campus_today": "Redeveloped into McIntosh Commons housing and Silver Square mixed-use district", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-015", "name": "New College of California", "slug": "new-college-of-california", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/new-college-of-california/", "closure_year": 2008, "founded": "1971", "closed": "2008", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "location": "San Francisco, CA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1100, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,100", "affiliation": "Private non-profit", "campus_today": "Main building is now The Chapel music venue", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-035", "name": "Antioch College", "slug": "antioch-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/antioch-college/", "closure_year": 2008, "founded": "1850", "closed": "2008", "city": "Yellow Springs", "state": "OH", "location": "Yellow Springs, OH", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "revived", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2470, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,470 (1972)", "affiliation": "Independent progressive liberal-arts college", "campus_today": "Operating independent college, reopened 2011", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-049", "name": "Sheldon Jackson College", "slug": "sheldon-jackson-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/sheldon-jackson-college/", "closure_year": 2007, "founded": "1878", "closed": "2007", "city": "Sitka", "state": "AK", "location": "Sitka, AK", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 300, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~300 (1970s; ~100 FT + 200 PT at the end)", "affiliation": "Presbyterian Church (USA)", "campus_today": "Home of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp and museum", "campus_bucket": "civic-park", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-050", "name": "Mary Holmes College", "slug": "mary-holmes-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mary-holmes-college/", "closure_year": 2005, "founded": "1892", "closed": "2005", "city": "West Point", "state": "MS", "location": "West Point, MS", "control": "religious", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 800, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~800 (mid-1990s)", "affiliation": "Presbyterian Church (USA)", "campus_today": "Owned by Community Counseling Services, a mental-health provider", "campus_bucket": "civic-park", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-026", "name": "Barat College", "slug": "barat-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/barat-college/", "closure_year": 2005, "founded": "1858", "closed": "2005", "city": "Lake Forest", "state": "IL", "location": "Lake Forest, IL", "control": "religious", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,000 (2000s)", "affiliation": "Catholic (Society of the Sacred Heart)", "campus_today": "Part of adjacent Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "DePaul University" }, { "id": "FB-036", "name": "Mount Senario College", "slug": "mount-senario-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mount-senario-college/", "closure_year": 2002, "founded": "1962", "closed": "2002", "city": "Ladysmith", "state": "WI", "location": "Ladysmith, WI", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 800, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~800", "affiliation": "Ex-Servite (Servants of Mary), secular after 1972", "campus_today": "Education center hosting community-college outreach classes", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-051", "name": "Marycrest International University", "slug": "marycrest-international-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/marycrest-international-university/", "closure_year": 2002, "founded": "1939", "closed": "2002", "city": "Davenport", "state": "IA", "location": "Davenport, IA", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 935, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~935 (1961)", "affiliation": "Congregation of the Humility of Mary (Catholic)", "campus_today": "Marycrest Senior Campus, affordable housing for older adults", "campus_bucket": "housing", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-052", "name": "Notre Dame College of New Hampshire", "slug": "notre-dame-college-of-new-hampshire", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/notre-dame-college-of-new-hampshire/", "closure_year": 2002, "founded": "1950", "closed": "2002", "city": "Manchester", "state": "NH", "location": "Manchester, NH", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1350, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,350 (mid-1990s)", "affiliation": "Catholic, Sisters of Holy Cross", "campus_today": "Holy Cross Hall now houses Mount Saint Mary Academy, a K-8 Catholic school", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "BD-011", "name": "Computer Learning Centers", "slug": "computer-learning-centers", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/computer-learning-centers/", "closure_year": 2001, "founded": "1967", "closed": "2001", "city": "Fairfax", "state": "VA", "location": "Fairfax, VA", "control": "for-profit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 12000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~12,000 (1998, ~26 campuses)", "affiliation": "For-profit (publicly traded)", "campus_today": "Liquidated in bankruptcy; no single campus remains", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-037", "name": "Bradford College", "slug": "bradford-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/bradford-college/", "closure_year": 2000, "founded": "1803", "closed": "2000", "city": "Haverhill", "state": "MA", "location": "Haverhill, MA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~500 (4-yr era)", "affiliation": "Ex-academy / former women's college, secular", "campus_today": "Home to Northpoint Bible College (Assemblies of God)", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-053", "name": "Trinity College of Vermont", "slug": "trinity-college-of-vermont", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/trinity-college-of-vermont/", "closure_year": 2000, "founded": "1925", "closed": "2000", "city": "Burlington", "state": "VT", "location": "Burlington, VT", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "2000s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 5000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~5,000 educated over its life", "affiliation": "Catholic, Sisters of Mercy of Vermont", "campus_today": "Now part of the University of Vermont, which bought the 20-acre campus", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-054", "name": "Westmar University", "slug": "westmar-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/westmar-university/", "closure_year": 1997, "founded": "1890", "closed": "1997", "city": "Le Mars", "state": "IA", "location": "Le Mars, IA", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1990s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,000+ (1960s)", "affiliation": "Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren lineage)", "campus_today": "Sold off piecemeal; YMCA, apartments, and businesses occupy buildings", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-038", "name": "Highland Park Community College", "slug": "highland-park-community-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/highland-park-community-college/", "closure_year": 1996, "founded": "1918", "closed": "1996", "city": "Highland Park", "state": "MI", "location": "Highland Park, MI", "control": "public", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1990s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 3000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~3,000 (1980s)", "affiliation": "Public · Highland Park school district", "campus_today": "Glendale Avenue complex stands abandoned and fire-scarred", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-039", "name": "Jordan College", "slug": "jordan-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/jordan-college/", "closure_year": 1995, "founded": "1967", "closed": "1995", "city": "Cedar Springs", "state": "MI", "location": "Cedar Springs, MI", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "fraud", "fate": "closed", "era": "1990s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": "", "peak_enrollment_raw": "Unrecorded · 8 sites statewide", "affiliation": "Private nonprofit; 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airfield is Hawthorne-Feather Airpark", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-059", "name": "Bishop College", "slug": "bishop-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/bishop-college/", "closure_year": 1988, "founded": "1881", "closed": "1988", "city": "Dallas", "state": "TX", "location": "Dallas, TX", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1980s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 2000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~2,000 (c. 1970)", "affiliation": "American Baptist Home Mission Society (HBCU)", "campus_today": "Home of Paul Quinn College, an AME-affiliated HBCU", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-060", "name": "Loretto Heights College", "slug": "loretto-heights-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/loretto-heights-college/", "closure_year": 1988, "founded": "1891", "closed": "1988", "city": "Denver", "state": "CO", "location": "Denver, CO", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1980s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,000", "affiliation": "Catholic; Sisters of Loretto", "campus_today": "Redeveloped as a Denver neighborhood; Edbrooke landmarks and Pancratia Hall preserved", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-041", "name": "Nasson College", "slug": "nasson-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/nasson-college/", "closure_year": 1983, "founded": "1912", "closed": "1983", "city": "Springvale (Sanford)", "state": "ME", "location": "Springvale (Sanford), ME", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1980s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 900, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~900 (late 1960s)", "affiliation": "Private nonprofit, former women's college", "campus_today": "Nasson Community Center plus apartments and senior housing", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-061", "name": "Mississippi Industrial College", "slug": "mississippi-industrial-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mississippi-industrial-college/", "closure_year": 1982, "founded": "1905", "closed": "1982", "city": "Holly Springs", "state": "MS", "location": "Holly Springs, MS", "control": "religious", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "1980s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 450, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~450 (1908)", "affiliation": "Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (HBCU)", "campus_today": "Vacant/ruined NRHP historic district owned by neighboring Rust College", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-027", "name": "Eisenhower College", "slug": "eisenhower-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/eisenhower-college/", "closure_year": 1982, "founded": "1965", "closed": "1982", "city": "Seneca Falls", "state": "NY", "location": "Seneca Falls, NY", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1980s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 800, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~800 (1974)", "affiliation": "Private non-profit, Presbyterian-related liberal arts", "campus_today": "Northeast College of Health Sciences (formerly New York Chiropractic College)", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Rochester Institute of Technology" }, { "id": "SG-062", "name": "Friendship College", "slug": "friendship-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/friendship-college/", "closure_year": 1981, "founded": "1891", "closed": "1981", "city": "Rock Hill", "state": "SC", "location": "Rock Hill, SC", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1980s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 368, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~368 (1980)", "affiliation": "Baptist (York & Chester conventions)", "campus_today": "Demolished after fire; cleared site, alumni-planned Goudlock community education center", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-063", "name": "Ladycliff College", "slug": "ladycliff-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/ladycliff-college/", "closure_year": 1981, "founded": "1933", "closed": "1981", "city": "Highland Falls", "state": "NY", "location": "Highland Falls, NY", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "1980s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 600, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~600 (late 1970s, est.)", "affiliation": "Catholic; Franciscan Sisters of Peekskill", "campus_today": "West Point Museum occupies Olmsted Hall; campus absorbed by U.S. Military Academy", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-042", "name": "Windham College", "slug": "windham-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/windham-college/", "closure_year": 1978, "founded": "1951", "closed": "1978", "city": "Putney", "state": "VT", "location": "Putney, VT", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 935, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~935 (early 1970s)", "affiliation": "Private nonprofit liberal-arts college", "campus_today": "Now the campus of Landmark College", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-064", "name": "Mount St. Mary College (New Hampshire)", "slug": "mount-st-mary-college-new-hampshire", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mount-st-mary-college-new-hampshire/", "closure_year": 1978, "founded": "1934", "closed": "1978", "city": "Hooksett", "state": "NH", "location": "Hooksett, NH", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 500, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~500 students", "affiliation": "Catholic women's college (Sisters of Mercy)", "campus_today": "SNHU North Campus land; Mercy Hall now luxury apartments", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-043", "name": "Finch College", "slug": "finch-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/finch-college/", "closure_year": 1976, "founded": "1900", "closed": "1976", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "location": "New York, NY", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 800, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~800 (1960s) · 310 by 1975", "affiliation": "Private nonprofit women's college", "campus_today": "Townhouses mostly house the Ramaz School", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-044", "name": "John F. Kennedy College", "slug": "john-f-kennedy-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/john-f-kennedy-college/", "closure_year": 1975, "founded": "1965", "closed": "1975", "city": "Wahoo", "state": "NE", "location": "Wahoo, NE", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 575, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~575–1,000/yr (early 1970s)", "affiliation": "Private nonprofit liberal-arts college", "campus_today": "Largely empty; buildings partly repurposed and decaying", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-065", "name": "Kittrell College", "slug": "kittrell-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/kittrell-college/", "closure_year": 1975, "founded": "1886", "closed": "1975", "city": "Kittrell", "state": "NC", "location": "Kittrell, NC", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 400, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~400 students (396 in 1975)", "affiliation": "AME Church HBCU junior college", "campus_today": "Kittrell Job Corps Center since 1979", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "SG-066", "name": "Marillac College", "slug": "marillac-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/marillac-college/", "closure_year": 1974, "founded": "1955", "closed": "1974", "city": "St. Louis", "state": "MO", "location": "St. Louis, MO", "control": "religious", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 350, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~350 students", "affiliation": "Catholic Sister Formation college (Daughters of Charity)", "campus_today": "University of Missouri-St. Louis South Campus; Honors College since 2002", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-045", "name": "Parsons College", "slug": "parsons-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/parsons-college/", "closure_year": 1973, "founded": "1875", "closed": "1973", "city": "Fairfield", "state": "IA", "location": "Fairfield, IA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "accreditation", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 5000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~5,000 (1966)", "affiliation": "Presbyterian heritage, secular-run", "campus_today": "Maharishi International University (now Maharishi University of Management)", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-046", "name": "Pierce College for Women", "slug": "pierce-college-for-women", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/pierce-college-for-women/", "closure_year": 1972, "founded": "1951", "closed": "1972", "city": "Concord", "state": "NH", "location": "Concord, NH", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "enrollment", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": "", "peak_enrollment_raw": "Not reliably documented", "affiliation": "Independent women's college", "campus_today": "Unknown; building disposition undocumented in available sources", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-047", "name": "Mackinac College", "slug": "mackinac-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/mackinac-college/", "closure_year": 1970, "founded": "1966", "closed": "1970", "city": "Mackinac Island", "state": "MI", "location": "Mackinac Island, MI", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1970s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 350, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~350 (1968–69)", "affiliation": "Moral Re-Armament", "campus_today": "Mission Point Resort hotel and conference center", "campus_bucket": "redevelopment", "successor": "" }, { "id": "FB-048", "name": "Charles City College", "slug": "charles-city-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/charles-city-college/", "closure_year": 1968, "founded": "1967", "closed": "1968", "city": "Charles City", "state": "IA", "location": "Charles City, IA", "control": "private-nonprofit", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": "", "peak_enrollment_raw": "Not reliably recorded", "affiliation": "Private nonprofit; Parsons College satellite", "campus_today": "No verified surviving campus; town now hosts a NIACC community-college center", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "" }, { "id": "AB-028", "name": "Gibbs Junior College", "slug": "gibbs-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/gibbs-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1967, "founded": "1957", "closed": "1967", "city": "St. Petersburg", "state": "FL", "location": "St. Petersburg, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 901, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~901 (1964–65)", "affiliation": "Black public junior college", "campus_today": "Original campus closed; SPC commemoratively named a different campus Gibbs", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "St. Petersburg Junior College" }, { "id": "AB-029", "name": "Hampton Junior College", "slug": "hampton-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/hampton-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1966, "founded": "1958", "closed": "1966", "city": "Ocala", "state": "FL", "location": "Ocala, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 890, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~890 (1964–65)", "affiliation": "Black public junior college", "campus_today": "CF's Hampton Center honors the name on a different West Ocala site", "campus_bucket": "unresolved", "successor": "Central Florida Junior College" }, { "id": "AB-030", "name": "Rosenwald Junior College", "slug": "rosenwald-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/rosenwald-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1966, "founded": "1958", "closed": "1966", "city": "Panama City", "state": "FL", "location": "Panama City, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 177, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~177 (1964–65)", "affiliation": "Black public junior college", "campus_today": "No campus remains; Gulf Coast's Rosenwald Center bears the name", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "Gulf Coast Junior College" }, { "id": "AB-031", "name": "Suwannee River Junior College", "slug": "suwannee-river-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/suwannee-river-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1966, "founded": "1959", "closed": "1966", "city": "Madison", "state": "FL", "location": "Madison, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 402, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~402 (1964–65)", "affiliation": "Public junior college (Black-serving)", "campus_today": "Long-vacant campus on MLK Jr. Drive, acquired 2025 for revitalization", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "North Florida Junior College" }, { "id": "AB-032", "name": "Booker T. Washington Junior College", "slug": "booker-t-washington-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/booker-t-washington-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1965, "founded": "1949", "closed": "1965", "city": "Pensacola", "state": "FL", "location": "Pensacola, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 361, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~361", "affiliation": "Public junior college (Black-serving)", "campus_today": "Site shared with Booker T. Washington High School, still an active Escambia County school", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Pensacola Junior College" }, { "id": "AB-033", "name": "Roosevelt Junior College", "slug": "roosevelt-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/roosevelt-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1965, "founded": "1958", "closed": "1965", "city": "West Palm Beach", "state": "FL", "location": "West Palm Beach, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 225, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~225", "affiliation": "Public junior college (Black-serving)", "campus_today": "Original building demolished; site is now Roosevelt Middle School's athletic field", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Palm Beach Junior College" }, { "id": "AB-034", "name": "Volusia County Junior College", "slug": "volusia-county-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/volusia-county-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1965, "founded": "1958", "closed": "1965", "city": "Daytona Beach", "state": "FL", "location": "Daytona Beach, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 494, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~494 college (5,600 incl. adult/vocational)", "affiliation": "Public Black junior college (county)", "campus_today": "Successor Daytona State College maintains the J. Griffen Greene Center", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Daytona Beach Junior College" }, { "id": "AB-035", "name": "Collier-Blocker Junior College", "slug": "collier-blocker-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/collier-blocker-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1964, "founded": "1960", "closed": "1964", "city": "Palatka", "state": "FL", "location": "Palatka, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 106, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~106 (1962–63)", "affiliation": "Public Black junior college (3 counties)", "campus_today": "Building houses Robert Jenkins Jr. Middle School", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "St. Johns River Junior College" }, { "id": "AB-036", "name": "Carver Junior College", "slug": "carver-junior-college", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/carver-junior-college/", "closure_year": 1963, "founded": "1960", "closed": "1963", "city": "Cocoa", "state": "FL", "location": "Cocoa, FL", "control": "public", "cause": "merger", "fate": "absorbed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 263, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~263 (1961–62)", "affiliation": "Public Black junior college (county)", "campus_today": "Former facilities reverted to adjacent Monroe High School", "campus_bucket": "another-school", "successor": "Brevard Junior College" }, { "id": "SG-067", "name": "Leland University", "slug": "leland-university", "url": "https://defunctu.com/transcript/leland-university/", "closure_year": 1960, "founded": "1870", "closed": "1960", "city": "Baker", "state": "LA", "location": "Baker, LA", "control": "religious", "cause": "insolvency", "fate": "closed", "era": "1960s", "pending": 0, "pending_expected": "", "peak_enrollment": 1000, "peak_enrollment_raw": "~1,000 (1904, New Orleans)", "affiliation": "Baptist HBCU for freedmen", "campus_today": "Abandoned ruins of two brick dormitories in an overgrown Baker field", "campus_bucket": "demolished-vacant", "successor": "" } ] }