List of university and college mergers in the United States

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.

A through D 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 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

E through K 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 The 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

L through M 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 Michigan Technological University – absorbed the nursing program of Finlandia University, 2023 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

N through R National College – acquired Kentucky College of Business and absorbed Fugazzi College.http://www.national-college.edu/about/heritage.htm History of National College 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

S through Z 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